# Electronic Warfare Technology

**R-2A activity** of project 0000 — Electromagnetic Systems Applied Research  
**Program element:** 0602271N — Electromagnetic Systems Applied Research  
**Component:** U.S. Navy · **Budget Activity:** 2  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0602271N/0000/a0  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0602271N/0000

## Summary

This activity requests $33.5M in FY2027, 45% of project 0000, up 5.9% on FY2026. The R-2A exhibit describes it across FY2026–FY2027, including what the FY2027 money is planned to buy.

## What the FY2027 request buys

**FY2027 planned work.** Electronic Warfare: - Continue research in federated, coordinated, and integrated Electronic Warfare (EW) systems for the development of distributed EW technologies for Electronic Surveillance (ES), decoys and countermeasures, and Electronic Attack (EA) against adversary Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance and Targeting (C4ISRT). This EW research includes Electronic Protection (EP) for our own weapons and Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Cyber Defense, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C5ISR) systems allowing them to operate in a heavily contested environment. - Continue research into developing Artificial Intelligence (AI)-generated tactics against modern and emerging radar sources to improve naval mission effectiveness. - Continue research and development in the area of hard-kill and soft-kill coordination and planning. - Continue research into simultaneous multi-spectral (Radio Frequency (RF) and optical) countermeasure development to increase survivability across the entire electromagnetic spectrum and continue development of coordinated EW techniques between RF and Electro-Optic/Infrared (EO/IR) transmitters and receivers for single and distributed platforms. - Continue development and implementation of combined EW and cyber effects to increase the reach and effectiveness of each domain in support of distributed maritime operations. - Continue research into distributed EA techniques to develop advanced, coordinated countermeasures against the entire kill chain from far left of launch through terminal phase; components of this research will also include hardware/software payload re-configurability, multi-functionality and heterogeneity in low size, weight and power formats. - Continue research into wide bandwidth adaptable front-end technologies with improved simultaneous transmit and receive capabilities for survivability in a contested and congested electromagnetic spectrum. - Continue research into techniques for sharing spectrum knowledge across distributed manned and unmanned platforms in a congested electromagnetic spectrum environment. - Complete research into heterogeneously integrated EW co-processors to enable real-time ES and EA effects across wide bandwidths. Electromagnetic Warfare: - Continue research applied research efforts that cover the development of new technologies and techniques for Electronic Support (ES), Electronic Attack (EA), and supporting technologies in Electromagnetic Warfare (EmW) Technologies. Passive ES technologies are developed to detect, deinterleave, classify, identify, geolocate, provide situational awareness, and queue EA systems. Active EA technologies are developed to counter the capability of the adversary to detect, locate, target and track U.S. and friendly forces. It also includes the development of advanced signal processing and receiver technologies and the development of an electromagnetic responses to include offboard decoys, onboard electronic attack, and resources required to coordinate an integrated response.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** The funding increase from FY 2026 to FY 2027 reflects increased investments in both distributed EW and cognitive-based EW research to improve effectiveness against modern and future agile radar and anti-ship missile threats.

## Before the request year

**FY2026 plans — current year.** Electronic Warfare (EW): - Continue research in federated, coordinated, and integrated Electronic Warfare (EW) systems for the development of distributed EW technologies for Electronic Surveillance (ES), decoys and countermeasures, and Electronic Attack (EA) against adversary Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance and Targeting (C4ISRT). This EW research includes Electronic Protection (EP) for our own weapons and Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Cyber Defense, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C5ISR) systems allowing them to operate in a heavily contested environment. - Continue research and development in the area of hard-kill and soft-kill coordination and planning. - Continue development and implementation of combined EW and cyber effects to increase the reach and effectiveness of each domain in support of distributed maritime operations. - Continue research into distributed EA techniques to develop advanced, coordinated countermeasures against the entire kill chain from far left of launch through terminal phase; components of this research will also include hardware/software payload re-configurability, multi-functionality and heterogeneity in low size, weight and power formats. - Continue research into developing Artificial Intelligence (AI)-generated tactics against modern and emerging radar sources to improve naval mission effectiveness. - Continue research into heterogeneously integrated EW co-processors to enable real-time ES and EA effects across wide bandwidths. - Continue research into wide bandwidth adaptable front-end technologies with improved simultaneous transmit and receive capabilities for survivability in a contested and congested electromagnetic spectrum. - Initiate research into techniques for sharing spectrum knowledge across distributed manned and unmanned platforms in a congested electromagnetic spectrum environment. - Initiate development of coordinated EW techniques between RF and Electro-Optic/Infrared (EO/IR) transmitters and receivers for single and distributed platforms. Electromagnetic Warfare: - Continue research applied research efforts that cover the development of new technologies and techniques for Electronic Support (ES), Electronic Attack (EA), and supporting technologies in Electromagnetic Warfare (EmW) Technologies. Passive ES technologies are developed to detect, deinterleave, classify, identify, geolocate, provide situational awareness, and queue EA systems. Active EA technologies are developed to counter the capability of the adversary to detect, locate, target and track U.S. and friendly forces. It also includes the development of advanced signal processing and receiver technologies and the development of an electromagnetic responses to include offboard decoys, onboard electronic attack, and resources required to coordinate an integrated response.

## Funding

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 34.7 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 31.7 |
| FY2027 | Request | 33.5 |

> Prior, current and budget year only — an R-2A activity carries no five-year plan. It sums exactly into its project in the request year and not necessarily in any other.

## Other activities in project 0000

- [EO/IR Sensor Technologies](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0602271N/0000/a1) — FY2027 11.5
- [Navigation Technology](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0602271N/0000/a2) — FY2027 11.0
- Surveillance Technology — FY2027 7.7
- Solid State Electronics — FY2027 5.1
- Naval Space Sensors and Effects — FY2027 4.0
- Signal Processing for Naval Applications — FY2027 1.8
- Vacuum Electronics Power Amplifiers — FY2027 0.0

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Navy RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibit R-2A, PE 0602271N project 0000 (PB PB2027). Narrative is the government's own text.
- **No marks, no contractors at this grain** — congressional marks land on the program element and R-3 performers on the project.
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_activity`.

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