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RDT&E Program Element · President's Budget PB2027

JT Non-Lethal Wpns Applied Res

PE 0602651M·U.S. Navy·Approp. 1319 — RDT&E·BA2 — Applied Research
FY2027 Request
$4.1M
Navy · RDT&E
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U.S. Navy funding falls 44% to a $4.1M request in FY2027, sustained across the five-year plan. In the FY2027 defense authorization, the House funded it in full; the Senate funded it in full; House appropriators added 134% (to $9.6M).

FY2027 Request
$4.1M
▼ 44% vs FY2026
FY2026 Enacted
$7.3M
▼ 2.5% vs FY2025
FY2025 Actual
$7.5M
Prior year

For fiscal year 2027, the U.S. Navy is requesting $4.1M for JT Non-Lethal Wpns Applied Res under RDT&E program element 0602651M, down 44% from FY2026.

Funding trajectory

Funding profile, FY2025–FY2031

Prior years are actuals, the budget year is the request, and the outyears are the FYDP plan. Estimate types are colored and never summed into one figure.

07.5FY25ACTUAL7.3FY26ENACTED4.1FY27REQUEST3.8FY284.1FY294.5FY304.6FY31
Actual Enacted Request Outyear (FYDP)
Fiscal YearEstimate TypeAmount ($M)
FY2025Actual7.5
FY2026Enacted7.3
FY2027Request4.1
FY2028Outyear3.8
FY2029Outyear4.1
FY2030Outyear4.5
FY2031Outyear4.6
Where it sits

Acquisition lifecycle

This program is funded in RDT&E Budget Activity 2 — Applied Research.

Current
Research
BA 1–2
Later
Advanced Technology
BA 3
Later
Prototyping
BA 4
Later
Development & Fielding
BA 5–7
Inside the program element

1 project rolls up into PE 0602651M

Projects are the summable leaves — the PE total is their sum, never added to it. Program elements and projects carry the full five-year plan; activities stop at the budget year. This PE moves -44% overall, which can hide much larger swings below.

Project 0000

JT Non-Lethal Wpns Applied Res

$4.1MFY2027 request ▼ 44%
FY2025 actual$7.5M
FY2026 enacted$7.3M
FY2027 request$4.1M

This project funds the applied research, study, assessment, and demonstration of technologies that could provide a non-lethal capability or target effect. Investment areas include applied research related to: non-lethal directed energy weapons (lasers, millimeter wave and high power microwave) for counter-personnel and counter-materiel missions; non-lethal acoustic and optical technologies; advanced non-lethal materials (including materials for vehicle/vessel stopping and counter-facility applications); associated human effects and effectiveness for new non-lethal stimuli; injury potential and effectiveness of directed energy, electric stun, ocular, and acoustic based non-lethal technologies; and developing models of crowd behavior and dynamics.

Accomplishments / planned programs (R-2A) — prior, current and budget year only
(U) Joint Non-Lethal Weapons▼ 44%
FY2025 actual$7.5M
FY2026 enacted$7.3M
FY2027 request$4.1M

FY2027 planned work - Continue research and investigation of intermediate force effects and emergent technologies with the potential to further address Joint Requirements Oversight Council (JROC)-approved non-lethal counter-personnel and counter-material capability gaps. Results will support the transition of viable technologies to higher levels of development and demonstration to further mitigate the JROC-approved joint non-lethal effects capability-gaps. - Continue to explore new non-lethal effects and evaluate alternative innovative applications of existing technologies to address future non-lethal capability needs, for instance, as escalation of force platforms. - Continue to conduct counter-personnel…

FY2026 to FY2027 change The funding decrease of $3.195M from FY26 to FY27 reflects a realignment of resources to address Department of the Navy (DON) priorities.

FY2026 plans — current year - Continue research and investigation of intermediate force effects and emergent technologies with the potential to further address Joint Requirements Oversight Council (JROC)-approved non-lethal counter-personnel and counter-material capability gaps. Results will support the transition of viable technologies to higher levels of development and demonstration to further mitigate the JROC-approved joint non-lethal effects capability-gaps. - Continue to explore new non-lethal effects and evaluate alternative innovative applications of existing technologies to address future non-lethal capability needs, for instance, as escalation of force platforms. - Continue to conduct counter-personnel…

Congressional action

Congressional marks

Committee marks on the FY2027 request. Adds and cuts are reconciled in conference before they become law.

RequestPresident's Budget
$4.1M
House NDAA (HASC)HASC
$4.1M full · +$0
Senate NDAA (SASC)SASC
$4.1M full · +$0
House Approps (HAC-D)HAC_D
$9.6M +$5.5M · +134%
▲ $5.5M chamber gap — unresolved as of 2026-07-27. These are FY2027 authorization marks (NDAA); appropriations and the conference agreement may differ.
Program detail

Mission & acquisition strategy

The DoW Non-Lethal Weapons (NLW) Program was established by the FY96 National Defense Authorization Act. The Office of the Secretary of War (OSW) designated the Commandant of the Marine Corps (CMC) as the DoW NLW Executive Agent (EA). The EA exercises centralized responsibility for joint research and development of nonlethal weapons and technology through the Joint Non-Lethal Weapons Program (JNLWP). The Office of the Under Secretary of War for Acquisition and Sustainment (A&S) serves as the OSW Principal Staff Assistant and oversees, in consultation with the Under Secretary of War for Policy and the DoW NLW Executive Agent.

Project 0000 — JT Non-Lethal Wpns Applied Res
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FY2027 Department of the Navy RDT&E Budget Justification · Exhibits R-2 / R-3 · PE 0602651M (President's Budget PB2027) — and FY2027 NDAA committee marks, as tracked 2026-07-27.
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