Roll-up of 24 projects. Projects are the summable leaves — the PE total is their sum, never added to it.
For fiscal year 2027, the U.S. Navy is requesting $305.4M for Future Naval Capabilities Applied Research under RDT&E program element 0602750N, down 1.1% from FY2026. In the FY2027 defense authorization, House moved to cut it to $300.4M.
Funding profile, FY2025–FY2031
Prior years are actuals, the budget year is the request, and the outyears are the FYDP plan. Estimate types are colored and never summed into one figure.
| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 162.8 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 308.8 |
| FY2027 | Request | 305.4 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 261.5 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 261.2 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 277.5 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 278.4 |
Acquisition lifecycle
This program is funded in RDT&E Budget Activity 2 — Applied Research.
24 projects roll up into PE 0602750N
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 -1% overall, which can hide much larger swings below. The 8 largest have their own view above; the rest are shown in full here.
Undersea Systems
Naval Aerospace
Directed Energy & Kinetic Systems
Naval Engineering
Human & Biological Systems
Expeditionary Campaign
Manufacturing
Power and Energy
This project develops and matures technologies that enable superior warfighting capabilities for surface and sub-surface naval platforms, undersea weapons and countermeasures, and Marine Corps technologies to a point where they can be proposed and continued as Future Naval Capabilities in program element (PE) 0603673N, Future Naval Capabilities Advanced Technology Development.
FY2027 planned work - Continue: Power Electronics Power Distribution System (PEPDS) applied research. - Continue: Transient Reducing Active Power System (TRAPS) - Continue: Improvement in fuel formulation for increased range of mission systems (Otto Fuel Revision).
FY2026 to FY2027 change An increase in investment between FY2026 and FY2027 in Naval Power Systems will be used to initiate improved undersea endurance and reducing active power systems to improve naval lethality.
FY2026 plans — current year - Continue: Power Electronics Power Distribution System (PEPDS) applied research. - Initiate: Transient Reducing Active Power System (TRAPS) - Initiate: Improvement in fuel formulation for increased range of mission system (Otto Fuel Revision)
Naval S&T Ops Analysis, Supp & Experimentation Act
Operational Analysis, Support and Experimentation Activity was established to broaden the spectrum of promising applied research efforts investigated within this Project and to provide additional acquisition oversight, fiscal clarity, and adherence to financial management practices at the Project level. The efforts described in this Project address the Applied Research associated with Innovative Naval Prototype (INP) and Future Naval Capability (FNC) Operational Analysis, Support and Experimentation Activity efforts that are used to further explore the development of future INP and FNC topics and proposals. These efforts evaluate, study/analyze and/or perform any basic applied research-focused investigative experimentation activities which will support the identification of potential INP and FNC topics for future investment consideration. The use of Operational Analysis, Support and Experimentation Activity funds can help accelerate and/or create a flexible response to emerging requirements or threats by identifying a potential INP or FNC topic for consideration in a more time-efficient and/or effective manner.
FY2027 planned work Continue FNC Management - Support/Analysis - Conduct warfighter sustainment Applied Research and analysis, including technology management of FNC investments supporting the naval capability focus areas.
FY2026 to FY2027 change There is no significant funding change from FY 2026 to FY 2027.
FY2026 plans — current year - Continue FNC Management - Support/Analysis - Conduct warfighter sustainment Applied Research and analysis, including technology management of FNC investments supporting the naval capability focus areas.
FY2027 planned work - Continue program support and applied research activities associated with exploring the development of future INP topics and proposals. - Continue to evaluate, study/analyze and/or perform any basic applied research-focused investigative experimentation activities to inform and identify potential future INP investment areas.
FY2026 to FY2027 change There is no significant funding change from FY 2026 to FY 2027 in INP Program Management Support.
FY2026 plans — current year - Continue program support and applied research activities associated with exploring the development of future INP topics and proposals. - Continue to evaluate, study/analyze and/or perform any basic applied research-focused investigative experimentation activities to inform and identify potential future INP investment areas.
Future Naval Capabilities Applied Research
This Project funds applied research for Future Naval Capabilities (FNC) Technology Candidates (TC) supporting Warfighter Protection and also contains the estimated Applied Research funding for Innovative Naval Prototypes (INP) yet to be selected. Most of the work in this PE can be characterized between Technology Readiness Level (TRL) 2 (technology concept and/or application formulation) and TRL 4 (component and/or breadboard validation in laboratory environments). Warfighter Protection TCs focus on maturing technologies that enhance Naval warfighting effectiveness and efficiency within the Manpower, Personnel, Training and Education to a point where they can be proposed and continued as Future Naval Capabilities (FNC) in program element (PE) 0603673N, Future Naval Capabilities Advanced Technology Development. INPs are larger in scope, scale, and risk. They are selected for their high-payoff and potential to revolutionize operational concepts. Due to high technical risk, INPs typically have long durations with no more than three years between decision points. INPs require both the Applied Research, detailed within the Projects of this PE; and Advanced Technology Development (ATD) funding, detailed in PE 0603673N Project 2966 S&T Campaigns. After new INPs are selected, the Applied Research funding within this Project gets moved into other Projects within this PE. There are specific R2As within these projects for each INP, so they are uniquely identified.
FY2027 planned work - Continue novel applied research in support of emerging Naval Requirements to include optimization of individual and team performance using manpower, personnel, and training approaches. - Initiate data integration processes for mitigating counterproductive work behavior (e.g., burn-out, mental health, assault, suicide).
FY2026 to FY2027 change Decrease due to completion of training methodologies in response to autonomous and semi-autonomous systems.
FY2026 plans — current year - Initiate and complete applied research on the validation and verification of manpower assessment tools for robotics rating. - Complete development of training methodologies that teach individuals generalized skills in response to an emerging suite of autonomous and semi-autonomous systems. - Continue novel applied research in support of emerging Naval and Marine Corps Requirements, to include optimization of individual and team performance using manpower, personnel, and training approaches.
Materials/Electronics
This project develops and matures technologies that enable superior warfighting capabilities for surface and sub-surface naval platforms, undersea weapons and countermeasures, and Marine Corps technologies to a point where they can be proposed and continued as Future Naval Capabilities in program element (PE) 0603673N, Future Naval Capabilities Advanced Technology Development.
FY2027 planned work - Continue: Developing protective topcoat materials that meet military specifications and are selectively removed with environmentally friendly chemical strippers. - Continue: Manufacturing Maturation of Textured Piezoceramics (TxPC): Development and maturation of the manufacturing technology of textured piezoelectric ceramics. - Continue: Feasibility studies and technology development to explore next generation applications of Power and Energy technologies in Navy and Marine Corps environments.
FY2026 to FY2027 change The increase from FY2026 to FY2027 will allow expansions of the studies started in FY2026 to explore next generation applications of Power and Energy technologies in the Navy and Marine Corps Environments.
FY2026 plans — current year - Continue: Developing protective topcoat materials that meet military specifications and are selectively removed with environmentally friendly chemical strippers. - Continue: Manufacturing Maturation of Textured Piezoceramics (TxPC): Development and maturation of the manufacturing technology of textured piezoelectric ceramics. - Initiate: Feasibility studies and technology development to explore next generation applications of Power and Energy technologies in Navy and Marine Corps environments.
Aerospace Sciences
The Aerospace Sciences activity develops technologies for the science and engineering of flight from the land and sea surfaces to the edge of the atmosphere, and as applicable to the utilization of flight for aircraft, missiles, rockets, munitions, and unmanned systems (UxS) employed by the Navy and Marine Corps forces operating from naval platforms or land locations.
Biomedical
The objective of this project is to conduct biomedical research and mature technologies that enhance the health, survivability, and recovery of Sailors and Marines operating in austere, distributed, and isolated maritime environments by enabling naval forces to bring biomedical capacity forward, create it on-demand, support prolonged field care, enable casualty evacuation, and provide en route care. Projects translate basic and applied science to meet a specific Naval need and if successful, will continue to advance in program element (PE) 0603673N, Future Naval Capabilities Advanced Technology Development.
Directed Energy
The Directed Energy (DE) activity develops technologies that enable laser and high-power microwave (HPM) weapon systems, within Navy and Marine Corps size, weight, and power (SWAP) constraints, to strike enemy targets and to defend naval platforms and land bases from threats. Additionally, the DE activity develops technologies that enable defense against adversary DE systems.
Electromagnetic Spectrum
Electromagnetic Spectrum researches and develops electronics, sensors, electronic warfare, and alternate positioning, navigation, and timing to understand, shape, and operate in the battlespace. This can include system studies, system architecture development, and component and/or breadboard validation in laboratory environments.
Full Spectrum Cyber
Full Spectrum Cyber explores and develops technologies necessary to conduct successful offensive and defensive naval and expeditionary force operations in the information age. This can include system studies, system architecture development, and component and/or breadboard validation in laboratory environments.
Human Systems
The objective of this project is to conduct human systems research and mature technologies that enhance Naval warfighting effectiveness and efficiency within the broad array of Warfighter Performance science and technology domains (Decision Sciences, Information Warfare and Future Conflict, Manpower, Personnel, Training and Education, Intelligent and Autonomous Systems) to a point where they can be proposed and continued as Future Naval Capabilities (FNC) in program element (PE) 0603673N, Future Naval Capabilities Advanced Technology Development.
Kinetic Weapons
The Kinetic Weapons activity develops technologies to address the Navy and Marine Corps fires requirements for extended range, increased precision, decreased weapons fly-out times, greater destructive power, novel weapons effects, autonomy, human-machine teaming, reduced weapons costs, mission planning, and mass-producible swarming munitions.
Materials
This project develops and matures technologies that enable superior warfighting capabilities for surface and sub-surface naval platforms, undersea weapons and countermeasures, and Marine Corps technologies to a point where they can be proposed and continued as Future Naval Capabilities in program element (PE) 0603673N, Future Naval Capabilities Advanced Technology Development.
Ocean Battle Space Applications
The objective of this project is to enable maritime domain access and distributed operations for Naval forces in contested environments through superior maritime battlespace awareness and threat detection, identification and neutralization. Specifically, activities will develop and mature technologies that ultimately support Mine and Expeditionary Warfare, Undersea Warfare, and Environmental Information Warfare. Activities will also develop and mature methods and technological approaches for environmental sensing and prediction for the maritime battlespace. The desired outcome for efforts in this activity is to mature the applied research results to a point where they can be focused on particular enabling capabilities and proposed to be continued as Future Naval Capabilities (FNC) in program element (PE) 0603673N, Future Naval Capabilities Advanced Technology Development. Additionally, a subset of technologies explored herein are intended to support expeditionary access and will be further matured, focused, and ultimately demonstrated under the USMC's Advanced Technology Demonstration effort in PE 0603640M MC Advanced Technology Demo.
Undersea Systems Payloads and Weapons
This project develops and matures technologies that enable superior warfighting capabilities for surface and sub-surface naval platforms, undersea weapons and countermeasures, and Marine Corps technologies to a point where they can be proposed and continued as Future Naval Capabilities in program element (PE) 0603673N, Future Naval Capabilities Advanced Technology Development.
Decision Superiority
Decision Superiority researches and develops communications, networking, information processing, analysis, decision making, and understanding to obtain decisive advantage across the spectrum of naval missions and warfare.
Congressional Adds
Congressional add projects not included in other efforts.
The request is contested
Committee marks on the FY2027 request. Adds and cuts are reconciled in conference before they become law.
Mission & acquisition strategy
The Office of Naval Research (ONR) works across the Department of the Navy (DON) and Naval Research Enterprise (NRE) to develop warfighting capabilities that address operational force's highest priorities. While leveraging technology innovation is critical to maintaining a decisive edge, maintaining a pipeline of new capabilities requires balancing flexibility and risk, in order to deliver solutions to known requirements, and experiment with potential game-changing ideas informed by higher DoN and DoW guidance. This PE funds applied research for Future Naval Capabilities (FNC) Technology Candidates (TC) and Innovative Naval Prototypes (INP).
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/programs/0602750N.md · MCP mcp.hitchintel.com → budget_get_program_element, budget_get_cong_marksC5ISR/Naval Space — one RDT&E project inside PE 0602750N. Congressional marks are recorded on the program element, not on a project.
Project 1502 — C5ISR/Naval Space — requests $80.8M in FY2027, 26% of the $305.4M requested for program element 0602750N. Year over year it falls 23% against FY2026.
Project 1502 funding, FY2025–FY2031
Prior years are actuals, the budget year is the request, and the outyears are the FYDP plan. Estimate types are colored and never summed into one figure. Projects carry the full five-year plan; the activities inside them stop at the budget year.
| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 0.0 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 104.8 |
| FY2027 | Request | 80.8 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 60.8 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 62.0 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 53.4 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 46.7 |
10 accomplishments / planned programs
The R-2A exhibit. Activities carry the prior, current and budget year only — no five-year plan — and they are descriptive: coverage is partial and they do not always add back to the project, so count them, never total them. Opening lines only here — the full year-by-year narrative is on the project page.
- Continue maturing promising over the horizon communications that include low probability of detection and low probability of intercept features to enable distributed maritime operations. - Continue development of multi-beam communications for data dissemination and unmanned and autonomous control applications. - Continue development of…
- Continue optimization of machine learning and AI algorithms for planning to execution synchronization of hard kill, cyber and electromagnetic engagements. - Continue development of advanced computing for machine learning on the tactical edge. - Continue development of multi-level security protocols and solutions for Distributed…
- Continue developing tools for coordinating cyber and EW effects. - Continue developing machine learning for autonomous cyber defense approaches. - Continue efforts to exploit protocol weaknesses for naval applications. - Continue efforts in protocol dialecting for resilience and threat identification. - Continue collaborative algorithm…
Read the FY2027 plan →Complete: - Research to improve warfighter effectiveness in contested command, control, computers and communication, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance environments using electromagnetic spectrum analysis, signature management, and by enhancing expeditionary platform cyber/spectrum resilience. (Expeditionary Maneuver Warfare…
- Continue development of technologies, techniques and algorithms that degrade, neutralize, or destroy an adversary's C5ISRT capabilities. - Continue development of cross platform technologies to mature electro-magnetic techniques that rely on geographic separation of platform sensors to deliver enhanced operational capabilities…
- Continue development and implementation of novel hardware, algorithms and high-speed processing to enable detection of advanced maritime threats in both manmade and natural clutter at stand-off ranges. - Continue development and implementation of new electro-optic and infrared sensing capabilities including digital readouts for…
Read the FY2027 plan →- Continue development of quantum gravimetry mapping and navigation techniques. - Complete development of magnetic mapping and navigation techniques.
Complete: - Development of enabling sensor technologies to support targeting to counter unmanned aerial systems and future swarms, tailored to expeditionary on-the-move design reference missions, using scalable/low-cost approaches. (Expeditionary Maneuver Warfare (EMW) and Combating Terrorism) - Research to develop correlation / fusion…
Continue development of Information Warfare applied research efforts by: - Scaling models and algorithms for integrated prototypes. - Details at a higher classification.
Read the FY2027 plan →Initiate Bright Eyes INP by: - Analyzing candidate signal processing algorithms for both shipboard and airborne radar systems. - Down selecting most appropriate algorithms for best performance in both maritime surface and airborne environments. - Awarding contracts to various prime contractors.
What project 1502 buys
The Command, Control, Computers, Communications, Cyber, Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance, and Naval Space activity researches and develops technology for the naval force to obtain decisive competitive advantage across the range of naval missions and levels of warfare. The objective of this project is to develop and mature technologies in data science, mathematical optimization, computational and information sciences, electronics, electronic warfare (EW), command and control (C2), combat systems, communications, cyber security, cyber operations, microelectronics, electromagnetic warfare (EMW), sensing and surveillance, and quantum precision timing and navigation (PNT). These technologies, if successful, will continue to advance in program element (PE) 0603673N, Future Naval Capabilities Advanced Technology Development.
Undersea Systems — one RDT&E project inside PE 0602750N. Congressional marks are recorded on the program element, not on a project.
Project 1508 — Undersea Systems — requests $66.1M in FY2027, 22% of the $305.4M requested for program element 0602750N. Year over year it falls 0.3% against FY2026.
Project 1508 funding, FY2025–FY2031
Prior years are actuals, the budget year is the request, and the outyears are the FYDP plan. Estimate types are colored and never summed into one figure. Projects carry the full five-year plan; the activities inside them stop at the budget year.
| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 0.0 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 66.3 |
| FY2027 | Request | 66.1 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 56.5 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 50.4 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 35.7 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 36.3 |
7 accomplishments / planned programs
The R-2A exhibit. Activities carry the prior, current and budget year only — no five-year plan — and they are descriptive: coverage is partial and they do not always add back to the project, so count them, never total them. Opening lines only here — the full year-by-year narrative is on the project page.
Complete: -Development of high area coverage rate mine warfare capability for contested environments to support naval maneuver in Western Pacific; this includes development of enabling machine learning algorithms, autonomous behavior, and hardware which enables autonomous systems to conduct long-duration, low-observable seabed surveys…
Complete: - In-water comparative analysis/testing of glider towed arrays for detection of ASW threats in the ocean environment; leverage emerging glider technologies for increased endurance and consider novel array fabrication to characterize best fit for variety of ocean environments. - Development of signal processing and displays to…
Complete: - Development of algorithms and software for making probabilistic USW-related sensor performance forecasts that can be used in strike group and theater anti-submarine warfare mission plans. - Development of algorithms to assess and predict the impact of the atmospheric aerosols and turbulence on the performance of electro-optic…
- Continue: Otto Fuel Revision tech candidate. Improvement in fuel formulation for increased range of mission systems. - Continue: Next generation Subsea and Seabed Warfare (SSW) Weapons
Complete: - Development of acoustic and non-acoustic sensors and transduction systems as a means to provide next-generation sensing technologies to provide undersea monitoring and tracking in the littorals by expeditionary forces. (Expeditionary Maneuver Warfare (EMW) and Combating Terrorism) - Development of automated sonar processing…
Continue the Full Spectrum Undersea Warfare INP by working the following tasks: - Continue 3rd generation Unmanned Undersea Vehicle (UUV) virtual and in water testing - Demonstrate UUV & Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) autonomy, including UUV digital simulation - Conduct Undersea munitions effects characterization phase 2 - Finish Phase 1…
Read the FY2027 plan →Mine and Expeditionary Warfare: Initiate: -Develop ultra-low size, weight, and power (SWaP) computing payloads and machine learning algorithms for unmanned mine hunting systems. New hardware designs interfaced with sensors vastly improves automated seabed interrogation and perception. -Development of high area coverage rate mine warfare…
Read the FY2027 plan →What project 1508 buys
This project develops and matures technologies that enable superior warfighting capabilities for surface and sub-surface naval platforms, undersea weapons and countermeasures, and Marine Corps technologies to a point where they can be proposed and continued as Future Naval Capabilities in program element (PE) 0603673N, Future Naval Capabilities Advanced Technology Development.
Naval Aerospace — one RDT&E project inside PE 0602750N. Congressional marks are recorded on the program element, not on a project.
Project 1507 — Naval Aerospace — requests $42.2M in FY2027, 14% of the $305.4M requested for program element 0602750N. Year over year it grows 87% against FY2026.
Project 1507 funding, FY2025–FY2031
Prior years are actuals, the budget year is the request, and the outyears are the FYDP plan. Estimate types are colored and never summed into one figure. Projects carry the full five-year plan; the activities inside them stop at the budget year.
| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 0.0 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 22.6 |
| FY2027 | Request | 42.2 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 35.5 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 23.4 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 14.5 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 8.0 |
3 accomplishments / planned programs
The R-2A exhibit. Activities carry the prior, current and budget year only — no five-year plan — and they are descriptive: coverage is partial and they do not always add back to the project, so count them, never total them. Opening lines only here — the full year-by-year narrative is on the project page.
- Continue investigation into a suite of technologies leading to more robust shipboard recovery capabilities for air platforms (manned and unmanned). Efforts will center on technologies to enhance training. - Continue studying all phases of kill chain to determine which set of technologies (from detection through tracking to engagement)…
Complete - Risk Reduction Testing - Air Vehicle and Propulsion Model - Military Utility Study - Program Plan & Budget for INP Initiate/Complete - Numerical Propulsion System Simulation (NPSS) cycle deck model
- Continue performing a Mission Engineering Analysis and Operational Analysis (OA) to inform mission-level performance requirements. - Continue performing aerodynamic/thermal trajectory modeling and simulation to inform system materials capability and vehicle trajectory requirements. - Continue executing applied research and prototype…
Read the FY2027 plan →What project 1507 buys
The Naval Aerospace activity develops technologies for the science and engineering of flight from the land and sea surfaces to the edge of the atmosphere, and as applicable to the utilization of flight for aircraft, missiles, rockets, munitions, and unmanned systems (UxS) employed by the Navy and Marine Corps forces operating from naval platforms or land locations.
Directed Energy & Kinetic Systems — one RDT&E project inside PE 0602750N. Congressional marks are recorded on the program element, not on a project.
Project 1503 — Directed Energy & Kinetic Systems — requests $31.5M in FY2027, 10% of the $305.4M requested for program element 0602750N. Year over year it falls 6.5% against FY2026.
Project 1503 funding, FY2025–FY2031
Prior years are actuals, the budget year is the request, and the outyears are the FYDP plan. Estimate types are colored and never summed into one figure. Projects carry the full five-year plan; the activities inside them stop at the budget year.
| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 0.0 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 33.7 |
| FY2027 | Request | 31.5 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 24.7 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 24.8 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 25.3 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 25.7 |
6 accomplishments / planned programs
The R-2A exhibit. Activities carry the prior, current and budget year only — no five-year plan — and they are descriptive: coverage is partial and they do not always add back to the project, so count them, never total them. Opening lines only here — the full year-by-year narrative is on the project page.
- Continue advancement of High Power Microwave (HPM) tunable source technology to adapt to evolving threats via electronic attack methods. - Continue maturing and integrating technologies related to distributed arrays of HPM sources, enabled by improved phase control solid state modulators. - Continue investigating pulsed laser source…
Complete: - Research in the area of increased range and lethality for small form factor weapon systems in support of EABO. (Expeditionary Maneuver Warfare (EMW) and Combating Terrorism) - Develop flexible, intermediate force capability to defend against small unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) swarm attacks as well as civilian vehicles in…
- Continue feasibility studies and possible development of terminal defense fire control architectures that support low cost and easy integration onto ships and into expeditionary forces for terminal defense suitable for multiple engagement weapons. - Continue investigation into advanced propulsion techniques for high speed weapons; main…
Read the FY2027 plan →Complete: - Research to improve warfighter effectiveness in command, control, computers and communication, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance in the area of electromagnetic spectrum analysis and signature management. (Expeditionary Maneuver Warfare (EMW) and Combating Terrorism) - Research effort to provide a counter-swarm…
Complete the Applied Research for the MATes INP by: - Completing autonomy, perception, and command and control (C2) concepts for MATES conducting complex multi-domain operations in proximity to each other along a spectrum of missions. - Completing demonstration of multiple autonomy architectures across multiple domains conducting…
Complete Applied Research for the Precision Fire Control INP by: - Completing a fire control architecture that delivers high precision and update rate guidance solution to enable cruise missile defense with multiple low-cost interceptors (missiles and gun projectiles). - Completing the Modeling and simulation (M&S) tools and technical…
What project 1503 buys
The Directed Energy & Kinetic Systems activity develops technologies to advance Naval applications of both directed energy (DE) and kinetic weapons. The main focus of DE weapons is to develop technologies that enable laser and high-power microwave (HPM) weapon systems, within Navy and Marine Corps size, weight, and power (SWAP) constraints, to strike enemy targets and to defend naval platforms and land bases from threats. Additionally, the DE activity develops technologies that enable defense against adversary DE systems. The main focus of kinetic weapons is to develop technologies that address the Navy and Marine Corps fires requirements for extended range; increased precision; decreased weapons fly-out times; greater destructive power and novel effects; autonomy, swarming, and human-machine teaming; mission planning and decision making; reduced production costs, and increased inventory and availability.
Naval Engineering — one RDT&E project inside PE 0602750N. Congressional marks are recorded on the program element, not on a project.
Project 1396 — Naval Engineering — requests $24.5M in FY2027, 8.0% of the $305.4M requested for program element 0602750N. Year over year it grows 104% against FY2026.
Project 1396 funding, FY2025–FY2031
Prior years are actuals, the budget year is the request, and the outyears are the FYDP plan. Estimate types are colored and never summed into one figure. Projects carry the full five-year plan; the activities inside them stop at the budget year.
| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 19.3 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 12.0 |
| FY2027 | Request | 24.5 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 15.5 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 14.9 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 15.1 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 15.4 |
1 accomplishment / planned program
The R-2A exhibit. Activities carry the prior, current and budget year only — no five-year plan — and they are descriptive: coverage is partial and they do not always add back to the project, so count them, never total them. Opening lines only here — the full year-by-year narrative is on the project page.
- Complete: Identify alternative undersea advanced material hull concepts that have an enhanced resistance to weapon effects and develop a high-fidelity predictive capability (COWER TC/HULC FNC) - Continue: Feasibility and utility studies for next generation undersea submersibles (OEX). - Continue: Applied Research into Own Ship…
Read the FY2027 plan →What project 1396 buys
This project develops and matures technologies that enable superior warfighting capabilities for surface and sub-surface naval platforms, undersea weapons and countermeasures, and Marine Corps technologies to a point where they can be proposed and continued as Future Naval Capabilities in program element (PE) 0603673N, Future Naval Capabilities Advanced Technology Development.
Human & Biological Systems — one RDT&E project inside PE 0602750N. Congressional marks are recorded on the program element, not on a project.
Project 1505 — Human & Biological Systems — requests $19.4M in FY2027, 6.4% of the $305.4M requested for program element 0602750N. Year over year it falls 0.9% against FY2026.
Project 1505 funding, FY2025–FY2031
Prior years are actuals, the budget year is the request, and the outyears are the FYDP plan. Estimate types are colored and never summed into one figure. Projects carry the full five-year plan; the activities inside them stop at the budget year.
| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 0.0 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 19.6 |
| FY2027 | Request | 19.4 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 17.4 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 17.2 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 17.6 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 17.9 |
4 accomplishments / planned programs
The R-2A exhibit. Activities carry the prior, current and budget year only — no five-year plan — and they are descriptive: coverage is partial and they do not always add back to the project, so count them, never total them. Opening lines only here — the full year-by-year narrative is on the project page.
- Continue the development of plasma Gelsolin as a therapeutic, prophylactic and/or screening tool for Decompression Sickness (DCS). - Continue feasibility studies to explore next generation applications of human performance and medical support in Navy and Marine Corps environments. - Continue development of autonomous casualty care and…
- Complete design maturation of human attuned machine learning (HAML) services, training data for building outlines to address multivariant buildings and form, fit, function of strike targets. - Complete design of automated feature outlining services for 3D mesh-based terrain and architecture. - Continue design of human-centered models…
- Complete fabrication and integration of ultra-low power, small-scale processor chips suitable for AI model training and use into small Navy underwater platforms and evaluate performance on automatic target recognition and mapping. - Continue design, development, and improvement of prototype systems for AI-enabled Command, Control and…
- Complete testing and validation of adaptive training approaches that include automated assessment and adaptive scenarios to accelerate training of ship handling skills for bridge personnel. - Continue studies and design of next generation human performance applications, algorithm refinement, and interventions focused on operational…
What project 1505 buys
Increasing the understanding of how human and biological systems operate and then applying those principles to integrated human and technological systems is essential for winning during military operations. The objective of this project is to develop and deploy knowledge and technologies that maximize and enhance warfighter performance, safety, and combat casualty care in maritime environments.
Expeditionary Campaign — one RDT&E project inside PE 0602750N. Congressional marks are recorded on the program element, not on a project.
Project 1510 — Expeditionary Campaign — requests $18.5M in FY2027, 6.1% of the $305.4M requested for program element 0602750N. It is a new start — no prior-year or current-year money.
Project 1510 funding, FY2025–FY2031
Prior years are actuals, the budget year is the request, and the outyears are the FYDP plan. Estimate types are colored and never summed into one figure. Projects carry the full five-year plan; the activities inside them stop at the budget year.
| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 0.0 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 0.0 |
| FY2027 | Request | 18.5 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 17.8 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 19.9 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 20.3 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 16.0 |
4 accomplishments / planned programs
The R-2A exhibit. Activities carry the prior, current and budget year only — no five-year plan — and they are descriptive: coverage is partial and they do not always add back to the project, so count them, never total them. Opening lines only here — the full year-by-year narrative is on the project page.
- Initiate an effort to develop automated sonar processing and sensor command and control to Naval Expeditionary platforms/systems to contribute to the Undersea Warfare (USW) fight.
- Initiate research in the area of increased range and lethality for small form factor weapon systems in support of EABO. (Expeditionary Maneuver Warfare (EMW) and Combating Terrorism) - Initiate research to improve warfighter effectiveness in command, control, computers and communication, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance in…
Read the FY2027 plan →- Initiate research to develop portable Live, Virtual, and Constructive (LVC) kits that enable standalone or integrated training within a contested littoral or maritime operating environment for forward deployed units. - Initiate research to develop AI applications to support gaming scenario summaries, debriefs, interactive reflection…
- Initiate research to develop rapid, field executable (forward deployed) composite structural repair technologies.
What project 1510 buys
Technology Candidates supporting Expeditionary and Naval Forces. The objective is to develop and mature technologies needed by the Navy to initiate FNCs that can be commenced at higher Technology Readiness Levels (TRLs). The FNC Program is structured to accelerate the transition of new technologies to the Fleet and Force. Each effort is assessed for its technology maturity and transition commitment.
Manufacturing — one RDT&E project inside PE 0602750N. Congressional marks are recorded on the program element, not on a project.
Project 1394 — Manufacturing — requests $7.8M in FY2027, 2.6% of the $305.4M requested for program element 0602750N. Year over year it grows 15% against FY2026.
Project 1394 funding, FY2025–FY2031
Prior years are actuals, the budget year is the request, and the outyears are the FYDP plan. Estimate types are colored and never summed into one figure. Projects carry the full five-year plan; the activities inside them stop at the budget year.
| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 2.0 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 6.8 |
| FY2027 | Request | 7.8 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 7.8 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 7.4 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 7.5 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 7.7 |
1 accomplishment / planned program
The R-2A exhibit. Activities carry the prior, current and budget year only — no five-year plan — and they are descriptive: coverage is partial and they do not always add back to the project, so count them, never total them.
FY2027 planned work - Continue to expand feasibility studies and technology development to explore next generation applications of manufacturing and sustainment in Navy and Marine Corps environments. - Continue Laser Shock Peening of Submarine Steel (LASER SHOPSS) - Continue applied research for through coating non-destructive inspection.
FY2026 to FY2027 change The increase investment in manufacturing, sustainment, and logistics between FY2026 to FY2027 will be used to expand studies exploring next generation applications of manufacturing and sustainment in Navy and Marine Corps environments.
FY2026 plans — current year - Continue: Feasibility studies and technology development to explore next generation applications of manufacturing and sustainment in Navy and Marine Corps environments. - Initiate: Laser Shock Peening of Submarine Steel (LASER SHOPSS) - Initiate: Applied research for through coating nondestructive inspection.
What project 1394 buys
This project develops and matures technologies that enable superior warfighting capabilities for surface and sub-surface naval platforms, undersea weapons and countermeasures, and Marine Corps technologies to a point where they can be proposed and continued as Future Naval Capabilities in program element (PE) 0603673N, Future Naval Capabilities Advanced Technology Development.