# Future Naval Capabilities Applied Research — Program Element 0602750N

**Program element:** 0602750N  
**Component:** U.S. Navy  
**Appropriation:** 1319 — RDT&E, Navy  
**Budget Activity:** 2 — Applied Research  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0602750N

## Summary

U.S. Navy requests $305.4M in FY2027 (down from a FY2026 peak), sustained across the five-year plan. In the FY2027 defense authorization, the House cut 1.6% (to $300.4M); the Senate funded it in full; House appropriators added 9.8% (to $335.4M).

## Funding profile

| 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 |

> Estimate types are not summed — the profile mixes actuals, enacted law, the request, and outyear projections.

## Congressional marks (FY2027)

| Stage | Marked ($M) | Change ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| Request | 305.4 | — |
| House NDAA (HASC) | 300.4 | −5.0 |
| Senate NDAA (SASC) | 305.4 | +0.0 |
| House Approps (HAC-D) | 335.4 | +30.0 |

> FY2027 NDAA authorization marks, as of 2026-07-27. Not appropriations or final law.

## Projects (24)

| Project | Title | FY2025 actual | FY2026 enacted | FY2027 request | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1502 | C5ISR/Naval Space | 0.0 | 104.8 | 80.8 | −23% |
| 1508 | Undersea Systems | 0.0 | 66.3 | 66.1 | −0% |
| 1507 | Naval Aerospace | 0.0 | 22.6 | 42.2 | +87% |
| 1503 | Directed Energy & Kinetic Systems | 0.0 | 33.7 | 31.5 | −6% |
| 1396 | Naval Engineering | 19.3 | 12.0 | 24.5 | +104% |
| 1505 | Human & Biological Systems | 0.0 | 19.6 | 19.4 | −1% |
| 1510 | Expeditionary Campaign | 0.0 | 0.0 | 18.5 | new start |
| 1394 | Manufacturing | 2.0 | 6.8 | 7.8 | +15% |
| 1400 | Power and Energy | 5.2 | 4.5 | 5.2 | +15% |
| 5891 | Naval S&T Ops Analysis, Supp & Experimentation Act | 0.0 | 4.8 | 4.7 | −1% |
| 0000 | Future Naval Capabilities Applied Research | 5.7 | 3.1 | 2.9 | −7% |
| 1506 | Materials/Electronics | 0.0 | 1.5 | 1.7 | +15% |
| 1385 | Aerospace Sciences | 6.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — |
| 1386 | Biomedical | 2.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — |
| 1388 | Directed Energy | 6.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — |
| 1389 | Electromagnetic Spectrum | 28.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — |
| 1391 | Full Spectrum Cyber | 13.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — |
| 1392 | Human Systems | 16.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — |
| 1393 | Kinetic Weapons | 10.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — |
| 1395 | Materials | 2.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — |
| 1399 | Ocean Battle Space Applications | 30.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — |
| 1401 | Undersea Systems Payloads and Weapons | 3.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — |
| 5893 | Decision Superiority | 10.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — |
| 9999 | Congressional Adds | 0.0 | 29.0 | 0.0 | −100% |

> Projects are the summable leaves: the program element total is their sum, never added to it.

### Project 1502 — C5ISR/Naval Space

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.

| Activity (R-2A) | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Communications and Networking | 0.0 | 8.2 | 7.3 |
| Intelligence, Decision-Making Superiority, C2 and Combat Systems | 0.0 | 4.4 | 3.9 |
| Full Spectrum Cyber | 0.0 | 22.0 | 13.7 |
| Expeditionary Cyber | 0.0 | 2.3 | 0.0 |
| Electromagnetic Warfare | 0.0 | 9.7 | 8.3 |
| Surveillance, Sensors and Phenomenology | 0.0 | 12.3 | 10.6 |
| Quantum, Positioning, Navigation, and Timing | 0.0 | 1.6 | 1.4 |
| Expeditionary Electromagnetic Spectrum | 0.0 | 5.5 | 0.0 |
| Chimera (INP) | 0.0 | 38.8 | 25.6 |
| Bright Eyes (INP) | 0.0 | 0.0 | 10.0 |

> R-2A activities carry the prior, current and budget year only — no five-year plan. Coverage is partial, so count them, never total them.

### Project 1508 — Undersea Systems

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.

| Activity (R-2A) | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mine and Expeditionary Warfare | 0.0 | 3.4 | 0.0 |
| Undersea Warfare | 0.0 | 5.9 | 0.0 |
| Environmental Information Warfare | 0.0 | 15.1 | 0.0 |
| Undersea Weapons | 0.0 | 3.8 | 4.3 |
| Expeditionary Ocean & Battle Space Applications | 0.0 | 5.2 | 0.0 |
| Full Spectrum Undersea Warfare (FSUSW) (INP) | 0.0 | 33.0 | 29.5 |
| Ocean Battlespace Sensing | 0.0 | 0.0 | 32.3 |

> R-2A activities carry the prior, current and budget year only — no five-year plan. Coverage is partial, so count them, never total them.

### Project 1507 — Naval Aerospace

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.

| Activity (R-2A) | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Air Platforms | 0.0 | 6.2 | 8.2 |
| STARDANCAR-M (INP) | 0.0 | 1.5 | 0.0 |
| FLight Advancement of Structures for Hypersonics (FLASH) (INP) | 0.0 | 14.8 | 34.0 |

> R-2A activities carry the prior, current and budget year only — no five-year plan. Coverage is partial, so count them, never total them.

### Project 1503 — Directed Energy & Kinetic Systems

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.

| Activity (R-2A) | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Directed Energy | 0.0 | 3.4 | 4.8 |
| Expeditionary Directed Energy | 0.0 | 2.2 | 0.0 |
| Kinetic Weapons | 0.0 | 16.1 | 21.0 |
| Expeditionary Kinetic Weapons | 0.0 | 2.3 | 0.0 |
| Manned and Autonomous Teams (MATes) (INP) | 0.0 | 5.0 | 4.8 |
| Precision Fire Control (INP) | 0.0 | 4.9 | 0.9 |

> R-2A activities carry the prior, current and budget year only — no five-year plan. Coverage is partial, so count them, never total them.

### Project 1396 — Naval Engineering

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.

| Activity (R-2A) | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Platform Design and Engineering | 19.3 | 12.0 | 24.5 |

> R-2A activities carry the prior, current and budget year only — no five-year plan. Coverage is partial, so count them, never total them.

### Project 1505 — Human & Biological Systems

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.

| Activity (R-2A) | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Human Performance and Medical Support | 0.0 | 1.9 | 2.6 |
| Advanced Analytics and Decision Making | 0.0 | 4.4 | 4.0 |
| Autonomy, Artificial Intelligence and Robotics | 0.0 | 3.4 | 3.1 |
| Manpower, Training, and Performance Assessment | 0.0 | 9.8 | 9.7 |

> R-2A activities carry the prior, current and budget year only — no five-year plan. Coverage is partial, so count them, never total them.

### Project 1510 — Expeditionary Campaign

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.

| Activity (R-2A) | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Command, Control, Communications, and Computers (C4) | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.4 |
| Force Protection | 0.0 | 0.0 | 12.4 |
| Human Performance, Training and Education | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.3 |
| Logistics | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 |

> R-2A activities carry the prior, current and budget year only — no five-year plan. Coverage is partial, so count them, never total them.

### Project 1394 — Manufacturing

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.

| Activity (R-2A) | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manufacturing, Sustainment & Logistics | 2.0 | 6.8 | 7.8 |

> R-2A activities carry the prior, current and budget year only — no five-year plan. Coverage is partial, so count them, never total them.

### Project 1400 — 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.

| Activity (R-2A) | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Naval Power Systems | 5.2 | 4.5 | 5.2 |

> R-2A activities carry the prior, current and budget year only — no five-year plan. Coverage is partial, so count them, never total them.

### Project 5891 — 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.

| Activity (R-2A) | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FNC Program Management Support | 0.0 | 2.8 | 2.8 |
| INP Program Management Support | 0.0 | 2.0 | 1.9 |

> R-2A activities carry the prior, current and budget year only — no five-year plan. Coverage is partial, so count them, never total them.

### Project 0000 — 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.

| Activity (R-2A) | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FNC Program Management Support | 2.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Warfighter Performance | 3.0 | 3.1 | 2.9 |

> R-2A activities carry the prior, current and budget year only — no five-year plan. Coverage is partial, so count them, never total them.

### Project 1506 — 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.

| Activity (R-2A) | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Materials | 0.0 | 1.5 | 1.7 |

> R-2A activities carry the prior, current and budget year only — no five-year plan. Coverage is partial, so count them, never total them.

### Project 1385 — 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.

| Activity (R-2A) | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Air Platforms | 6.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 |

> R-2A activities carry the prior, current and budget year only — no five-year plan. Coverage is partial, so count them, never total them.

### Project 1386 — 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.

| Activity (R-2A) | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Human Performance and Medical Support | 2.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |

> R-2A activities carry the prior, current and budget year only — no five-year plan. Coverage is partial, so count them, never total them.

### Project 1388 — 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.

| Activity (R-2A) | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Directed Energy | 4.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Expeditionary Direct Energy | 1.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 |

> R-2A activities carry the prior, current and budget year only — no five-year plan. Coverage is partial, so count them, never total them.

### Project 1389 — 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.

| Activity (R-2A) | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Electromagnetic Warfare | 6.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Surveillance, Sensors and Phenomenology | 8.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Quantum, Positioning, Navigation, and Timing | 2.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Expeditionary Electromagnetic Spectrum | 11.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |

> R-2A activities carry the prior, current and budget year only — no five-year plan. Coverage is partial, so count them, never total them.

### Project 1391 — 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.

| Activity (R-2A) | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Full Spectrum Cyber | 10.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Expeditionary Cyber | 2.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 |

> R-2A activities carry the prior, current and budget year only — no five-year plan. Coverage is partial, so count them, never total them.

### Project 1392 — 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.

| Activity (R-2A) | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Advanced Analytics and Decision Making | 5.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Autonomy, Artificial Intelligence, and Robotics | 2.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Manpower, Training, and Performance Assessment | 8.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |

> R-2A activities carry the prior, current and budget year only — no five-year plan. Coverage is partial, so count them, never total them.

### Project 1393 — 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.

| Activity (R-2A) | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kinetic Weapons | 8.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Expeditionary Kinetic Weapons | 2.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |

> R-2A activities carry the prior, current and budget year only — no five-year plan. Coverage is partial, so count them, never total them.

### Project 1395 — 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.

| Activity (R-2A) | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Materials | 2.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 |

> R-2A activities carry the prior, current and budget year only — no five-year plan. Coverage is partial, so count them, never total them.

### Project 1399 — 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.

| Activity (R-2A) | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mine and Expeditionary Warfare | 3.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Expeditionary Ocean & Battle Space Applications | 6.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Undersea Warfare | 5.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Environmental Information Warfare | 15.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |

> R-2A activities carry the prior, current and budget year only — no five-year plan. Coverage is partial, so count them, never total them.

### Project 1401 — 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.

| Activity (R-2A) | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Undersea Weapons | 3.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |

> R-2A activities carry the prior, current and budget year only — no five-year plan. Coverage is partial, so count them, never total them.

### Project 5893 — 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.

| Activity (R-2A) | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Communications and Networking | 4.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Intelligence, Decision-Making Superiority, C2 and Combat Systems | 6.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 |

> R-2A activities carry the prior, current and budget year only — no five-year plan. Coverage is partial, so count them, never total them.

### Project 9999 — Congressional Adds

Congressional add projects not included in other efforts.

## 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).

## Related program elements

- [0603801N — Innovative Naval Prototypes (INP) Adv Tec Dev](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603801N) (Navy)
- [0604555D8Z — Operational Energy Prototyping](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604555D8Z) (Defense-Wide)
- [0901410F — Con-it](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0901410F) (Air Force)
- [0604518N — Combat Information Center Conv](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604518N) (Navy)

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Navy RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibits R-2/R-3, PE 0602750N (PB PB2027); FY2027 NDAA committee marks (as of 2026-07-27).
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_program_element(pe="0602750N")`.

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