# Project 1396 — Naval Engineering

**Program element:** 0602750N — Future Naval Capabilities Applied Research  
**Project:** 1396  
**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/1396  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0602750N

## Summary

Project 1396 — Naval Engineering requests $24.5M in FY2027, 8.0% of the $305.4M requested for program element 0602750N, up 104% on FY2026. 1 R-2A activity decomposes the request.

## Funding profile

| 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 |

> Estimate types are not summed. This project is one leaf of PE 0602750N; the PE total is the sum of its projects, never added to them.

## 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.

## Activities (R-2A) — 1

| Activity | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 | Move | Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Platform Design and Engineering | 19.3 | 12.0 | 24.5 | +104% | [a0](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0602750N/1396/a0) |

> Activities carry the prior, current and budget year only — no five-year plan. In the request year they partition this project exactly; in earlier years they can under-cover it.

### Platform Design and Engineering

- 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…

Full year-by-year narrative: https://hitchintel.com/programs/0602750N/1396/a0

## What is NOT on this page

Congressional marks, the R-2 mission description and acquisition strategy, the industry vs government split of the whole request, and related program elements are recorded at **program-element** grain — an NDAA mark lands on a PE, never on a project. They are at https://hitchintel.com/programs/0602750N.

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Navy RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibits R-2/R-2A/R-3, PE 0602750N project 1396 (PB PB2027).
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_program_element(pe="0602750N")`.

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