# Platform Design and Engineering

**R-2A activity** of project 1396 — Naval Engineering  
**Program element:** 0602750N — Future Naval Capabilities Applied Research  
**Component:** U.S. Navy · **Budget Activity:** 2  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0602750N/1396/a0  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0602750N/1396

## Summary

This activity requests $24.5M in FY2027, 100% of project 1396, up 104% 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.** - 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 Underwater Electromagnetic signature (OSEM-ML) - Continue: Develop a low signature, widely tunable (HF-SHF), room temperature quantum RF antenna for autonomous platform resilient communications and persistent ISR. (ATOMIC SCEPTER) - Continue: Applied Research of advanced Radome materials and structures (BARREL-I) - Continue: Applied Research into advanced Damage Control Technologies and Fire Suppression (SCORCH)

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** The increased investment in Platform Design and Engineering from FY2026 to FY2027 will allow for expansion of applied research into advanced damage control and nondestructive technologies.

## Before the request year

**FY2026 plans — current year.** - Continue: 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 Underwater Electromagnetic signature (OSEM-ML) - Continue: Develop a low signature, widely tunable (HF-SHF), room temperature quantum RF antenna for autonomous platform resilient communications and persistent ISR. (ATOMIC SCEPTER) - Initiate: Applied Research of advanced Radome materials and structures (BARREL-I) - Initiate: Applied Research into advanced Damage Control Technologies and Fire Suppression (SCORCH)

## Funding

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 19.3 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 12.0 |
| FY2027 | Request | 24.5 |

> 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.

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Navy RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibit R-2A, PE 0602750N project 1396 (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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