# Project 1505 — Human & Biological Systems

**Program element:** 0602750N — Future Naval Capabilities Applied Research  
**Project:** 1505  
**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/1505  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0602750N

## Summary

Project 1505 — Human & Biological Systems requests $19.4M in FY2027, 6.4% of the $305.4M requested for program element 0602750N, down 0.9% on FY2026. 4 R-2A activities decompose the request.

## Funding profile

| 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 |

> 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 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.

## Activities (R-2A) — 4

| Activity | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 | Move | Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manpower, Training, and Performance Assessment | 0.0 | 9.8 | 9.7 | −2% | — |
| Advanced Analytics and Decision Making | 0.0 | 4.4 | 4.0 | −9% | — |
| Autonomy, Artificial Intelligence and Robotics | 0.0 | 3.4 | 3.1 | −8% | — |
| Human Performance and Medical Support | 0.0 | 1.9 | 2.6 | +33% | — |

> 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.

### Manpower, Training, and Performance Assessment

**FY2027 planned work.** - 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 risk management processes for fatigue. - Continue to analyze and identify high value Non-Kinetic Effects, including inject methodologies and After-Action Review enhancements, to the Find, Fix, Track, Target, Engage, Assess (F2T2EA) kill chain. - Continue rapid prototyping and lab-based testing of architectural advances to enable end-to-end Non-Kinetic Effects across the Live, Virtual, and Constructive training enterprise. - Continue to conduct rapid prototyping and lab-based testing of After-Action Review enhancements, representing Non-Kinetic Effects and demonstrate Information Warfare impact to mission effectiveness. - Continue development of Live, Virtual, and Constructive capabilities for the Carrier Strike Group to organically conduct mission rehearsal while at sea on deployment. - Initiate design of scalable and readily interpretable Operational Risk Management (ORM) recommendations, for Surface Force.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** The decrease in funding from FY2026 to FY2027 is due to completion of testing and validation of adaptive training approaches to accelerate training of ship handling skills for bridge personnel.

**FY2026 plans — current year.** - Complete applied research on a Modular, Live-Virtual-Constructive integrated warfare environment to support training, mission rehearsal, and assessment of Carrier Strike Group and Air Wing forces while at sea. - Complete architecture and capabilities for automated real-time data tagging for long term data analytics and trend analysis across carrier airwing events. - Continue to test and validate 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 and interventions focused on operational risk management processes for fatigue. - Initiate effort to analyze and identify high value Non-Kinetic Effects, including inject methodologies and After-Action Review enhancements, to the Find, Fix, Track, Target, Engage, Assess (F2T2EA) kill chain. - Initiate rapid prototyping and lab-based testing of architectural advances to enable end-to-end Non-Kinetic Effects across the Live, Virtual, and Constructive training enterprise. - Initiate rapid prototyping and lab-based testing of After-Action Review enhancements, representing Non-Kinetic Effects and demonstrate Information Warfare impact to mission effectiveness. - Initiate development of Live, Virtual, and Constructive capabilities for the Carrier Strike Group to organically conduct mission rehearsal while at sea on deployment.

### Advanced Analytics and Decision Making

**FY2027 planned work.** - 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 and decision support tools that enable collaboration between humans and AI-agents to improve decision making by Naval Commanders (e.g., Carrier Strike Group Commanders or Infantry Battalion). - Continue feasibility studies to explore next generation applications of advanced analytics and decision making in Navy and Marine Corps environments. - Continue development of design tools to capture key decisions and significant events during submarine simulation and training and data visualization that illustrate the submarine crew's decision-making processes for use in simulation training and debriefs and trend analysis.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** The funding decrease from FY2026 to FY2027 is due to completion of the automated feature outlining services for 3D mesh-based terrain and architecture.

**FY2026 plans — current year.** - Complete applied research to identify segmentation and algorithms to integrate into existing software applications to automatically identify man-made structures in 2D and 3D datasets - Continue design of human-centered models and decision support tools that enable collaboration between humans and AI-agents to improve decision making by Naval Commanders (e.g., Carrier Strike Group Commanders or Infantry Battalion). - Continue 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. - Continue feasibility studies to explore next generation applications of advanced analytics and decision making in Navy and Marine Corps environments. - Initiate design of automated feature outlining services for 3D mesh-based terrain and architecture to support integration into Navy program of record applications. - Initiate design tools to capture key decisions and significant events during submarine simulation and training and data visualization that illustrate the submarine crew's decision-making processes for use in simulation training and debriefs and trend analysis.

### Autonomy, Artificial Intelligence and Robotics

**FY2027 planned work.** - 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 Communications (C3) for autonomous planning, distribution, reaction and recovery of UxVs. - Continue feasibility studies to explore next generation applications of autonomy, artificial intelligence, and robotics in Navy and Marine Corps environments.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** The decrease in funding from FY 2026 to FY 2027 is due to the completion and integration of ultra-low power, small-scale processor chips suitable for AI model training into small Navy underwater platforms.

**FY2026 plans — current year.** - Complete development and testing a profiling buoy that can be deployed by multiple means with submerging and surfacing capabilities for tactical data collections and communications. - Continue 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 feasibility studies to explore next generation applications of autonomy, artificial intelligence, and robotics in Navy and Marine Corps environments. - Initiate design, development, and improvement of prototype systems for artificial intelligence-enabled Command, Control and Communications (C3) for autonomous planning, distribution, reaction and recovery of UxVs.

### Human Performance and Medical Support

**FY2027 planned work.** - 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 evacuation capabilities that will improve medical logistics in contested maritime environments.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** The funding increase from FY 2026 to FY 2027 is due to an increased investment in the development of autonomous casualty care and evacuation capabilities that will improve medical logistics in contested maritime environments.

**FY2026 plans — current year.** - Continue 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. -Initiate development of autonomous casualty care and evacuation capabilities that will improve medical logistics in contested maritime environments.

## 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 1505 (PB PB2027).
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_program_element(pe="0602750N")`.

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