# Project 2342 — METOC Data Assimilation and Mod

**Program element:** 0603207N — Air/Ocean Tactical Applications  
**Project:** 2342  
**Component:** U.S. Navy  
**Appropriation:** 1319 — RDT&E, Navy  
**Budget Activity:** 4 — Advanced Component Development & Prototypes  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603207N/2342  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603207N

## Summary

Project 2342 — METOC Data Assimilation and Mod requests $16.3M in FY2027, 21% of the $76.1M requested for program element 0603207N, up 47% on FY2026. 1 R-2A activity decomposes the request. NRL is the largest named R-3 performer at $10.1M, 62% of the project's FY2027 R-3 total.

## Funding profile

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 19.6 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 11.1 |
| FY2027 | Request | 16.3 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 17.8 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 17.1 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 17.1 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 17.4 |

> Estimate types are not summed. This project is one leaf of PE 0603207N; the PE total is the sum of its projects, never added to them.

## What project 2342 buys

The Battlespace Data Assimilation and Prediction Project (2342) enables the future warfighter to leverage observed environmental data gathered under Project 2341 (METOC Data Acquisition) by assimilating data into and fusing them with sophisticated high-resolution (spatial and temporal) assessment and prediction models made possible by high-performance computing. These models gain increasing importance as weapons and sensors grow in sophistication and complexity, making them even more sensitive to the effects of the natural environment. Meteorology and Oceanography (METOC) Processing enables full understanding of the limitations and constraints imposed by ocean and atmosphere, in space and time, thus quantifying and minimizing their impact on weapons, sensors, and mission. However, METOC Processing itself is limited by the temporal and spatial resolutions at which data are collected and numerically analyzed and predicted. Thus Projects 2341 and 2342 must remain aggressive in delivering higher and higher resolutions, demanding greater and greater computational and database capacities. METOC Processing efforts must also rise to the challenge of assimilating smaller-scale phenomena, particularly in the littorals, and predicting their spatial and temporal effects, as stated by Fleet and Force Commanders who require remote autonomous, clandestine, littoral battlespace sensing in near-shore areas to enable Sea Shield & Sea Basing. This next step in the Information Warfare (IW) Tasking, Collection, Processing, Exploitation and Dissemination (TCPED) continuum, METOC Processing, is critical to fully characterize the physical battlespace environment in real-time and in predictive/forecasting modes and gives the warfighter a decisive advantage in the complex blue-water, littoral and deep-strike battlespaces.

**R-3 lines of work:** Product Development; Support; Test and Evaluation; Management Services.

## Named R-3 performers

| Performer | $M | Share of this project's FY2027 R-3 total |
|---|---|---|
| NRL | 10.1 | 62% |
| SSC PAC | 1.9 | 12% |

> Budget-justification contract funding, not obligations. Shares need not reach 100% — unnamed and government work is in the denominator.

## Activities (R-2A) — 1

| Activity | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 | Move | Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Battlespace Data Assimilation and Prediction | 19.6 | 11.1 | 16.3 | +47% | [a0](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603207N/2342/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.

### Battlespace Data Assimilation and Prediction

-Continue to mature ensemble global environmental prediction models. This includes adapting the next-generation NEPTUNE (Navy Environmental Prediction System Using a Nonhydrostatic Engine) atmospheric model for ensemble use and integrating NEPTUNE as the atmospheric component of the Earth Prediction Capability (ESPC) coupled global…

Full year-by-year narrative: https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603207N/2342/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/0603207N.

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Navy RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibits R-2/R-2A/R-3, PE 0603207N project 2342 (PB PB2027).
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_program_element(pe="0603207N")`.

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