What project 1292 buys
This program improves Air Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) effectiveness through development and maturation of advanced hardware and software associated with airborne acoustic and non-acoustic sub-systems. This includes sensors and components, data recording, processing, post-processing and display capabilities to address near-peer threat scenarios against surfaced or submerged conventionally and nuclear powered submarines. Key objectives include: advancing active and passive sensors and components; improving detection, classification, localization and tracking; and increasing capacity and flexibility to handle multi-sensor data loads. Technology evaluations include sonobuoy communication links to/from aircraft, distributed netted sensors, transient signals, and source and receiver technologies that will enhance passive and multistatic active sensor systems. Products being funded will provide for the development and maturation of persistent tactical search technologies that will allow transition to the localization and attack phase in operationally relevant environments. In addition, the program will provide for the development and subsequent experimentation, including data collection and engineering measurement, of the next generation of multistatic sources and receivers; passive sensors and processors; and non-acoustic technologies. Matured technologies that increase operational capability will transition to acquisition programs of record for eventual release on ASW platforms. The RDT&E test articles reflect the upper unit quantities for early USAB2 prototyping.
- Product Development
- Support
- Test and Evaluation
- Management Services
Project 1292 funding, FY2025–FY2031
Prior years are actuals, the budget year is the request, and the outyears are the FYDP plan. Estimate types are colored and never summed into one figure. Projects carry the full five-year plan; the activities inside them stop at the budget year.
| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 18.1 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 18.9 |
| FY2027 | Request | 20.1 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 19.2 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 19.6 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 19.7 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 20.1 |
1 accomplishment / planned program
The R-2A exhibit — the only level of the budget that describes work that has not happened yet. Activities carry the prior, current and budget year only, no five-year plan. Coverage is partial across the corpus, so count activities, never total them.
FY2027 planned work Continue development of prototype USA Blocks 2 and 3 focusing on system of systems integration while concurrently refining specifications and conducting at-sea testing of validation articles.
FY2026 to FY2027 change FY26 to FY27 increase is due to ramping up USA BLKs 2 and 3.
FY2026 plans — current year Finalize prototype activities for USA Block 1 for the Milestone B (MS B) decision. Continue development of prototype USA Blocks 2 and 3.
Named performers on project 1292
Performers named in the R-3 exhibit under this project. Share is of the project's whole FY2027 R-3 total — the same denominator the program-element split uses, so the two read on one scale and will not sum to 100% when unnamed or government work is in the mix. Budget-justification contract funding, not obligations.