# Experimentation and Demonstration of Priority Technologies

**R-2A activity** of project 0304 — Technology Maturation and Transition  
**Program element:** 0603382N — Advanced Combat Systems Tech  
**Component:** U.S. Navy · **Budget Activity:** 4  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603382N/0304/a0  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603382N/0304

> **NEW START.** $25.4M requested in FY2027 with no prior-year and no current-year funding.

## Summary

This activity requests $25.4M in FY2027, 100% of project 0304 — a new start with no prior-year and no current-year money. The R-2A exhibit describes it across FY2027, including what the FY2027 money is planned to buy.

## What the FY2027 request buys

**FY2027 planned work.** Funds experimentation, demonstration and prototyping of technologies across warfighting domains. -Support prototyping and experimentation of modular, containerized capabilities to evaluate effectiveness in support of multiple missions -Accelerate the ability to expand undersea and surface communications networks as required for future warfighting operations (more details available at higher classification) -Kill chain experimentation of automated shipboard weapons -Perform system evaluation and experimentation to enhance Sub-Surface Warfare (SSW)/Mine Counter-Measures (MCM) capabilities (more details at higher classification) -Demonstration and experimentation of C-C5ISRT capabilities in order to transition into Program of Record fielding and sustainment (more details at higher classification)

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** Funds increase resources to close critical capability gaps with projects that are aligned with INDSG, CNOG and Fleet priorities that have received USN endorsement based on a rigorous vetting process.

## Funding

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 0.0 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 0.0 |
| FY2027 | Request | 25.4 |

> 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 0603382N project 0304 (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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