What project 2989 buys
FY 2027 increase corresponds with the expansion of Mine Countermeasures (MCM) capabilities. The Barracuda system is an expendable, modular, mine neutralizer launched from the MCM Unmanned Surface Vessel (USV) as part of the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) MCM Mission Package (MP) to autonomously reacquire and neutralize previously detected near-surface mines. Upon entering the water, the vehicle will conduct a search, capture an image, and use a communications buoy to send the image to the operator in the MCM MP to evaluate the image and order the weapon to fire, abort, or continue searching. Future capabilities may include launch from manned or unmanned aircraft or vessels of opportunity as well as the ability to neutralize mines in volume and on the bottom. The Barracuda detailed design and development contract includes system design, program management, systems engineering, software development, integrated product support and contractor testing.
- Product Development
- Support
- Test and Evaluation
- Management Services
Project 2989 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 | 12.5 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 14.6 |
| FY2027 | Request | 16.2 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 7.9 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 8.0 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 0.0 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 0.0 |
4 accomplishments / planned programs
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. 1 of them describes FY2027 work in enough detail to have its own page; the rest are shown here in full. Coverage is partial across the corpus, so count activities, never total them.
- Complete Barracuda Development. - Complete providing test and engineering support to the Government for Developmental and Live Fire Testing. - Provide technical support for Engineering Change Proposals and Milestone C Documentation.
Read the FY2027 plan →FY2027 planned work - Complete Government Developmental Testing. - Complete Operational Assessment.
FY2026 to FY2027 change Increase corresponds with the start of integration testing.
FY2026 plans — current year - Begin Government Developmental Testing (Developmental Test and Live Fire Test).
FY2027 planned work - Continue to conduct and manage technical documents, safety board reviews, and engineering change proposals. - Continue to coordinate host and deployment platform compatibility and integration efforts. - Oversee contractor certification test reports to support Government safety board reviews.
FY2026 to FY2027 change Decrease corresponds with the completion of component qualification and Contractor Performance Testing.
FY2026 plans — current year - Continue to conduct and manage technical documents, safety reviews, and contractor test plans and reports. - Continue to coordinate host and deployment platform compatibility and integration efforts. - Oversee contractor system qualification and performance test reports to support Government safety board reviews.
FY2027 planned work - Continue to provide program management, financial management, engineering support, and test and evaluation support.
FY2026 to FY2027 change No significant change.
FY2026 plans — current year - Continue to provide program management, financial management, engineering support, and test and evaluation support.
Named performers on project 2989
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.