# Project 2989 — Barracuda

**Program element:** 0603502N — Surface & Shallow Water MCM  
**Project:** 2989  
**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/0603502N/2989  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603502N

## Summary

Project 2989 — Barracuda requests $16.2M in FY2027, 50% of the $32.5M requested for program element 0603502N, up 10% on FY2026. 4 R-2A activities decompose the request. RTX / Raytheon is the largest named R-3 performer at $2.7M, 17% of the project's FY2027 R-3 total.

## Funding profile

| 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 |

> Estimate types are not summed. This project is one leaf of PE 0603502N; the PE total is the sum of its projects, never added to them.

## 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.

**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 |
|---|---|---|
| RTX / Raytheon | 2.7 | 17% |
| OPTEVFOR | 0.1 | 0.5% |

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

## Activities (R-2A) — 4

| Activity | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 | Move | Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barracuda: Product Development | 10.3 | 9.9 | 10.5 | +6% | [a0](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603502N/2989/a0) |
| Barracuda: Government Test & Evaluation | 0.0 | 2.1 | 3.4 | +63% | — |
| Barracuda: Engineering Support | 2.1 | 2.6 | 2.2 | −16% | — |
| Barracuda: Management Services | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | −12% | — |

> 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.

### Barracuda: Product Development

- 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.

Full year-by-year narrative: https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603502N/2989/a0

### Barracuda: Government Test & Evaluation

**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).

### Barracuda: Engineering Support

**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.

### Barracuda: Management Services

**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.

## 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/0603502N.

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Navy RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibits R-2/R-2A/R-3, PE 0603502N project 2989 (PB PB2027).
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_program_element(pe="0603502N")`.

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