# Surface ASW — Program Element 0603553N

**Program element:** 0603553N  
**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/0603553N

## Summary

U.S. Navy requests $0.0M in FY2027.

## Funding profile

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 1.1 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 0.0 |
| FY2027 | Request | 0.0 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 0.0 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 0.0 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 0.0 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 0.0 |

> Estimate types are not summed — the profile mixes actuals, enacted law, the request, and outyear projections.

## Projects (1)

| Project | Title | FY2025 actual | FY2026 enacted | FY2027 request | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1704 | Undersea Warfare | 1.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — |

> Projects are the summable leaves: the program element total is their sum, never added to it.

### Project 1704 — Undersea Warfare

The objective of this Project is to pursue the development of technologies with the goal of improving ASW effectiveness to the point of rendering the enemy submarine irrelevant against U.S. and coalition forces. U.S. adversaries continue to develop asymmetric capabilities and capacities to deter, disrupt, or delay the entry of U.S. and allied naval forces, and pose a constant challenge as we implement the Maritime Strategy. These trends increase the threats to U.S. surface combatants, thus requiring a focused effort to identify the most promising ASW technologies through a process of discovery, assessment, experimentation, and analysis. Studies, experiments, and/or technology developments under this PE will seek to improve the ability of surface combatants to detect, classify, localize, and track submerged contacts and detect and defend against modern torpedoes. To achieve these objectives, it is essential to develop new ASW technologies. The products from these efforts will be provided to the ACB program supporting the continuing improvement of the AN/SQQ-89A(V)15 Surface Ship ASW Combat System.

| Activity (R-2A) | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ASW Concept Development/Studies | 1.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |

> R-2A activities carry the prior, current and budget year only — no five-year plan. Coverage is partial, so count them, never total them.

## Mission & acquisition strategy

The objective of this Program Element (PE) is to pursue the development of technologies with the goal of improving Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) effectiveness to the point of rendering the enemy submarine irrelevant against U.S. and coalition forces. U.S. adversaries continue to develop asymmetric capabilities and capacities to deter, disrupt, or delay the entry of U.S. and allied naval forces, and pose a constant challenge as we implement the Maritime Strategy. These trends increase the threats to U.S. surface combatants, thus requiring a focused effort to identify the most promising ASW technologies through a process of discovery, assessment, experimentation, and analysis.

Use competitively awarded contracts from Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) solicitations and Other Transaction Authority (OTA). Successful technologies are transitioned to the AN/SQQ-89A(V)15 Surface Ship ASW Combat System ACB development program funded under PE 0205620N, Project 1916 (through FY 2025) and PE 0603561N, Project 1916 (beginning in FY 2026) for integration and testing. Technologies are delivered every two years to the AN/SQQ-89A(V)15 Surface Ship ASW Combat System production program via the ACB spiral development process.

## Related program elements

- [0604001F — NC3 Advanced Concepts](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604001F) (Air Force)
- [0604574N — Navy Tactical Computer Resources](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604574N) (Navy)
- [0604134A — Counter Improvised-Threat Demonstration, Prototype Development, and Testing](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604134A) (Army)
- [0604181C — Hypersonic Defense](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604181C) (Defense-Wide)

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Navy RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibits R-2/R-3, PE 0603553N (PB PB2027).
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_program_element(pe="0603553N")`.

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