# Project 2033 — Adv Submarine Systems Development

**Program element:** 0603561N — Advanced Submarine System Development  
**Project:** 2033  
**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/0603561N/2033  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603561N

## Summary

Project 2033 — Adv Submarine Systems Development requests $30.0M in FY2027, 23% of the $132.9M requested for program element 0603561N, down 36% on FY2026. 3 R-2A activities decompose the request. GDEB is the largest named R-3 performer at $6.0M, 20% of the project's FY2027 R-3 total.

**Markets:** Shipbuilding & Undersea — matched on the project title only, and no market size is quoted.

## Funding profile

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 35.5 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 46.8 |
| FY2027 | Request | 30.0 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 27.4 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 22.9 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 23.1 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 23.5 |

> Estimate types are not summed. This project is one leaf of PE 0603561N; the PE total is the sum of its projects, never added to them.

## What project 2033 buys

Advanced Submarine Systems Development (ASSD) is a non-acquisition program that develops, matures and tests advanced technologies for successful integration into current and future submarine classes, to lower the technical/cost risks of integrating new technologies prior to acquisition and speed the delivery of capability and lethality to the Fleet. ASSD transitions Hull, Mechanical, and Electrical (HM&E) technologies, and future naval concepts from the Science & Technology (S&T) and Research and Development (R&D) communities through the development, maturation, and integration of technology projects to operational submarine platforms for assessment, testing, and evaluation. Once projects have proven their maturity and promise through at-sea demonstration, they are formally transitioned into acquisition Programs Of Record (PORs). Additionally, ASSD operates and maintains strategic R&D infrastructure and measurement assets that are critical to the long-term design, assessment and construction of modern, stealthy submarine platforms. Project 2033 is comprised of three programmatic budget categories: Strategic Capability R&D Infrastructure, Long Range R&D Investment, and Rapid Technology Development. Strategic infrastructure investments maintain and operate critical, one-of-a-kind undersea warfare R&D assets that enable the design and manufacture of the stealthiest submarines in the world, without the requirement to develop and test at full scale, which is inordinately expensive and risky. Long-range R&D investment is the maturation and prototyping at full scale of long-range (5-10 years) technologies, to enable their readiness for incorporation into existing and future submarines. The objective is to achieve high technology readiness levels (TRL-7) of the targeted technology so that it can be incorporated into the baseline submarine design during the detailed design and construction contract award and evaluated for back-fit into existing platforms. This is class agnostic technology development that supports the VIRGINIA program, COLUMBIA program, and future submarine technology. Rapid Technology Development projects are efforts designed to rapidly mature higher TRL capabilities and field the particular technology project capability within an 18-30 month window, from program start to submarine at-sea demonstration.

**R-3 lines of work:** Product Development; Support; Test and Evaluation.

## Named R-3 performers

| Performer | $M | Share of this project's FY2027 R-3 total |
|---|---|---|
| GDEB | 6.0 | 20% |
| General Dynamics | 3.5 | 12% |
| Associated Underwater Services | 2.6 | 8.6% |
| HII-NNS | 1.1 | 3.8% |

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

## Activities (R-2A) — 3

| Activity | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 | Move | Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strategic Capability R&D Infrastructure | 28.8 | 39.9 | 25.9 | −35% | [a0](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603561N/2033/a0) |
| Long Range R&D | 6.4 | 6.5 | 3.7 | −43% | — |
| Rapid Technology Development | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | +2% | — |

> 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.

### Strategic Capability R&D Infrastructure

LSV-2: Continue to maintain certified LSV-2 for operations in support of RDT&E customers, the ONR/NAVSEA Multi-Material Propellor Prototype Future Naval Capability (M2P2 FNC), DARPA and any other emergent testing as required by future sub tech, VIRGINIA, or COLUMBIA programs. ISMS: Operate and maintain ISMS acoustic test range underwater…

Full year-by-year narrative: https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603561N/2033/a0

### Long Range R&D

**FY2027 planned work.** ADVANCED HULL TREATMENTS: Continue to mature next generation hull treatments. Perform performance tests on 1/4 scale submarine model to verify capability of next generation hull material. Install a test patch in the forward bow area of a submarine for at-sea performance and durability testing of next generation material. ADVANCED SIGNATURE MANAGEMENT (ASM): Continue CONOP and procedural guidance development for ASM integration into ship systems and operations. Complete data analysis on OSAM FNC demonstration. Continue supporting lines of efforts to more fully integrate ASM and transition OSAM capability into SWFTS and fleet operations. ADVANCED MATERIAL PROPELLER (AMP): Complete documentation and conclude US-AUS Project Arrangement. ADVANCED SSN TECHNOLOGIES: Continue technology development/prototyping to assess new and adapted technologies for submarine use in support of the Tactical Submarine Evolution Plan (TSEP). Continue studies to assess potential impacts on platform capability and challenges to ship integration. Conduct modeling and prototyping to identify and evaluate technology solutions for In-Service stealth issues. Areas of focus include environmental sensing, underwater curing adhesives, corrosion monitoring and directed energy.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** Pillar decrease due to planned ramp-down in ASM project and completion/transition of AMP project.

**FY2026 plans — current year.** ADVANCED HULL TREATMENTS: Continue development and maturation of hull treatments via industrialization, architecture refinement, transition to large scale sample testing. Conduct material qualification testing as required. ADVANCED SIGNATURE MANAGEMENT (ASM): Continue CONOP and procedural guidance development for ASM integration into ship systems and operations. Support execution of At-Sea Final Demonstration in support of joint NAVSEA and ONR Own Ship Acoustic Monitoring (OSAM) FNC. Conduct data analysis and developed SWFTS transition plan. Continue supporting lines of efforts to more fully integrate ASM. ADVANCED MATERIAL PROPELLER (AMP): Complete planned testing and analysis of full-scale propeller data per US-AUS Project Arrangement. ADVANCED SSN TECHNOLOGIES: Continue technology development/prototyping to assess new and adapted technologies for submarine use in support of the Tactical Submarine Evolution Plan (TSEP). Continue studies to assess potential impacts on platform capability and challenges to ship integration. Conduct modeling and prototyping to identify and evaluate technology solutions for In-Service stealth issues. Areas of focus included environmental sensing, underwater curing adhesives, corrosion monitoring and directed energy.

### Rapid Technology Development

**FY2027 planned work.** Continue to leverage products and analysis from Naval Laboratories, Small Business (SBIR/STTR), industry Independent Research and Development (IRAD), and Foreign Comparative Testing efforts to identify/develop innovative submarine and USW technology transition project candidates.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** Pillar increase FY26-27 due to miscellaneous program adjustments.

**FY2026 plans — current year.** Continue to leverage products and analysis from Naval Laboratories, Small Business (SBIR/STTR), industry Independent Research and Development (IRAD), and Foreign Comparative Testing efforts to identify/develop innovative submarine and USW technology transition project candidates.

## 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/0603561N.

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Navy RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibits R-2/R-2A/R-3, PE 0603561N project 2033 (PB PB2027).
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_program_element(pe="0603561N")`.

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