# Project 3376 — Strategic Sealift

**Program element:** 0603563N — Ship Concept Advanced Design  
**Project:** 3376  
**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/0603563N/3376  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603563N

## Summary

Project 3376 — Strategic Sealift requests $184.2M in FY2027, 52% of the $353.9M requested for program element 0603563N — a restart: funded in FY2025, zeroed in FY2026, funded again now. 3 R-2A activities decompose the request, 3 restarted this cycle.

## Funding profile

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 13.1 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 0.0 |
| FY2027 | Request | 184.2 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 6.4 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 6.1 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 2.8 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 2.8 |

> Estimate types are not summed. This project is one leaf of PE 0603563N; the PE total is the sum of its projects, never added to them.

## What project 3376 buys

Project 3376 - Strategic Sealift Research and Development - Develops new concepts and technologies which can be applied to or will enable future strategic sealift, and Seabasing systems. The technologies include ship configuration concepts, equipment to increase cargo handling and cargo loading/unloading rates (including commercial and merchant ship systems), improved man/machine interfaces, improved structural configurations and materials, and Logistics-Over-the-Shore (LOTS) equipment and system improvements. Prior Years include: FY2016 and prior years (FY2014 and earlier) efforts financed under the National Defense Sealift Fund (NDSF) BA 04 Project 3116 Strategic Sealift Research and Development; FY2015, FY2017, FY2019 thru FY2024 efforts financed under this program element, RDT&E,N BA04, Project 3376 (Strategic Sealift); and FY2018 efforts financed under RDT&E,N BA 04 Project 9999/C403 (Congressional Adds). The FY2026 budget for Strategic Sealift Research and Development included $0 thousand of discretionary (zeroed out as part of the Congressional Mark for Reconciliation Funding Incongruence) and $42,200 thousand of mandatory (reconciliation) for a total of $42,200 thousand. The mandatory funds supported the T-AKE Expeditionary Reload Equipment. The FY2027 request for Strategic Sealift includes $184,191 thousand of discretionary funding.

**R-3 lines of work:** Product Development.

## Activities (R-2A) — 3

| Activity | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 | Move | Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shipboard Crane Systems/Shipboard Cargo Systems | 11.2 | 0.0 | 177.7 | restart | [a0](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603563N/3376/a0) |
| Advanced Tools | 1.6 | 0.0 | 4.1 | restart | — |
| Sealift Concept Development | 0.2 | 0.0 | 2.3 | restart | — |

> 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.

### Shipboard Crane Systems/Shipboard Cargo Systems — RESTART

Continue investigation and demonstration of shipboard crane/cargo system improvements including T-AKE Expeditionary Reload and MK 41 Strike Up/Strike Down System. Initiate Naval Strike Missile and MK 48 torpedo reloading system improvements efforts. Complete fabrication, installation, and demonstration of At-Sea Reload of VLS (ASRV)…

Full year-by-year narrative: https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603563N/3376/a0

### Advanced Tools — RESTART

**FY2027 planned work.** Continue support and testing of installed Environmental and Ship Motion Forecasting System on board ESD and EPF class vessels. Complete installation of system on two T-AKE class vessels.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** Increase of $4.149 million reflects efforts related to installations aboard two T-AKE vessels and improvements to the existing ESD installation.

**FY2026 plans — current year.** Continue support and testing of installed Environmental and Ship Motion Forecasting System on board ESD and EPF class vessels. Complete installation of system on one T-AKE class vessel. Note: Efforts will be completed utilizing FY2025 Mandatory Reconciliation Funding.

### Sealift Concept Development — RESTART

**FY2027 planned work.** Continue Sealift Research and Technology development and program guidance, continue investigation of improved sealift vessel survivability and resume Inter-Theater Munitions Transport concept development (formerly identified as Lighter/ HSV Seabase to Shore Cargo Transfer).

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** Increase of $2.305 million reflects increased scope of survivability and intra-theater munitions transport concept development projects.

**FY2026 plans — current year.** Continue Sealift Research and Technology development and program guidance, continue investigation of improved sealift vessel survivability and resume Inter-Theater Munitions Transport concept development (formerly identified as Lighter/ HSV Seabase to Shore Cargo Transfer). Note: Efforts will be completed utilizing FY2025 Mandatory Reconciliation Funding.

## 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/0603563N.

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Navy RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibits R-2/R-2A/R-3, PE 0603563N project 3376 (PB PB2027).
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_program_element(pe="0603563N")`.

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