# Project 3505 — Future Sealift Ships

**Program element:** 0603563N — Ship Concept Advanced Design  
**Project:** 3505  
**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/3505  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603563N

## Summary

Project 3505 — Future Sealift Ships requests $28.0M in FY2027, 7.9% of the $353.9M requested for program element 0603563N — a restart: funded in FY2025, zeroed in FY2026, funded again now. 1 R-2A activity decomposes the request, 1 restarted this cycle.

## Funding profile

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 1.4 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 0.0 |
| FY2027 | Request | 28.0 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 17.1 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 17.6 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 10.0 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 10.2 |

> 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 3505 buys

This PE is updated to reflect accountability of projects to be included but not described in PB26 due to early JCIDS uncertainties, Crane Ship (T-ACS(X)) and Aviation Maintenance Ship (T-AVB(X)) recapitalizations efforts. Next generation sealift ships, MPS(X) (Formerly MPF(X))/T-ACS(X)/T-AVB(X), will recapitalize the aging specialized capabilities Combatant Commanders need to meet Time Phased Force Deployment requirements. The MPS(X) and T-AVB(X) ships will recapitalize the aging BOBO Class maritime prepositioning ships and WRIGHT Class aviation logistics support ships in consideration of evolved force concepts such as Distributed Maritime Operations and Expeditionary Advanced Basing Operations. T-ACS(X) ships will recapitalize the aging KEYSTONE STATE class and GOPHER STATE class cranes ships to meet Future Afloat Logistics Force requirements. The MPS(X), T-ACS(X), and T-AVB(X) comprise the new construction aspect of the three-phase sealift recapitalization approach in full consideration of force concepts. The FY2026 budget for Future Sealift Programs was zeroed out as part of the Congressional Mark for Reconciliation Funding Incongruence. FY2027 request for Future Sealift Programs includes $28,039 thousand of discretionary funding and $0 thousand of mandatory funding for a total of $28,039 thousand. FY 2027 efforts will leverage the previous Analyses of Alternatives (AoA) on Crane Ships and AoA on Maritime Prepositioning ships to develop in-depth requirement, capability, and specification documents, and conduct an AoA on Marine Aviation Maintenance ships, to continue defining material solutions associated with the nation's sealift and ready reserve force. This definition of prospective material solutions will feed into the creation of Capability Development Documents (CDD), ship specifications, and preliminary designs by industry.

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

## Activities (R-2A) — 1

| Activity | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 | Move | Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maritime Prepositioning Force Next Design and Integration | 1.4 | 0.0 | 28.0 | restart | [a0](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603563N/3505/a0) |

> 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.

### Maritime Prepositioning Force Next Design and Integration — RESTART

The T-ACS(X) CDD and spec will be completed and presented at Gate 3. Through an industry day and RFP solicitation, industry will be engaged at this time in order to prepare for design and construction. The MPS(X) AoA will be completed and reviewed at a Gate 2. Simultaneously, the CDD and spec will be developed. Industry studies will be…

Full year-by-year narrative: https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603563N/3505/a0

## 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 3505 (PB PB2027).
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_program_element(pe="0603563N")`.

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