# AS(X) Submarine Tender Design and Total Ship Integration

**R-2A activity** of project 5010 — AS(X) Submarine Tender  
**Program element:** 0603563N — Ship Concept Advanced Design  
**Component:** U.S. Navy · **Budget Activity:** 4  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603563N/5010/a0  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603563N/5010

> **NEW START.** $90.1M requested in FY2027 with no prior-year and no current-year funding.

## Summary

This activity requests $90.1M in FY2027, 100% of project 5010 — a new start with no prior-year and no current-year money. The R-2A exhibit describes it across FY2027, including what the FY2027 money is planned to buy.

## What the FY2027 request buys

**FY2027 planned work.** Continue design maturation efforts to improve design definition/maturity, cost certainty, & affordability. Continue development of required acquisition documentation & associated tailoring to support Milestone B/C and test planning. Conduct Milestone B/C. Revise DD&C RFP in preparation for release and award of lead and follow ships to shipbuilder.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** Increase of $90.092 million from FY 2026 to FY 2027 reflects acceleration of procurement of both lead and follow ship DD&C shifting left to FY 2027. Additional RDT&E,N is required to continue design maturation efforts to improve design definition/maturity, cost certainty, & affordability including interfacing with industry to integrate Vendor Furnished Information (VFI) into the design. Additional funding required to complete acquisition documentation to conduct Milestone B/C, revise, release, & award DD&C RFP for both ships as well as further test planning.

## Funding

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 0.0 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 0.0 |
| FY2027 | Request | 90.1 |

> Prior, current and budget year only — an R-2A activity carries no five-year plan. It sums exactly into its project in the request year and not necessarily in any other.

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Navy RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibit R-2A, PE 0603563N project 5010 (PB PB2027). Narrative is the government's own text.
- **No marks, no contractors at this grain** — congressional marks land on the program element and R-3 performers on the project.
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_activity`.

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