Project 3096
$12.6MFY2027 request ▲ 23%Littoral Combat Ship
FY2025 actual$8.0M
FY2026 enacted$10.2M
FY2027 request$12.6M
Product DevelopmentSupportTest and EvaluationManagement Services
FY2027 Request
$12.6M
▲ 23% vs FY2026
House mark
$7.6M
▼ $5.0M vs request
FY2026 Enacted
$10.2M
In law
Roll-up of 2 projects. Projects are the summable leaves — the PE total is their sum, never added to it.
For fiscal year 2027, the U.S. Navy is requesting $12.6M for Littoral Combat Ship under RDT&E program element 0603581N, up 23% over FY2026. In the FY2027 defense authorization, House moved to cut it to $7.6M.
Funding trajectory
Funding profile, FY2025–FY2031
Prior years are actuals, the budget year is the request, and the outyears are the FYDP plan. Estimate types are colored and never summed into one figure.
Actual Enacted Request Outyear (FYDP) House mark
| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 9.0 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 10.2 |
| FY2027 | Request | 12.6 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 11.0 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 9.2 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 9.2 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 9.4 |
Where it sits
Acquisition lifecycle
This program is funded in RDT&E Budget Activity 4 — Advanced Component Development & Prototypes.
Complete
Research
BA 1–2
Complete
Advanced Technology
BA 3
Current
Prototyping
BA 4
Later
Development & Fielding
BA 5–7
Inside the program element
2 projects roll up into PE 0603581N
Projects are the summable leaves — the PE total is their sum, never added to it. Program elements and projects carry the full five-year plan; activities stop at the budget year. This PE moves 23% overall, which can hide much larger swings below.
Project 4506
$0.0MFY2027 request LCS Training
FY2025 actual$0.9M
FY2026 enacted$0.0M
FY2027 request$0.0M
Product DevelopmentSupportManagement Services
Congressional action
The request is contested
Committee marks on the FY2027 request. Adds and cuts are reconciled in conference before they become law.
RequestPresident's Budget
$12.6M
House NDAA (HASC)HASC
$7.6M −$5.0M · −40%
Senate NDAA (SASC)SASC
$35.2M +$22.6M · +180%
House Approps (HAC-D)HAC_D
$12.6M full · +$0
▲ $27.6M chamber gap — unresolved as of 2026-07-27. These are FY2027 authorization marks (NDAA); appropriations and the conference agreement may differ.
Who's building it
Where the FY2027 request goes
Performers named in the R-3 exhibit, resolved into industry, government-lab, and unspecified shares. Budget-justification contract funding, not obligations.
LM
$5.1M · 41%
| Where FY2027 funding flows | Share | $M |
|---|---|---|
| Industry primes | 41% | 5.1 |
| Government labs & warfare centers | 55% | 7.0 |
| Other / unspecified | 4.1% | 0.5 |
| FY2027 request | 100% | 12.6 |
Program detail
Mission & acquisition strategy
The Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) Program Element (PE) provides funds for detailed design, development, construction, issue resolution, certification, integration, and testing of the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS). LCS operates with focused-Mission Packages that deploy manned and unmanned vehicles to execute a variety of missions, including, Surface Warfare (SUW) and Mine Countermeasures (MCM).
The LCS program takes an evolutionary approach to acquisition that emphasizes competition as a key to achieving affordability. Initially, two industry teams competed against each other with two distinctly different LCS designs. The decision produced two flights with a vessel from each design: Flight 0 (LCS 1 and LCS 2); and Flight 0+ (LCS 3 and out). The Flight 0+ baseline incorporates lessons learned from the design, construction, and testing of the Flight 0 ships.
Project 3096, 4506 — Littoral Combat Ship
- Product Development
- Support
- Test and Evaluation
- Management Services
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How does the FY2027 request compare with FY2026, and what does the five-year plan show?What did House do to this request, and what is still unresolved?Which project inside PE 0603581N is growing fastest, and which is shrinking?How is the FY2027 request split between industry and government performers?
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Provenance
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Sources
FY2027 Department of the Navy RDT&E Budget Justification · Exhibits R-2 / R-3 · PE 0603581N (President's Budget PB2027) — and FY2027 NDAA committee marks, as tracked 2026-07-27.
Suggested citation
HitchAI, "Littoral Combat Ship (PE 0603581N)," federal budget intelligence, PB2027 vintage. hitchintel.com/programs/0603581N
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Markdown twin
/programs/0603581N.md · MCP mcp.hitchintel.com → budget_get_program_element, budget_get_cong_marksFY2027 Request
$12.6M
▲ 23% vs FY2026
FY2026 Enacted
$10.2M
▲ 27% vs FY2025
FY2025 Actual
$8.0M
Prior year
Littoral Combat Ship — one RDT&E project inside PE 0603581N. Congressional marks are recorded on the program element, not on a project.
Project 3096 — Littoral Combat Ship — requests $12.6M in FY2027, 100% of the $12.6M requested for program element 0603581N. Year over year it grows 23% against FY2026.
Funding trajectory
Project 3096 funding, FY2025–FY2031
Prior years are actuals, the budget year is the request, and the outyears are the FYDP plan. Estimate types are colored and never summed into one figure. Projects carry the full five-year plan; the activities inside them stop at the budget year.
Actual Enacted Request Outyear (FYDP)
| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 8.0 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 10.2 |
| FY2027 | Request | 12.6 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 11.0 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 9.2 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 9.2 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 9.4 |
Inside the project
1 accomplishment / planned program
The R-2A exhibit. Activities carry the prior, current and budget year only — no five-year plan — and they are descriptive: coverage is partial and they do not always add back to the project, so count them, never total them. Opening lines only here — the full year-by-year narrative is on the project page.
FY2025 actual$8.0M
FY2026 enacted$10.2M
FY2027 request$12.6M
Develop and incorporate updates to CMS to support Combat System Certification of first of class installations and Combat Systems Ship Qualifications Trials (CSSQT). Include trouble shooting and investigations of reported deficiencies. Provide software updates to correct high priority issues. Develop/Install updates to maintain…
Read the FY2027 plan →Who's building it
Named performers on project 3096
Performers named in the R-3 exhibit under this project. Share is of the project's whole FY2027 R-3 total — the same denominator the program-element split uses, so the two read on one scale and will not sum to 100% when unnamed or government work is in the mix. Budget-justification contract funding, not obligations.
LM
$5.1M · 41%
Project detail
What project 3096 buys
Initial design and development efforts required to field LCS Class Ships with contractor furnished equipment is complete and tasking is removed from this section. This budget provides funds for the design, development, engineering, implementation, and testing of the combat system modifications for Lethality and Survivability (L&S) for both LCS variants (Independence and Freedom). The L&S upgrades include the development of a common Combat Management System (CMS) the Atalanta Weapon System (AtWS) and integration and testing of government furnished systems including the Gun Weapon System (GWS), Electronic Warfare (EW) system, and Decoy Launching System (DLS), and Navigation systems for the LCS Independence Class Variant ships. LCS CMS integration with Over The Horizon (OTH) targeting enable LCS to take advantage of full range capability of Naval Strike Missile (NSM). Follow on AtWS software (SW) development will incorporate corrections based on observations during shipboard testing and incremental capability increases to L&S ships.
R-3 lines of work
- Product Development
- Support
- Test and Evaluation
- Management Services
FY2027 Request
$0.0M
No FY2026 funding
FY2026 Enacted
$0.0M
▼ 100% vs FY2025
FY2025 Actual
$0.9M
Prior year
LCS Training — one RDT&E project inside PE 0603581N. Congressional marks are recorded on the program element, not on a project.
Project 4506 — LCS Training — requests $0.0M in FY2027, 0.0% of the $12.6M requested for program element 0603581N.
Funding trajectory
Project 4506 funding, FY2025–FY2031
Prior years are actuals, the budget year is the request, and the outyears are the FYDP plan. Estimate types are colored and never summed into one figure. Projects carry the full five-year plan; the activities inside them stop at the budget year.
Actual Enacted Request Outyear (FYDP)
| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 0.9 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 0.0 |
| FY2027 | Request | 0.0 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 0.0 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 0.0 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 0.0 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 0.0 |
Inside the project
1 accomplishment / planned program
The R-2A exhibit. Activities carry the prior, current and budget year only — no five-year plan — and they are descriptive: coverage is partial and they do not always add back to the project, so count them, never total them.
LCS Total System Training Architecture
FY2025 actual$0.9M
FY2026 enacted$0.0M
FY2027 request$0.0M
Project detail
What project 4506 buys
As a minimally-manned ship, the LCS uses a Train-to-Qualify (T2Q)/TYCOM Certification Training process in an off-ship/shore-based virtual ship trainer environment. These simulators and blended training solutions focus on tactical, equipment operations, and maintenance training. When completely developed and procured, the LCS shore-based training capability will satisfy individual, team, unit, and force training, with an objective of meeting Capability Development Document (CDD) T2Q/TYCOM Certification Training Key Performance Parameter (KPP) requirements. Funding will develop upgrades of the Surface Training Advanced Virtual Environment (STAVE) courseware and associated simulators to achieve the training objectives. Additionally, after fielding more of the systems and courseware, out-year funding will be utilized to upgrade training to maintain conformity with LCS configurations and approved operational technical manuals and procedures, as well as test and evaluate training devices to verify compliance with requirements.
R-3 lines of work
- Product Development
- Support
- Management Services