# Interoperability Certification and Assessment

**R-2A activity** of project 0164 — Combat System Integration  
**Program element:** 0603582N — Combat System Integration  
**Component:** U.S. Navy · **Budget Activity:** 4  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603582N/0164/a2  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603582N

## Summary

This activity requests $13.6M in FY2027, 72% of project 0164, down 3.9% on FY2026. The R-2A exhibit describes it across FY2026–FY2027, including what the FY2027 money is planned to buy.

## What the FY2027 request buys

**FY2027 planned work.** 1. Conduct six (6) one-week Interoperability Land-Based test events including the following: -Interoperability Characterization test for ACS 9.C3.x; ACS BL10.x; ACS 5.4.x; SSDS 12.17 -Certification Interoperability Risk Assessment Brief for ACS 9.C3.x; ACS BL10.x; ACS 5.4.x; SSDS 12.17 2. Complete Strike Group Interoperability C&Ls (SGI C&L) for: -Twenty-six (26) Deploying Strike Groups (from a database containing two-hundred forty-seven (247) U.S. Surface Ships) and the aircraft for nine (9) Naval fixed wing Air Squadrons (covering F/A-18s, F-35, EA-18Gs, E-2Cs, E-2Ds), twenty-nine (29) Rotary Aircraft Squadrons (covering MH-60Ss, MH-60Rs), and fifteen (15) Patrol Aircraft Squadrons (covering P-3Cs and P-8As). 3. Provide annual deliveries of TIC TECHAIDS for: -Five (5) Carrier Strike Groups (CSGs) -Four (4) Amphibious Ready Group's (ARGs) -Fifty (50) Independent Deploying Ships (CVN, CG, DDG, LCS IND) -Twenty-two (22) Forward Deployed Naval Force (FDNF)

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** Decrease due to reduction of support to Aegis Ashore and Fleet exercises with coalition partners in FY27.

## Before the request year

**FY2026 plans — current year.** 1. Conduct six (6) one-week Interoperability Land-Based test events including the following: -Interoperability Characterization test for ACS Capability Package (CP) 24-1; ACS 5.4.1; SSDS 12.16 (both EASR and non-EASR configurations) -Certification Interoperability Risk assessment Brief for ACS CP 24-1; ACS 5.4.1; SSDS 12.16 (both EASR and non-EASR configurations) 2. Complete Strike Group Interoperability C&Ls (SGI C&L) for: -Twenty-six (24) Deploying Strike Groups (from a database containing two-hundred thirty-six (236) U.S. Surface Ships) and the aircraft for nine (9) Naval fixed wing Air Squadrons (covering F/A-18s, F-35, EA-18Gs, E-2Cs, E-2Ds), twenty-nine (29) Rotary Aircraft Squadrons (covering MH-60Ss, MH-60Rs), and fifteen (15) Patrol Aircraft Squadrons (covering P-3Cs and P-8As). -Produce Interoperability C&L platform files for around ninety (90) Coalition and twenty to thirty (20-30) Joint platforms to support major Fleet Exercises, when resourced. 3. Provide annual deliveries of TIC TECHAIDS for: -Six (6) Carrier Strike Groups (CSGs) -Five (5) Amphibious Ready Group's (ARGs) -Forty-Nine (49) Independent Deploying Ships (CVN, CG, DDG, LCS IND and LCC) -Twenty-four (24) Forward Deployed Naval Force (FDNF) -Two (2) Aegis Ashore Site (Romania and Poland), when resourced -Nine (9) Fleet Maritime Operations Centers (MOCs) sites, when resourced -Four (4) Fleet Area Control and Surveillance Facilities (FACSFACs), when resourced -Seven (7) U.S. Units for RIMPAC 2026 specific TIC TECHAIDS, when resourced

## Funding

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 13.9 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 14.2 |
| FY2027 | Request | 13.6 |

> 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.

## Other activities in project 0164

- Command , Control, Communications, Computers, Combat Systems, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C5ISR) Modernization Process (C5IMP) — FY2027 2.1
- Warfare Systems Certification — FY2027 1.9
- Navigation System Certification (NAVCERT) — FY2027 1.3

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Navy RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibit R-2A, PE 0603582N project 0164 (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`.

*HitchAI is an independent intelligence service, not affiliated with the U.S. Department of Defense. Budget figures are requests/estimates, not obligations.*