What project 3220 buys
The COLUMBIA Submarine Class Program (previously the OHIO Replacement Class) is developing the next generation sea-based strategic deterrent. The funding applies to the design, systems engineering, prototyping, and vendor qualification activities needed to execute the schedule for Common Missile Compartment (CMC) design, whole ship design, and component technologies development for the next generation U.S. ballistic missile submarine (SSBN). This RDT&E program supports cooperation with the United Kingdom (UK) to maintain strategic deterrence, based on a single effort to develop a CMC as agreed by the UK Secretary of State for Defense and the U.S. Secretary of Defense in 2009. At the COLUMBIA Program Semi-Annual Interim Progress Review (IPR) held on August 30, 2021, the USD (A&S) Milestone Decision Authority (MDA) directed COLUMBIA to be funded to the program baseline, including Integrated Enterprise Plan (IEP) funding as reflected in this budget submission. The COLUMBIA program strategy is to leverage the re-use of existing Submarine system designs (as applicable), focus on lifecycle Total Ownership Cost (TOC) affordability, and meet the military requirements established for this SSBN to achieve mission success in a challenging environment. The requested funding levels provide for the Technology Development, Design, Engineering, and Integration efforts necessary to support the COLUMBIA Class SSBN lead ship construction along with continued development and design support for construction of the class. A Contract Modification for ongoing design/advance construction efforts was awarded on 22 Jun 2020, which also included the Build I Option for the First Two Ships. This was a Pre-Priced Option for the two ships, SSBN 826 and SSBN 827, and associated design/support efforts. This was a modification of the current Integrated Product & Process Development (IPPD) contract (N00024-17-C-2117) and is in line with the program's approved Acquisition Strategy. The program received authorization of SSBN 826 in FY21 (funded with three years of incremental funding in FY21-23), SSBN 827 in FY24 (funded with two years of incremental funding in FY24-25), and is requesting SSBN 828 in FY26 (funded with two years of incremental funding in FY26-27). The RDT&E efforts support this plan. The following key activities support the COLUMBIA Class SSBN Program: 1.
- Product Development
- Management Services
Project 3220 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.
| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 115.2 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 202.8 |
| FY2027 | Request | 256.1 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 272.7 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 173.4 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 67.4 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 22.4 |
4 accomplishments / planned programs
The R-2A exhibit — the only level of the budget that describes work that has not happened yet. Activities carry the prior, current and budget year only, no five-year plan. Each describe FY2027 work in enough detail to have their own page; the rest are shown here in full. Coverage is partial across the corpus, so count activities, never total them.
Specific planned construction efforts for FY 2027 include: - Continued fabrication of Missile Tubes and Strategic Weapons Support System (SWSS) kits. - Continued Lead Ship Construction, which includes manufacture of the MTM for lead ship, and integration and test of SWSS systems and Final Operating Capability (FOC) for the land-based…
Read the FY2027 plan →Combat Systems: - Initiate GFE find, fix, and repair activity for the Tech Insertion 2024 NPES upgrade configuration installation on the SSBN 827 Command and Control System Module (CCSM) during the CCSM Off-hull and Assembly Test Site (COATS) segment of construction. - Bench test NPES level suitability performance improvements associated…
Read the FY2027 plan →- Complete Verification and Validation activities for SIM II/DWAF in support of IOT&E . - Commence post-delivery trials and integrated/operational testing when CLB is delivered.
Read the FY2027 plan →- Continue planning activities for the first of class Demonstration of Shakedown Operations (DASO) Test and Evaluation event required to meet the COLUMBIA Program Test and Evaluation Master Plan (TEMP) requirements. Efforts include detailed DASO test planning development, continued test documentation development, mission operations…
Read the FY2027 plan →Named performers on project 3220
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.