# Project 3129 — LCS Mission Package Development

**Program element:** 0603596N — LCS Mission Modules  
**Project:** 3129  
**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/0603596N/3129  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603596N

## Summary

Project 3129 — LCS Mission Package Development requests $25.1M in FY2027, 54% of the $46.2M requested for program element 0603596N, up 61% on FY2026. 1 R-2A activity decomposes the request. AAC is the largest named R-3 performer at $8.4M, 34% of the project's FY2027 R-3 total.

## Funding profile

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 13.4 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 15.6 |
| FY2027 | Request | 25.1 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 31.9 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 32.0 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 31.4 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 32.0 |

> Estimate types are not summed. This project is one leaf of PE 0603596N; the PE total is the sum of its projects, never added to them.

## What project 3129 buys

The LCS Mission Modules Common Equipment consists of the development and integration of vital C5I products required by all Mission Packages to provide common hardware interfaces, computer operating environment, communications systems, aviation interface systems, UxV interfaces and portable development & integration test-sets. Common hardware interfaces include definition, installation, and control of mechanical, electrical, and cooling requirements common to all mission packages. The Mission Package Computing Environment (MPCE) provides common services and Operating Environment to support all Mission Package Application Software (MPAS) and Open Architecture Products. The Multi-Mission Software Architecture (MMSA) will provide a framework that enables hybrid mission packages such as combining Mine Countermeasures (MCM) with the Surface-to-Surface Missile Module (SSMM) to operate concurrently without mission package swaps, improving cyber survivability and providing common control for unmanned systems. The Multi-Vehicle Communications System (MVCS) enables the control and data exchange of simultaneous unmanned mission vehicles and the ship. Aviation interface systems include integration and management of data communications, data processing, and physical hardware interfaces such as common equipment and containers used by all mission packages. Development and integration test-sets provide a mobile operating environment installed in the Mission Package Portable Control Stations (MPPCSs) to serve as a surrogate ship during mission package development and integration test events at test ranges. MPCE 2.X baseline was split to support the evolution of different versions of the LCS, MPCE v2.0 for LCS Lethality and Survivability and MPCE v2.1 for non-Lethality and Survivability hulls.

**R-3 lines of work:** Product Development; Support; Test and Evaluation; Management Services.

## Named R-3 performers

| Performer | $M | Share of this project's FY2027 R-3 total |
|---|---|---|
| AAC | 8.4 | 34% |
| NIWC PAC | 1.0 | 3.9% |
| SEA 05 | 0.6 | 2.5% |
| Booz Allen | 0.5 | 2.1% |

> Budget-justification contract funding, not obligations. Shares need not reach 100% — unnamed and government work is in the denominator.

## Activities (R-2A) — 1

| Activity | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 | Move | Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Command, Control, Communication, Computers, Cyber and Intelligence (C5I) and Mission Package Tactical Team Trainers | 13.4 | 15.6 | 25.1 | +61% | [a0](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603596N/3129/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.

### Command, Control, Communication, Computers, Cyber and Intelligence (C5I) and Mission Package Tactical Team Trainers

Mission Package Computing Environment (MPCE) - AN/SYK-31/ Mission Module Online Boat Trainer (MMOBT): - Develop Technology Refresh of MPCE and certify version 2.X - Complete integration testing of MPCE v2.1 with Integrated Combat Management System (General Dynamics) and COMBATSS 21 (Lockheed) - Complete integration and testing of MPCE…

Full year-by-year narrative: https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603596N/3129/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/0603596N.

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Navy RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibits R-2/R-2A/R-3, PE 0603596N project 3129 (PB PB2027).
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_program_element(pe="0603596N")`.

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