# Project 3174 — Rapid Development and Deployment (RDD)

**Program element:** 0603598N — (u)atrt Enterprise RAPID Development  
**Project:** 3174  
**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/0603598N/3174  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603598N

## Summary

Project 3174 — Rapid Development and Deployment (RDD) requests $50.0M in FY2027, 57% of the $87.6M requested for program element 0603598N — a new start, with no prior-year and no current-year money. 1 R-2A activity decomposes the request, 1 new this cycle. Software/Cyber Domain is the largest named R-3 performer at $35.6M, 71% of the project's FY2027 R-3 total.

## Funding profile

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 0.0 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 0.0 |
| FY2027 | Request | 50.0 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 51.1 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 50.0 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 75.0 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 75.0 |

> Estimate types are not summed. This project is one leaf of PE 0603598N; the PE total is the sum of its projects, never added to them.

## What project 3174 buys

Rapid Development and Deployment (RDD) efforts directly support the Department of the Navy Rapid Capabilities Office (DONRCO) mission of developing and scaling rapid near-term capability solutions from mature technologies. To the furthest extent available, the DONRCO leverages commercially available solutions with proven high Technical Readiness Levels (TRLs) to accelerate development and fielding of critical capabilities to our warfighters. Project funding continues support of the DONRCO's Budget Execution-year Technology Selection (BETS) process in the identification and selection of capability solutions and scaling decisions, which are vetted and approved by Senior Navy Leadership on behalf of the Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) and other senior joint stakeholders to include Senior Fleet and Combatant Commanders. Following Prototyping BETS approval, capability development occurs in coordination with Fleet users to ensure operational relevancy. After rapid prototyping design, development, and testing, a Scaling BET provides the approval and funding to proceed to the scaling phase of production, which is executed in coordination with the Portfolio Acquisition Executives (PAEs) and Direct Report Program Managers (DRPMs) who assume the capabilities as they transition to Programs of Record (PoR). The BETS process enables the DONRCO to rapidly deliver agile solutions to the Fleet's urgent operational gaps, enabling the warfighter with rapid capabilities to respond to emerging threats. Post BETS Board decisions, the Navy's investment plans are memorialized through SECNAV memorandum to all involved stakeholders and can be made available upon request for review.

**R-3 lines of work:** Product Development.

## Named R-3 performers

| Performer | $M | Share of this project's FY2027 R-3 total |
|---|---|---|
| Software/Cyber Domain | 35.6 | 71% |
| Robotic & Autonomous Systems (RAS) Domai | 6.9 | 14% |
| Rapid Munitions Domain | 4.7 | 9.4% |
| Air/Maritime Domain | 2.8 | 5.6% |

> 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rapid Development and Deployment | 0.0 | 0.0 | 50.0 | new | [a0](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603598N/3174/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.

### Rapid Development and Deployment — NEW START

FY 2027 funding supports execution of multiple (3-5) Scaling efforts through the BETS proposal process. After material solutions are identified to address operational gaps through the Prototyping BETS (via US Government, traditional, and non-traditional industry capabilities), and those solution prototypes are tested and validated to…

Full year-by-year narrative: https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603598N/3174/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/0603598N.

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Navy RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibits R-2/R-2A/R-3, PE 0603598N project 3174 (PB PB2027).
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_program_element(pe="0603598N")`.

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