# Rapid Development and Deployment

**R-2A activity** of project 3174 — Rapid Development and Deployment (RDD)  
**Program element:** 0603598N — (u)atrt Enterprise RAPID Development  
**Component:** U.S. Navy · **Budget Activity:** 4  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603598N/3174/a0  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603598N/3174

> **NEW START.** $50.0M requested in FY2027 with no prior-year and no current-year funding.

## Summary

This activity requests $50.0M in FY2027, 100% of project 3174 — a new start with no prior-year and no current-year money. The R-2A exhibit describes it across FY2027, including what the FY2027 money is planned to buy.

## What the FY2027 request buys

**FY2027 planned work.** 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 fill the operational needs of the warfighter, the Scaling BETS provide the approval and funding to proceed to the scaling phase of production so that the proven combat capabilities can be quickly deployed across Naval warfare domains. The DON RCO executes scaling efforts through 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). Funding to support the Scaling BETS are critical to the mission of DONRCO to rapidly field critical and innovative combat capabilities that address urgent strategic challenges and deliver asymmetric advantages to maintain U.S. maritime supremacy.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** FY 2027 increase of $50.000M funds the execution of the Budget Execution-year Technology Selections (BETS) Board process for identification and selection of capability solutions as well as associated rapid prototyping and scaling efforts in support of Rapid Development and Deployment.

## Funding

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 0.0 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 0.0 |
| FY2027 | Request | 50.0 |

> 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.

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Navy RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibit R-2A, PE 0603598N project 3174 (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`.

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