# Test & Evaluation

**R-2A activity** of project 3085 — FF(X)  
**Program element:** 0603599N — FRIGATE Development  
**Component:** U.S. Navy · **Budget Activity:** 4  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603599N/3085/a1  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603599N/3085

## Summary

This activity requests $36.0M in FY2027, 17% of project 3085, up 192% 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.** Execute live-fire tests in support of generating empirical LFT&E survivability data for verification, validation, and accreditation of multiple LFT&E survivability models. Conduct Cyber Range testing to assess system performance in a representative operational cyber environment and to validate the system's ability to operate securely under realistic threat conditions. Conduct early integration testing to evaluate initial system interactions. Results from these events will identify what additional LFT&E efforts will be required for FF(X) class. Conduct Early Integration Tests and Cybersecurity Tests as risk reductions for ship construction industrial stage testing. Conduct test execution, M&S planning, and material procurement for LFT&E testing efforts. Continue FF(X) test requirements focused on obtaining data to reduce future at-sea testing requirements. Continue system integration assessments associated with the Combat System with other Warfare System selected for fielding on FF(X) ships. Continue coordination and planning required to execute a Developmental Test Assist Design Review event for an early assessment of the FF(X) class CONOPS, preliminary ship design documentation, planned mission critical systems hardware and software versions and how they are to be integrated into the ship design, manning, training plans, and planned platform employment in the fleet. Refine testing schedules and testing resource requirements timelines to support later integration and certification testing.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** Funding increase in FY27 related to execution of LFTE and Early Integration Testing, Phase 1, and other testing events necessary for a 2028 launch and 2030 delivery of Ship 1.

## Before the request year

**FY2026 plans — current year.** Planned live-fire tests in support of generating empirical LFT&E survivability data for verification, validation, and accreditation of multiple LFT&E survivability models. Results from these events identify additional LFT&E efforts required for FF(X) class. Planned events included test execution, Modeling and Simulation (M&S) planning, and material procurement for LFT&E testing efforts. Development of FF(X) test requirements focused on obtaining data to reduce future at-sea testing requirements. Conduct system integration assessments associated with the Combat System with other Warfare System selected for fielding on FF(X) ships. Coordinated and planned Developmental Test Assist Design Review event for an early assessment of the FF(X) class CONOPS, preliminary ship design documentation, planned mission critical systems hardware and software versions and how they are to be integrated into the ship design, manning, training plans, and planned platform employment in the fleet.

## Funding

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 0.0 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 12.3 |
| FY2027 | Request | 36.0 |

> 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.

## Other activities in project 3085

- [Ship Systems /C4I / Warfare Systems Engineering](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603599N/3085/a0) — FY2027 176.0

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Navy RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibit R-2A, PE 0603599N project 3085 (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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