Project 0363
$6.7MFY2027 request ▼ 5%Insensitive Munitions Adv. Development
FY2025 actual$5.7M
FY2026 enacted$7.0M
FY2027 request$6.7M
Product DevelopmentManagement Services
FY2027 Request
$10.2M
▼ 6.1% vs FY2026
FY2026 Enacted
$10.9M
▲ 24% vs FY2025
FY2025 Actual
$8.8M
Prior year
Roll-up of 2 projects. Projects are the summable leaves — the PE total is their sum, never added to it.
For fiscal year 2027, the U.S. Navy is requesting $10.2M for Conventional Munitions under RDT&E program element 0603609N, down 6.1% from FY2026.
Funding trajectory
Funding profile, FY2025–FY2031
Prior years are actuals, the budget year is the request, and the outyears are the FYDP plan. Estimate types are colored and never summed into one figure.
Actual Enacted Request Outyear (FYDP)
| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 8.8 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 10.9 |
| FY2027 | Request | 10.2 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 10.1 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 9.3 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 9.1 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 9.3 |
Where it sits
Acquisition lifecycle
This program is funded in RDT&E Budget Activity 4 — Advanced Component Development & Prototypes.
Complete
Research
BA 1–2
Complete
Advanced Technology
BA 3
Current
Prototyping
BA 4
Later
Development & Fielding
BA 5–7
Inside the program element
2 projects roll up into PE 0603609N
Projects are the summable leaves — the PE total is their sum, never added to it. Program elements and projects carry the full five-year plan; activities stop at the budget year. This PE moves -6% overall, which can hide much larger swings below.
Project 0364
$3.6MFY2027 request ▼ 7%Explosives Safety and Weapons Assessment
FY2025 actual$3.1M
FY2026 enacted$3.8M
FY2027 request$3.6M
Product Development
Congressional action
Congressional marks
Committee marks on the FY2027 request. Adds and cuts are reconciled in conference before they become law.
RequestPresident's Budget
$10.2M
House NDAA (HASC)HASC
$10.2M full · +$0
Senate NDAA (SASC)SASC
$10.2M full · +$0
House Approps (HAC-D)HAC_D
$25.2M +$15.0M · +147%
▲ $15.0M chamber gap — unresolved as of 2026-07-27. These are FY2027 authorization marks (NDAA); appropriations and the conference agreement may differ.
Who's building it
Where the FY2027 request goes
Performers named in the R-3 exhibit, resolved into industry, government-lab, and unspecified shares. Budget-justification contract funding, not obligations.
NAWC DIV/CHINA LAKE
$2.2M · 21%
NOSSA
$2.0M · 19%
| Where FY2027 funding flows | Share | $M |
|---|---|---|
| Industry primes | 41% | 4.1 |
| Government labs & warfare centers | 60% | 6.1 |
| FY2027 request | 100% | 10.2 |
Program detail
Mission & acquisition strategy
Energetic materials producibility is demonstrated to assure national capability to produce and load munitions systems. The program leverages are being closely coordinated with other military departments, North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and allied countries to eliminate redundant efforts and maximize efficiency. A joint service IM requirement has been developed and through the IM strategic planning process, all Program Executive Offices (PEO) are implementing IM in their priority munitions. IM are identified as a Department of Defense (DoD) critical technology requirement and considered as part of a weapon design.
Explosive Saftey and Weapons Assessment is assigned as a non-ACAT program and therefore does not have program milestones like the ACAT I to IV programs. IMAD develops and evaluates IM technologies for use in Navy weapon systems and is not part of a particular weapon acquisition program.
Project 0363, 0364 — Insensitive Munitions Adv. Development
- Product Development
- Management Services
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FY2027 Department of the Navy RDT&E Budget Justification · Exhibits R-2 / R-3 · PE 0603609N (President's Budget PB2027) — and FY2027 NDAA committee marks, as tracked 2026-07-27.
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/programs/0603609N.md · MCP mcp.hitchintel.com → budget_get_program_element, budget_get_cong_marksFY2027 Request
$6.7M
▼ 5.3% vs FY2026
FY2026 Enacted
$7.0M
▲ 23% vs FY2025
FY2025 Actual
$5.7M
Prior year
Insensitive Munitions Adv. Development — one RDT&E project inside PE 0603609N. Congressional marks are recorded on the program element, not on a project.
Project 0363 — Insensitive Munitions Adv. Development — requests $6.7M in FY2027, 65% of the $10.2M requested for program element 0603609N. Year over year it falls 5.3% against FY2026.
Funding trajectory
Project 0363 funding, FY2025–FY2031
Prior years are actuals, the budget year is the request, and the outyears are the FYDP plan. Estimate types are colored and never summed into one figure. Projects carry the full five-year plan; the activities inside them stop at the budget year.
Actual Enacted Request Outyear (FYDP)
| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 5.7 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 7.0 |
| FY2027 | Request | 6.7 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 7.6 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 7.5 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 7.4 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 7.5 |
Inside the project
1 accomplishment / planned program
The R-2A exhibit. Activities carry the prior, current and budget year only — no five-year plan — and they are descriptive: coverage is partial and they do not always add back to the project, so count them, never total them.
Insensitive Munitions Adv. Development▼ 5%
FY2025 actual$5.7M
FY2026 enacted$7.0M
FY2027 request$6.7M
FY2027 planned work Explosives Projects: Evaluate and demonstrate shape memory alloy rock splitting technology for case venting; Develop, characterize, qualify and transition new explosives that have superior vulnerability characteristics, enhanced performance, comparable or lower manufacturing costs; Evaluate and Characterize the Effects of Reactive Material (RM) Fragment Impact on High Explosives; Characterization of munition casings using DIC for better prevention of IM reactions; Qualification of High Performance castable booster explosive PBXC-31; Assess IM response for reactive material Warhead Subsystem; Novel Binder Maturation and Characterization for Plasticizer Free Pressed Explosives; Investigate…
FY2026 to FY2027 change Decrease of $0.373 million from FY 2026 to FY 2027 is due to the anticipated Completion of the following projects: -Evaluate Nitinol/Ceramic Band to Cut Missile Casing for Slow Cookoff Mitigation -Development and Demonstrate Additively Manufactured High Order Fractal Foam Insulations for Reduced Propellant Ignition from Impact -Develop and Demonstrate venting technology for Integral Rocket Booster Chambers in RAMjet Applications -Assess IM responses for Craw Warhead Subsystem
FY2026 plans — current year Explosives Projects Evaluate and Characterize the Effects of Reactive Material (RM) Fragment Impact on High Explosives; Molding Powder characterization (NSWC Indian Head & NAWCWD China Lake), Novel Binder Maturation and Characterization / Plasticizer Free Pressed High Explosives; Develop SW0-010 Navy Qualified Explosives/Propellants Manual Digital Knowledge Management Tool; Informative IM Cook-off Testing on CL-20 Based Formulations (NSWC Indian Head & NAWCWD China Lake); Using DIC to characterize munition casings for better prevention of IM Reactions; Qualification of High Performance castable booster explosive PBXC-31 (NSWC Indian Head & NAWCWD China Lake) Propulsion Projects Validation…
Who's building it
Named performers on project 0363
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.
NAWC DIV/CHINA LAKE
$2.2M · 32%
NOSSA
$0.3M · 4.5%
Project detail
What project 0363 buys
Energetic materials producibility is demonstrated to assure national capability to produce and load munitions systems. The program leverages are being closely coordinated with other military departments, North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and allied countries to eliminate redundant efforts and maximize efficiency. A joint service IM requirement has been developed and through the IM strategic planning process, all Program Executive Offices (PEO) are implementing IM in their priority munitions. IM are identified as a Department of Defense (DoD) critical technology requirement and considered as part of a weapon design. The IMAD program matures the technology developed by a variety of Science and Technology (S&T) sources for program management integration into weapons systems to meet the IM technical deficiencies documented in the PEO IM Strategic Plans. IMAD provides the link between S&T programs and the program managers (PM) by optimizing IM technologies to meet Navy requirements. IMAD offers risk mitigation for the PMs in terms of IM technical knowledge, expertise and manpower with the state of the art expertise across IM products. Each technology area is divided into subtasks addressing specific munition and munition class IM deficiencies.
R-3 lines of work
- Product Development
- Management Services
FY2027 Request
$3.6M
▼ 7.5% vs FY2026
FY2026 Enacted
$3.8M
▲ 25% vs FY2025
FY2025 Actual
$3.1M
Prior year
Explosives Safety and Weapons Assessment — one RDT&E project inside PE 0603609N. Congressional marks are recorded on the program element, not on a project.
Project 0364 — Explosives Safety and Weapons Assessment — requests $3.6M in FY2027, 35% of the $10.2M requested for program element 0603609N. Year over year it falls 7.5% against FY2026.
Funding trajectory
Project 0364 funding, FY2025–FY2031
Prior years are actuals, the budget year is the request, and the outyears are the FYDP plan. Estimate types are colored and never summed into one figure. Projects carry the full five-year plan; the activities inside them stop at the budget year.
Actual Enacted Request Outyear (FYDP)
| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 3.1 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 3.8 |
| FY2027 | Request | 3.6 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 2.4 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 1.8 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 1.7 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 1.8 |
Inside the project
6 accomplishments / planned programs
The R-2A exhibit. Activities carry the prior, current and budget year only — no five-year plan — and they are descriptive: coverage is partial and they do not always add back to the project, so count them, never total them.
Emerging Radar Modeling and Simulation Development▼ 3%
FY2025 actual$0.6M
FY2026 enacted$0.9M
FY2027 request$0.9M
FY2027 planned work Continue development and research for modeling and simulation of emerging radar to predict, validate, and verify the Hazards of Electromagnetic Radiation to Ordnance (HERO) safety of ship platforms, ordnance systems and supporting platforms.
FY2026 to FY2027 change no significant change FY 2026 to FY 2027
FY2026 plans — current year Continue development and research for modeling and simulation of emerging radar to predict, validate, and verify the Hazards of Electromagnetic Radiation to Ordnance (HERO) safety of ship platforms, ordnance systems, and supporting platforms.
Electrostatic Discharge Technical Information Analysis System (ESD TIAS)▼ 7%
FY2025 actual$0.5M
FY2026 enacted$0.5M
FY2027 request$0.5M
FY2027 planned work Continue to replace inflexible fixed ESD and OES test criteria with tools, methods, and techniques allowing rapid, effective design, test and evaluation of ordnance, ordnance surface envelope, enclosures for packaging ordnance, components and dielectric isolation.
FY2026 to FY2027 change no significant change FY 2026 to FY 2027
FY2026 plans — current year Replace inflexible fixed ESD and OES test criteria with tools, methods, and techniques allowing rapid, effective design, test and evaluation of ordnance, ordnance surface envelope, enclosures for packaging ordnance, components, and dielectric isolation.
Insensitive Munitions Fast Cook Off (FCO) Fixtures▼ 4%
FY2025 actual$1.0M
FY2026 enacted$1.0M
FY2027 request$1.0M
FY2027 planned work Continue with design and verify large scale fixtures for Fast Cook Off testing associated with Insensitive Munition (IM) testing. Provide oversight and guidance to systems engineering and acquisition activities and influence DoN, DoD, and international policy. Stand up a Weapons Assessment Technical Review Panel (WATRP) to centralize the weapons assessment knowledge base in support of weapons system safety review boards and processes. Update and modernize NAVSEAINST 8010.5C for harmonization with current joint-level strategies to address rapid and novel acquisition, material resiliency, obsolescence, and international policy. Increase collaboration with subject matter expertise and…
FY2026 to FY2027 change no significant change FY 2026 to FY 2027
FY2026 plans — current year Continue with design and verify large scale fixtures for Fast Cook Off testing associated with Insensitive Munition (IM) testing. Provide oversight and guidance to systems engineering and acquisition activities and influence DoN, DoD, and international policy. Stand up a Weapons Assessment Technical Review Panel (WATRP) to centralize the weapons assessment knowledge base in support of weapons system safety review boards and processes. Update and modernize NAVSEAINST 8010.5C for harmonization with current joint-level strategies to address rapid and novel acquisition, material resiliency, obsolescence, and international policy. Increase collaboration with subject matter expertise and…
Hazards Of Electromagnetic Radiation to Ordnance Measurement Techniques & Hardware▼ 10%
FY2025 actual$0.3M
FY2026 enacted$0.3M
FY2027 request$0.2M
FY2027 planned work Continue the development of modeling and simulation (M&S), alternative instrumentation technology, new measuring techniques/equipment, and mm-wave region spectrum research for advancements in emerging radar technology, development of directed energy weapons, and the proliferation of wireless/AIT devices is significantly increasing the fleet operational EME.
FY2026 to FY2027 change no significant change FY 2026 to FY 2027
FY2026 plans — current year Development of modeling and simulation (M&S), alternative instrumentation technology, new measuring techniques/equipment, and mm-wave region spectrum research for advancements in emerging radar technology, development of directed energy weapons, and the proliferation of wireless/AIT devices is significantly increasing the fleet operational EME.
Hazards Of Electromagnetic Radiation to Ordnance Stimulus & Spectrum Threshold▼ 19%
FY2025 actual$0.7M
FY2026 enacted$0.7M
FY2027 request$0.6M
FY2027 planned work Continue testing the HERO impacts of new transmitter frequencies, which are pushing into the thresholds of HERO Testing, and map the requirements for the additional frequency ranges and establishing safety criteria for lithium battery systems as they affect and impact the safety of Ordnance and Ordnance Facilities and Platforms.
FY2026 to FY2027 change no significant change FY 2026 to FY 2027
FY2026 plans — current year Continue testing the HERO impacts of new transmitter frequencies, which are pushing into the thresholds of HERO Testing, and map the requirements for the additional frequency ranges and establishing safety criteria for lithium battery systems as they affect and impact the safety of Ordnance and Ordnance Facilities and Platforms.
Ordnance Safety of Lithium Batteries▼ 7%
FY2025 actual$0.0M
FY2026 enacted$0.5M
FY2027 request$0.5M
FY2027 planned work Continue research and development of testing standards and safety criteria for deployment, use and storage of lithium battery in and around ordnance.
FY2026 to FY2027 change no significant change FY 2026 to FY 2027
FY2026 plans — current year Research and development of testing standards and safety criteria for deployment, use and storage of lithium battery in and around ordnance.
Who's building it
Named performers on project 0364
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.
NOSSA
$1.7M · 47%
Project detail
What project 0364 buys
Reduce risk introduced by new weapons systems and technologies that have potential to interfere with ordnance safety and Fleet operations. Emerging radars for all classes of ships introduce a heightened electromagnetic environment (EME) with the likelihood of exceeding the maximum allowable environment (MAE) currently in place. The MAE provides the safety barrier in identifying the electrostatic safety threshold for ordnance items. Exceeding MAE introduces increased risk of inadvertent detonation of electrically primed explosives.
R-3 lines of work
- Product Development