# Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR)

**R-2A activity** of project 2223 — Marine Corps ATD  
**Program element:** 0603640M — MC Advanced Technology Demo  
**Component:** U.S. Navy · **Budget Activity:** 3  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603640M/2223/a4  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603640M/2223

## Summary

This activity requests $16.4M in FY2027, 14% of project 2223, up 3.7% 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.** Continue: - Develop a recommendation engine prototype to adapt strategies based on adversary actions. - Advanced technology development to evaluate operational utility of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) algorithms to improve decision making; and develop, demonstrate, and experiment with decision aids operating on fused organic sensor data focused on improving decision-making and reducing operator workload during Marine Corps training exercises and operations. - Develop generate synthetic data useful for machine learning while learning and demonstrating how to combine real data from training or operations. - Research development of a customizable fused common tactical picture incorporating tools to support planning, execution, and assessment that will allow commanders the all-domain situation awareness required to make informed and timely decisions, while improving the usability and easy to collect and tailor the data and visualizations. - Research to develop and demonstrate new artificial intelligence (AI) systems to automate monitoring and alerting. Research will integrate video analytics with edge processing to create high-throughput detection, classification, and tracking across multiple operational domains. - Development and iterative user testing of hands-free situational awareness prototype to support the Joint Targeting and Coordination Handoff System program and related activities. Complete: - Development of a long-range, minimally-manned, expeditionary sensor for austere environments. - Research effort to demonstrate an amphibious operations decision support tool that aggregates, processes, and assimilates surf observation with state-of-the-art data sources to support commander's decision-making. - Research to examine wartime composite repair technologies to support expeditionary operations. Initiate: - Design and prototype of a sensing system of systems for Marine tactical units to organically sense to the limits of their tactical fires using a combination of unmannes systems with enhanced sensing capabilities. This incorporates edge processing applicable to detection, classification, and identification of threats in contested environments.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** The increase in funding from FY 2026 to FY 2027 is due to the initiation of an effort to enhance the organic sensing capability of Marine units out to tactical range of long-range fires.

## Before the request year

**FY2026 plans — current year.** - Continue to develop a recommendation engine prototype to adapt strategies based on adversary actions. - Continue advanced technology research development to evaluate operational utility of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) algorithms to improve decision making; and develop, demonstrate, and experiment with decision aids operating on fused organic sensor data focused on improving decision-making and reducing operator workload during Marine Corps operations exercises and operations. - Continue to develop generate synthetic data useful for machine learning while learning and demonstrating how to combine real data from training or operations. - Continue research development of a customizable fused common tactical picture incorporating tools to support planning, execution, and assessment that will allow commanders the all-domain situation awareness required to make informed and timely decisions. - Continue work to develop and demonstrate new artificial intelligence (AI) systems to automate monitoring and alerting. Research will integrate video analytics with edge processing to create high-throughput detection, classification, and tracking across multiple operational domains. - Continue development and iterative user testing of hands-free situational awareness prototype to support the Joint Targeting and Coordination Handoff System program. - Continue development of a long-range, minimally-manned, expeditionary sensor for austere environments. - Initiate research effort to demonstrate an amphibious operations decision support tool that aggregates, processes, and assimilates surf observation with state-of-the-art data sources to support commander's decision-making. - Initiate research to examine wartime composite repair technologies to support expeditionary operations.

## Funding

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 9.6 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 15.8 |
| FY2027 | Request | 16.4 |

> 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 2223

- [USMC Future Naval Capabilities](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603640M/2223/a5) — FY2027 31.0
- [Force Protection](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603640M/2223/a2) — FY2027 15.2
- [Firepower](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603640M/2223/a1) — FY2027 13.6
- [Maneuver](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603640M/2223/a7) — FY2027 11.7
- [Logistics](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603640M/2223/a6) — FY2027 10.3
- [Human Performance, Training and Education](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603640M/2223/a3) — FY2027 10.2
- Command, Control, Communications, Computers (C4) — FY2027 7.9

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Navy RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibit R-2A, PE 0603640M project 2223 (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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