# Project 0377 — JT Service Expl Ord Disp System

**Program element:** 0603654N — JNT Service EOD Development  
**Project:** 0377  
**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/0603654N/0377  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603654N

## Summary

Project 0377 — JT Service Expl Ord Disp System requests $11.2M in FY2027, 26% of the $43.6M requested for program element 0603654N, up 6.3% on FY2026. 1 R-2A activity decomposes the request. John Hopkins, MD is the largest named R-3 performer at $1.5M, 13% of the project's FY2027 R-3 total.

## Funding profile

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 16.0 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 10.6 |
| FY2027 | Request | 11.2 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 11.4 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 11.3 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 11.3 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 11.5 |

> Estimate types are not summed. This project is one leaf of PE 0603654N; the PE total is the sum of its projects, never added to them.

## What project 0377 buys

This Program Element (PE) Project (0377) provides funding for the Joint EOD community in the modernization of EOD tools, equipment, and systems to address identified capability gaps. This research, development, test, and evaluation funding provides design, capability development, risk mitigation, issue resolution, integrations, test, test equipment, simulations and technology insertion of specialized equipment, tools and assessment of accessories that expand range of military operations required to support DoD's only Joint Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) programs. EOD exclusively executes world-wide missions for detection/location, identification, render-safe, recovery, field and laboratory evaluation, and disposal of hazards and unexploded ordnance (UXO) that is a threat to military operations, installations, personnel, or material. UXO includes foreign and domestic, both conventional and non-conventional, including Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) and devices using radiological and biological means with or without explosives. As defined in DOD Directive 5160.62E, assigns the Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) the responsibility of Executive Agent for Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Technology and Training (T&T) to include the Joint Service Explosive Ordnance Disposal Research and Development Program. EOD programs are designed to reduce the EOD operator's exposure to explosive hazards or limit the risk to an acceptable level. EOD operations range from hand entry of explosive devices by EOD technicians to robotic actions and sensing capabilities that provide a safe distance of the explosive hazard at a greatly reduced cost to trained and experienced EOD operators.

**R-3 lines of work:** Product Development; Test and Evaluation; Management Services.

## Named R-3 performers

| Performer | $M | Share of this project's FY2027 R-3 total |
|---|---|---|
| John Hopkins, MD | 1.5 | 13% |
| Dept of Energy | 0.5 | 4.1% |
| NRL | 0.5 | 4.1% |
| ONR | 0.2 | 1.8% |

> 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ANALYSIS OF ALTERNATIVES/ EOD MODERNIZATION | 16.0 | 10.6 | 11.2 | +6% | [a0](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603654N/0377/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.

### ANALYSIS OF ALTERNATIVES/ EOD MODERNIZATION

In FY2027, the program will accelerate iterative development and testing of Automated Target Recognition (ATR) algorithms for Rapid Area Detection (RAD). Key priorities include maturing the Machine Learning Operations (MLOps) pipeline for production readiness, enhancing algorithm workflow capabilities at the tactical edge, integrating…

Full year-by-year narrative: https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603654N/0377/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/0603654N.

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Navy RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibits R-2/R-2A/R-3, PE 0603654N project 0377 (PB PB2027).
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_program_element(pe="0603654N")`.

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