# EOD Response ROVs and Maritime Expeditionary Standoff Response System of Systems

**R-2A activity** of project 3447 — Mine Expeditionary Response Vehicle (MESR)  
**Program element:** 0603654N — JNT Service EOD Development  
**Component:** U.S. Navy · **Budget Activity:** 4  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603654N/3447/a0  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603654N/3447

## Summary

This activity requests $16.6M in FY2027, 100% of project 3447, down 26% 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.** FY27 efforts will continue to focus on test and evaluation of future increment candidate payloads for integration into future MESR increment platforms to allow warfighters to detect, classify, and prosecute explosive threats by ExMCM forces. Efforts include advancement in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Leaning (AI/ML) technologies, as well as improving Automated Target Recognition (ATR) algorithms and supervisory controlled autonomous behaviors. The Deep-Water Proof of Concept and full system integration effort will continue in FY27 through close partnering with operational forces and include refinement of CONOPS, implementation of onboard power solutions to obtain deeper depths, and selection of sensors and navigation solutions to achieve deeper water depth requirements. Developmental test and evaluation of selected components will be performed leading to full up system integration and capability demonstration in early to mid-FY27.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** FY 2026 to FY 2027 funding decrease is attributed to a single year increase in FY 2026 to accommodate MESR hardening, sensor and navigation subsystem development, open water deep water test and evaluation, and software updates to increase operating depths. The funding in FY 2027 is sufficient to successfully execute the OPNAV-directed capability demonstration scheduled for early to mid-FY 2027 alongside operational forces. RDTEN Funding in FY 2027 will ensure final test and evaluation and enable subsequent delivery of critical operational Expeditionary Mine Countermeasures (ExMCM) capabilities essential for Deep Water Response missions.

## Before the request year

**FY2026 plans — current year.** FY26 efforts will continue to focus on test and evaluation of future increment candidate payloads for integration into future MESR increment platforms to allow warfighters to detect, classify, and prosecute explosive threats by ExMCM forces. The Deep-Water Proof of Concept effort will continue in FY26 as a primary focus of effort, and include completion of CONOPS development and platform hardening to achieve depth requirements. Developmental test and evaluation of selected components will be performed leading to full up system integration efforts.

## Funding

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 16.0 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 22.3 |
| FY2027 | Request | 16.6 |

> 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 0603654N project 3447 (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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