# Neutralization in Challenging Environments Using Lethal Effects (NICELE)

**R-2A activity** of project 1161 — Expeditionary Maneuver Warfare (EMW)  
**Program element:** 0603673N — Future Naval Capabilities Advanced Tech Dev  
**Component:** U.S. Navy · **Budget Activity:** 3  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603673N/1161/a4  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603673N/1161

## Summary

This activity requests $10.1M in FY2027, 42% of project 1161, up 8.6% 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 spiral development of critical technologies including undersea communication, navigation, autonomy, sensing, hardening, and effects. - Continue subcomponent level reacquisition and neutralization characterization to refine a system of systems level integration plan and transition requirements. - Continue trade study for effects subcomponents informed by prototype data, modeling, and simulation.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** The increase from FY 2026 to FY 2027 is due to a planned ramp-up of development in FY 2027 as this FNC enters its second year.

## Before the request year

**FY2026 plans — current year.** Neutralization in Challenging Environments Using Lethal Effects (NICELE) - Initiate spiral development of critical technologies including undersea communication, navigation, autonomy, sensing, hardening, and effects. - Initiate subcomponent level reacquisition and neutralization characterization to refine a system of systems level integration plan and transition requirements. - Initiate trade study for effects subcomponents informed by prototype data, modeling, and simulation.

## Funding

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 0.0 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 9.3 |
| FY2027 | Request | 10.1 |

> 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 1161

- Flexible Low-Cost Intercept Technology elements (FLITE) — FY2027 9.7
- Deep Sea Expeditionary with No Decompression (DSEND) — FY2027 4.1
- Expeditionary Maneuver Warfare — FY2027 0.0
- Magnetic & Acoustic Generation Next Unmanned Superconducting Sweep (MAGNUSS) — FY2027 0.0
- Long-Range Over the Horizon (OTH) Communications at High Frequency (HF) Using a Nested, Electronically-Steered System (LOCH NESS) — FY2027 0.0
- Next Generation High Frequency (NGHF) — FY2027 0.0

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Navy RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibit R-2A, PE 0603673N project 1161 (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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