What project 1163 buys
The Information Warfare Project focuses on the advanced technology development of new capabilities that leverage the underlying applied research investments in Program Element (PE) 0602750N, Future Naval Capabilities (FNC) Applied Research. These advanced technology investments align to acquisition programs of record. Efforts provide Information Warfare capabilities across several disparate uses and environments.
Project 1163 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.
| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 58.7 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 68.2 |
| FY2027 | Request | 85.0 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 65.9 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 28.3 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 0.0 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 0.0 |
15 accomplishments / planned programs
The R-2A exhibit — the only level of the budget that describes work that has not happened yet. Activities carry the prior, current and budget year only, no five-year plan. 1 of them describes FY2027 work in enough detail to have its own page; the rest are shown here in full. Coverage is partial across the corpus, so count activities, never total them.
Leprecaun Trap - Initiate data collection and Modeling and Simulation environment for collaborative technique development across a multidisciplinary team of industry and government performers. - Initiate development of assured cyber capabilities with signal processing algorithm research, environmental characterization, and metrics…
Read the FY2027 plan →FY2027 planned work Persistent Menace - Continue the Persistent Menace FNC by beginning the design of the offboard decoy command and control waveform. - Continue Concept of Operation and develop models to simulate distributed Electronic Warfare (EW) techniques. - Continue development and begin prototyping of the tactical network solution to support multi-platform coordination.
FY2026 to FY2027 change The increase from FY 2026 to FY 2027 is due to model development and the initiation of prototyping activities for the tactical network solution.
FY2026 plans — current year Persistent Menace - Initiate systems engineering design for enhanced offboard decoy command and control architecture. - Initiate Concept of Operation and implementation studies for distributed Electronic Warfare (EW) techniques. - Initiate development of tactical network solution to support multi-platform coordination.
FY2027 planned work Red Zone - Initiate collaborative development environment for technique development across a multidisciplinary team of industry and government performers. - Initiate development of sensing techniques, optimization algorithms, mission planner, and metrics. - Initiate hardware, software, and communications architecture design and development. - Initiate Concepts of Operation and Employment in conjunction with stakeholders. - Initiate planning for spiral testing of integrated hardware and software products.
FY2026 to FY2027 change The increase from FY 2026 to FY 2027 is due to the selection of this FNC to initiate in FY 2027 due to promising technology maturation from applied research investments previously made in BA 02 in 0602750N. This is not a new start.
FY2027 planned work Matador - Continue the Matador FNC by completing the design and continuing development of the processing and tracking subsystem. -Complete the design and continue development of the camera subsystem.
FY2026 to FY2027 change The increase from FY 2026 to FY 2027 is due to a planned ramp-up in efforts associated with continuing development of the processing and tracking subsystem and the camera subsystem.
FY2026 plans — current year Matador - Initiate the Matador FNC by defining the requirements and initiating development of the countermeasure subsystem. - Initiate design and development of the processing and tracking subsystem. - Initiate design and development of the camera subsystem.
FY2027 planned work Advanced 5G Security and Controlled Emission for the Naval Domain (ASCEND) - Initiate security improvements of COTS 5G for tactical operations. - Initiate development of novel waveforms that can be hosted on 5G COTS infrastructure. - Initiate development of novel sub-6 GHz array technology for tactical platforms.
FY2026 to FY2027 change The increase from FY 2026 to FY 2027 is due to the selection of this FNC to initiate in FY 2027 due to promising technology maturation from applied research investments previously made in BA 02 in 0602750N. This is not a new start.
FY2027 planned work Spectrum Operations Coordinator for Combat System Electromagnetic Radiation (SOCCER) - Complete the SOCCER FNC by completing development of real-time frequency planning and sensor coordination software applications. - Complete certification risk-reduction activities for combat system integration. - Complete development of simulated software interfaces from model-based systems engineering designs for integrated spectrum operations architecture.
FY2026 to FY2027 change The decrease from FY 2026 to FY 2027 does not represent a significant change in the investment for this FNC.
FY2026 plans — current year Spectrum Operations Coordinator for Combat System Electromagnetic Radiation (SOCCER) - Continue the SOCCER FNC by initiating development of real-time frequency planning and sensor coordination software applications. - Initiate certification risk-reduction activities for combat system integration. - Develop simulated software interfaces from model-based systems engineering designs for integrated spectrum operations architecture.
FY2027 planned work Dark Roast - Continue enhancing Modeling and Simulation environment for collaborative technique development across a multidisciplinary team of industry and government performers. - Continue development of assured cyber capabilities with algorithm research, data collection, model development, and metrics identification. - Continue executing implementation studies for new mission profiles and software architecture design. - Continue developing Concepts of Operation and Employment in conjunction with stakeholders. - Continue planning for bench tests of integrated hardware and software products.
FY2026 to FY2027 change There is no change in the investment from FY 2026 to FY 2027.
FY2026 plans — current year Dark Roast - Initiate Modeling and Simulation environment for collaborative technique development across a multidisciplinary team of industry and government performers. - Initiate development of assured cyber capabilities with algorithm research, data collection, model development, and metrics identification. - Initiate Concept of Operation and implementation studies for new mission profiles and software architecture design. - Initiate planning for bench tests of integrated hardware and software products.
FY2027 planned work Intra-Theater Distribution (ITD) - Continue to develop and ingest joint and coalition partnership logistics data to support distribution and sourcing supply chain analyses. - Continue to develop a Joint and Coalition Forces Intra- Theater Distribution planner that optimizes air, sea, and land connectors to deliver PAX and classes of supplies to operational units in a contested maritime environment. - Continue to develop analytics to quantify risk and uncertainty for the movement, maneuver, and sustainment of maritime afloat forces and joint forces operating within a contested maritime environment. - Initiate development to model adversary attacks on US and Coalition supply chain.
FY2026 to FY2027 change The increase from FY 2026 to FY 2027 is due to the development of analytics to quantify risk and uncertainty, and the beginning of model development for adversary attacks on the supply chain.
FY2026 plans — current year Intra-Theater Distribution (ITD) - Initiate joint and coalition partnership logistics data requirements to support distribution and sourcing supply chain analyses. - Initiate user interface requirements to support echelon II and III Intra-Theater Distribution planning. - Initiate design and development of a cloud based joint logistics data model to support Intra-Theater Distribution. - Initiate design and development of optimization algorithms that can scale and solve theater sourcing and distribution problems in less than 20 minutes.
FY2027 planned work Multi-objective Automated Routing for Ships ALgorithm (MARSHAL) - Continue the MARSHAL FNC by developing a secure, multi-enclave, cloud-based capability to replace the legacy Fleet Weather Center (FWC) Optimum Track Ship Routing (OTSR) system with a much higher degree of automation and multi-objective optimization, enabling safe and effective physical maneuver in Distributed Maritime Operations for the Hybrid manned and unmanned surface fleet. - Continue development of a cloud-computing based Ship Tracker that links to Fleet Command and Control, and scheduling, and includes automated and multi-objective options to provide more frequent, more accurate, and longer lead time guidance to avoid…
FY2026 to FY2027 change The increase from FY 2026 to FY 2027 does not represent a significant change in the investment for this FNC.
FY2026 plans — current year Multi-objective Automated Routing for Ships ALgorithm (MARSHAL) - Continue the MARSHAL FNC by developing a secure, multi-enclave, cloud-based capability to replace the legacy Fleet Weather Center (FWC) Optimum Track Ship Routing (OTSR) system with a much higher degree of automation and multi-objective optimization, enabling safe and effective physical maneuver in Distributed Maritime Operations for the Hybrid manned and unmanned surface fleet. - Continue development of a cloud-computing based Ship Tracker that links to Fleet Command and Control, and scheduling, and includes automated and multi-objective options to provide more frequent, more accurate, and longer lead time guidance to avoid…
FY2027 planned work Measurement-Based Adaptive Response (M-BAR) - Complete development and integration of an Electronic Warfare (EW) testbed needed to evaluate new electronic attack techniques. - Initiate demonstration of new adaptive electronic attack techniques in an operationally relevant environment.
FY2026 to FY2027 change The decrease from FY 2026 to FY 2027 is due to this FNC winding down as it completes in FY 2027.
FY2026 plans — current year Measurement-Based Adaptive Response (M-BAR) - Continue development and test technologies needed to enable real-time adaptive electronic attack techniques to defeat modern anti-ship missile threats. - Continue development and integration of real-time processing algorithms that can enhance legacy system performance. - Continue development and testing of techniques that can dynamically reconfigure current processing pipelines to increase system agility. - Continue development and integration of an Electronic Warfare (EW) testbed needed to evaluate new electronic attack techniques. - Prepare plans to demonstrate new adaptive electronic attack techniques in an operationally relevant environment.
FY2027 planned work Environmental Satellite Characterization and Algorithm Processor Enhancements (ESCAPE) - Complete porting of legacy software capabilities, including satellite readers, product specifications, and enhancement suites to demonstrate equivalent capability and continuity from previous system. - Complete development of new features, including organizational database to streamline production time and graphical user interface upgrades to emphasize program requirements and incorporate current user survey desires. - Complete refined feature prototype transition and testing in an end-to-end laboratory system.
FY2026 to FY2027 change The increase from FY 2026 to FY 2027 does not represent a significant change in the investment for this FNC.
FY2026 plans — current year Environmental Satellite Characterization and Algorithm Processor Enhancements (ESCAPE) - Continue porting of legacy software capabilities, including satellite readers, product specifications, and enhancement suites to demonstrate equivalent capability and continuity from previous system. - Continue development of new features, including organizational database to streamline production time and graphical user interface upgrades to emphasize program requirements and incorporate current user survey desires. - Conduct refined feature prototype transition and testing in an end-to-end laboratory system.
FY2027 planned work GRAVITAS - Continue development of the software-based, federated, gravity navigation filter, external to the existing INS Kalman filter, to compare sensed gravity anomaly to the gravity anomaly map. - Continue and Implement updated/new software-processed INS acceleration data matched to the map's gravity anomaly data for position. - Continue integration into real time code.
FY2026 to FY2027 change There is no change to the investment in this FNC from FY 2026 to FY 2027.
FY2026 plans — current year GRAVITAS - Initiate the GRAVITAS FNC by defining the requirements and initiating development of the software-based, federated, gravity navigation filter, external to the existing INS Kalman filter, to compare sensed gravity anomaly to the gravity anomaly map. - Initiate software-processed INS acceleration data matched to the map's gravity anomaly data for position. - Initiate algorithm refinement and integration into real time code.
FY2026 to FY2027 change The decrease from FY 2026 to FY 2027 is due to the completion of this FNC in FY 2026.
FY2026 plans — current year 4 Leaf Clovers - Complete development of advanced detection and classification algorithms and, validate models/simulations for distributed signal processing techniques. - Complete development of cyber capabilities as informed by the cyber security analysis results. - Demonstrate cyber capabilities to assess effectiveness in support of transition.
FY2026 to FY2027 change The decrease from FY 2026 to FY 2027 is due to the completion of this FNC in FY 2026.
FY2026 plans — current year Federated Learning and Optimization for Wireless networks (FLOW) - Complete system engineering and Modeling and Simulation (M&S) for wireless network optimization with enhanced mission performance. - Complete algorithm and protocol development for network optimization and control. - Complete software prototype development. - Complete final design and review with stakeholders.