# Joint Beam Control System (JBCS)

**R-2A activity** of project 1164 — Surface Warfare (SW)  
**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/1164/a8  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603673N/1164

## Summary

This activity requests $15.0M in FY2027, 16% of project 1164, up 50% 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.** Joint Beam Control System (JBCS) - Continue Joint Beam Control System (JBCS) development of mature beam control, pointing, stabilization, propagation, aimpoint maintenance and advanced tracking. - Continue development of mature optical systems. - Continue development of mature beam conditioning and diagnostics system. - Initiate building and testing of the JBCS subassemblies for high energy laser weapon systems.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** The increase from FY 2026 to FY 2027 is due to the initiation of efforts to build and test the JBCS subassemblies for high energy laser weapon systems.

## Before the request year

**FY2026 plans — current year.** Joint Beam Control System (JBCS) - Initiate the Joint Beam Control System (JBCS) FNC by defining joint (Army/Navy) requirements and initiating the development of a standardized beam control system for high energy laser weapon systems. - Initiate development of mature beam control, pointing, stabilization, propagation, aimpoint maintenance and advanced tracking. - Initiate development of mature optical systems. - Initiate development of mature beam conditioning and diagnostics system.

## Funding

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 0.0 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 10.0 |
| FY2027 | Request | 15.0 |

> 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 1164

- [Sensor and Missile Management Against Robust Threats (SMMART)](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603673N/1164/a6) — FY2027 16.0
- [Advanced Non-Kinetic Evaluation for Re-engagement (ANKER)](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603673N/1164/a4) — FY2027 12.1
- [Subarray Transmit Orthogonality for Receive Multiplexing (STORM)](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603673N/1164/a10) — FY2027 10.0
- Afloat Data Analysis and Persistent Transmission (ADAPT) — FY2027 9.0
- Joint Highly intelligent Automation to Accelerate Weapon Kills (J-HAAWK) — FY2027 6.9
- Light Rider — FY2027 6.1
- Leaker Engagement with Autonomous Defenses at Extended Ranges (LEADER) — FY2027 6.0
- Progressive, Assisted Decision-Making, Re-Planning and Execution for UxS (PADRE) — FY2027 5.0
- SPEIR-HELIOS Improvements Merging Environmental Response (SHIMMER) — FY2027 3.2
- Radar Advanced Signal Processing (RASP) — FY2027 2.8
- Surface Warfare — FY2027 0.0
- Odysseus — FY2027 0.0
- Crossbow — FY2027 0.0
- Multi-Spectral High Resolution Targeting Sensor (MUST HITS) — FY2027 0.0

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Navy RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibit R-2A, PE 0603673N project 1164 (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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