What project 1050 buys
The Office of Naval Research's (ONR) mission is to foster scientific research for the advancement of naval power. This work does not stop at the laboratory. Delivery of breakthrough capability often requires new technologies in manufacturing and supply chains of national security. The Manufacturing Technology (ManTech) Program is intended to improve the productivity and responsiveness of the U.S. defense industrial base by funding the development, optimization, and transition of enabling manufacturing technologies to key naval suppliers. In general, investments transition emerging Science and Technology (S&T) results to acquisition programs; improve industrial capabilities in production, maintenance, repair and industrial base responsiveness; and advance manufacturing technology to reduce cost, improve performance, and responsiveness. Currently, the ManTech Program is focused on expanded throughput, affordability, and enhanced capability for specific key acquisition platforms as defined in the Navy ManTech Investment Strategy. Primary platforms currently targeted include: VIRGINIA Class Submarine (VCS)/COLUMBIA Class submarine (CLB); DDG 51 Class destroyer; CVN 78 Class carrier; F-35 Lightning II aircraft; and critical PEO IWS systems. Office of Naval Research The Office of Naval Research's (ONR) mission is to foster scientific research for the advancement of naval power. This work does not stop at the laboratory. Delivery of breakthrough capability often requires new technologies in manufacturing and supply chains of national security. The Manufacturing Technology (ManTech) Program is intended to improve the productivity and responsiveness of the U.S. defense industrial base by funding the development, optimization, and transition of enabling manufacturing technologies to key naval suppliers. In general, investments transition emerging Science and Technology (S&T) results to acquisition programs; improve industrial capabilities in production, maintenance, repair and industrial base responsiveness; and advance manufacturing technology to reduce cost, improve performance, and responsiveness. Currently, the ManTech Program is focused on expanded throughput, affordability, and enhanced capability for specific key acquisition platforms as defined in the Navy ManTech Investment Strategy.
Project 1050 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 | 61.2 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 63.9 |
| FY2027 | Request | 79.1 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 83.9 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 63.6 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 64.9 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 66.0 |
4 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. Each describe FY2027 work in enough detail to have their own page; the rest are shown here in full. Coverage is partial across the corpus, so count activities, never total them.
- Complete advanced manufacturing enterprise and sustainment technology projects in support of key platforms in areas such as additive manufacturing, coatings, digital measurement, process flow optimization, and digital process optimization. - Continue to develop and transition advanced manufacturing enterprise and sustainment technology…
Read the FY2027 plan →- Continue to develop and transition composites manufacturing technology improvements that result in expanded through-put, affordability, and enhanced capability for key platforms: VCS/CLB, DDG 51, CVN 78, F-35, and PEO IWS systems. - Continue composites efforts in support of key platforms in technology areas including in support of key…
Read the FY2027 plan →- Complete electronics / electro-optics projects in support of key platforms in technology areas such as focal plane array photonics, inspection technologies, sensor manufacturing, and sonar transformer manufacturing. - Continue to develop and transition electronics and electro-optics manufacturing technology improvements that result in…
Read the FY2027 plan →- Complete metals processing and fabrication projects in support of key platforms in areas such as robotic and automation, inspection technologies, metal forming, process flow optimization, fabrication mobility/agility, surface preparation, and machine learning. - Continue to develop and transition metals processing and fabrication…
Read the FY2027 plan →