# Project 0394 — Shallow Depth Diving EQ

**Program element:** 0603713N — Ocean Engineering Tech Dev  
**Project:** 0394  
**Component:** U.S. Navy  
**Appropriation:** 1319 — RDT&E, Navy  
**Budget Activity:** 4 — Advanced Component Development & Prototypes  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603713N/0394  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603713N

## Summary

Project 0394 — Shallow Depth Diving EQ requests $13.4M in FY2027, 84% of the $15.9M requested for program element 0603713N, up 115% on FY2026. 3 R-2A activities decompose the request. KMS Solutions is the largest named R-3 performer at $1.0M, 7.5% of the project's FY2027 R-3 total.

## Funding profile

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 12.1 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 6.2 |
| FY2027 | Request | 13.4 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 6.1 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 5.6 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 5.1 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 5.2 |

> Estimate types are not summed. This project is one leaf of PE 0603713N; the PE total is the sum of its projects, never added to them.

## What project 0394 buys

(Diving - N97) This project develops systems to support submarine escape and rescue missions, and conventional diver operations. Diver operations include ship husbandry, salvage/recovery, and submarine rescue operations to support national, as well as Navy, needs around the world. Modern certifiable diving systems that ensure diver safety and allow maximum work efficiency will replace currently antiquated systems. R&D will be performed in the areas of diver tools to improve work efficiency, tracking and navigation, visual enhancement, contaminated water diving, diver environmental protection, and recompression chamber technology. (Submarine Escape and Rescue - N97) The modernization of Submarine Rescue System (SRS) is required to address known reliability and obsolescence issues and support the planned minimum 15 year system service life extension prior to SRS's end of life and inoperability. (Diving - N95) This project develops systems to support Naval Expeditionary Combat Command Diving. Operations include salvage/recovery and underwater construction to support national, as well as Navy, needs around the world. Modern certifiable diving systems that ensure diver safety and allow maximum work efficiency will replace currently antiquated systems. R&D will be performed in the areas of diver tools to improve work efficiency, tracking and navigation, visual enhancement, contaminated water diving, diver environmental protection and recompression chamber technology. Requirements: Operational Requirements Document, Revision 2 for Submarine Rescue Diving and Recompression System (SRDRS) Serial 694-87-06 dtd 6 June 2006 COMSUBLANT/COMSUBPAC OPORD 2137 (Submarine Rescue) dtd 5 Aug 2014 Mission Needs Statement, M016402-92 Survivability, OPNAV N87 ltr Serial N87/5U659719 dtd 30 Jan 1995

**R-3 lines of work:** Product Development; Management Services.

## Named R-3 performers

| Performer | $M | Share of this project's FY2027 R-3 total |
|---|---|---|
| KMS Solutions | 1.0 | 7.5% |
| PNSY | 0.7 | 4.9% |
| NEDU | 0.3 | 2.5% |

> Budget-justification contract funding, not obligations. Shares need not reach 100% — unnamed and government work is in the denominator.

## Activities (R-2A) — 3

| Activity | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 | Move | Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shallow Depth Diving EQ - Submarine Escape and Rescue (N97) | 8.1 | 4.0 | 11.7 | +193% | [a1](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603713N/0394/a1) |
| Shallow Depth Diving EQ - Diving (N97) | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.2 | −23% | — |
| Shallow Depth Diving EQ - Diving (N95) | 2.4 | 0.6 | 0.5 | −23% | — |

> Activities carry the prior, current and budget year only — no five-year plan. In the request year they partition this project exactly; in earlier years they can under-cover it.

### Shallow Depth Diving EQ - Submarine Escape and Rescue (N97)

Initiate the next generation submarine rescue system design and development to ensure the Navy retains the critical capability. This effort will be executed with the award and funding of a multiyear contract to enable the development of the next generation rescue system. Continue execution of critical technologies necessary to support…

Full year-by-year narrative: https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603713N/0394/a1

### Shallow Depth Diving EQ - Diving (N97)

**FY2027 planned work.** * Deep Sea Expeditionary No "D" (DSEND) Suit: Continue development and start testing of a 600 fsw suit. This will allow Navy divers to work at significant depths in a self-propelled, flexible suit without the need to perform lengthy decompression or be at risk for decompression sickness. * Authorized Navy Use (ANU) Item Testing / Retesting: Testing of life support and other underwater systems for inclusion on the ANU list. This will include both testing of existing ANU items to ensure continued compliance with configuration management and quality or the testing of new items that are desired by fleet divers. * Prehensor Development: Develop prehensors for arm appendages of DSEND suit to improve diver ability to grab and hold. Development to emphacize better ergonimics and human factors design. These prehensors will reduce diver fatigue and allow for better use of diver bottom time. * DiveEar Noise Cancellation: Develop noise cancellation technology for DiveEar ear pieces. This technology will reduce background noise for diver quieting the overall noise environment for the diver and allowing clearer understanding of communications from topside.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** Decrease of -0.366M based on rephasing FY 2027 efforts into FY 2028 and FY 2029.

**FY2026 plans — current year.** * Deep Sea Expeditionary No "D" (DSEND) Suit: Continue development and start testing of a 600 fsw suit. This will allow Navy divers to work at significant depths in a self-propelled, flexible suit without the need to perform lengthy decompression or be at risk for decompression sickness. * Prehensor Development: Develop prehensors for arm appendages of DSEND suit to improve diver ability to grab and hold. Development to emphacize better ergonimics and human factors design. These prehensors will reduce diver fatigue and allow for better use of diver bottom time. * DiveEar Noise Cancellation: Develop noise cancellation technology for DiveEar ear pieces. This technology will reduce background noise for diver quieting the overall noise environment for the diver and allowing clearer understanding of communications from topside. * Cooling Suit Development & Testing: Continue development and testing of cooling suits for use by divers in contaminated water applications. The suit will serve to keep divers at a comfortable temperature while performing heavy work in a sealed contaminated water suit. Use of this suit will markedly improve the divers ability to perform work while keeping them safe from contaminated water and markedly improve their safety from heat-related maladies. * ANU Item Testing / Retesting: Testing of life support and other underwater systems for inclusion on the ANU list. This will include both testing of existing ANU items to ensure continued compliance with configuration management and quality or the testing of new items that are desired by fleet divers.

### Shallow Depth Diving EQ - Diving (N95)

**FY2027 planned work.** Fly Away Mixed Gas (FMGS) System Refresh: Complete protoptype development and conduct unmanned testing of the FMGS UBA. The changes will improve transportability, significantly reduce gas (HeO2) usage, and increase the time available when switching to the emergency gas supply (EGS) and are designed to significantly reduce safety hazards to the divers. FY26 will include initial build of prototype unit.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** Decrease of -0.150M based on rephasing FY 2027 efforts into FY 2028 and FY 2029.

**FY2026 plans — current year.** Fly Away Mixed Gas (FMGS) System Refresh: Develop and test an improved FMGS Underwater Breathing Apparatus (UBA) and console to reduce the size of the topside support footprint. The changes will improve transportability, reduce gas (HeO2) usage, and increase the time available when switching to the emergency gas supply (EGS) and are designed to significantly reduce safety hazards to the divers.

## What is NOT on this page

Congressional marks, the R-2 mission description and acquisition strategy, the industry vs government split of the whole request, and related program elements are recorded at **program-element** grain — an NDAA mark lands on a PE, never on a project. They are at https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603713N.

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Navy RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibits R-2/R-2A/R-3, PE 0603713N project 0394 (PB PB2027).
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_program_element(pe="0603713N")`.

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