Project 2950
$38.7MFY2027 request NEWExperiments and Demonstration Transition
FY2025 actual$0.0M
FY2026 enacted$0.0M
FY2027 request$38.7M
FY2027 Request
$66.4M
▼ 56% vs FY2026
Senate mark
$73.9M
▼ $7.5M vs request
FY2026 Enacted
$150.0M
In law
Roll-up of 4 projects. Projects are the summable leaves — the PE total is their sum, never added to it.
For fiscal year 2027, the U.S. Navy is requesting $66.4M for Navy Warfighting Exp & Demo under RDT&E program element 0603758N, down 56% from FY2026. In the FY2027 defense authorization, Senate moved to raise it to $73.9M.
Funding trajectory
Funding profile, FY2025–FY2031
Prior years are actuals, the budget year is the request, and the outyears are the FYDP plan. Estimate types are colored and never summed into one figure.
Actual Enacted Request Outyear (FYDP)
| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 133.3 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 150.0 |
| FY2027 | Request | 66.4 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 69.0 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 70.0 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 71.4 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 72.6 |
Where it sits
Acquisition lifecycle
This program is funded in RDT&E Budget Activity 3 — Advanced Technology Development.
Complete
Research
BA 1–2
Current
Advanced Technology
BA 3
Later
Prototyping
BA 4
Later
Development & Fielding
BA 5–7
Inside the program element
4 projects roll up into PE 0603758N
Projects are the summable leaves — the PE total is their sum, never added to it. Program elements and projects carry the full five-year plan; activities stop at the budget year. This PE moves -56% overall, which can hide much larger swings below.
Project 2918
$27.7MFY2027 request ▼ 57%Navy Warfighting Experiments and Demo
FY2025 actual$65.4M
FY2026 enacted$64.0M
FY2027 request$27.7M
Project 1097
$0.0MFY2027 request ▼ 100%NavalX (Naval Accelerator)
FY2025 actual$27.1M
FY2026 enacted$17.9M
FY2027 request$0.0M
Project 9999
$0.0MFY2027 request ▼ 100%Congressional Adds
FY2025 actual$40.8M
FY2026 enacted$68.1M
FY2027 request$0.0M
Congressional action
The request is contested
Committee marks on the FY2027 request. Adds and cuts are reconciled in conference before they become law.
RequestPresident's Budget
$66.4M
House NDAA (HASC)HASC
$76.4M +$10.0M · +15%
Senate NDAA (SASC)SASC
$73.9M +$7.5M · +11%
House Approps (HAC-D)HAC_D
$154.2M +$87.8M · +132%
▲ $80.3M chamber gap — unresolved as of 2026-07-27. These are FY2027 authorization marks (NDAA); appropriations and the conference agreement may differ.
Program detail
Mission & acquisition strategy
The Office of Naval Research (ONR) guides ongoing research and innovation operations in the pursuit of novel and decisive capabilities for our Sailors and Marines. ONR manages a broad, but priority-driven investment portfolio of near to long-term basic and applied research. This Program Element (PE) develops Science and Technology (S&T) breakthroughs to meet current operational needs, from prototyping solutions for warfighters, to Fleet experimentation and operational demonstrations including Fleet Battle Problems (FBP), Limited Objective Experiments (LOEs) and Fleet/Force exercises.
Project 2950, 2918, 1097, 9999 — Experiments and Demonstration Transition
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Sources
FY2027 Department of the Navy RDT&E Budget Justification · Exhibits R-2 / R-3 · PE 0603758N (President's Budget PB2027) — and FY2027 NDAA committee marks, as tracked 2026-07-27.
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/programs/0603758N.md · MCP mcp.hitchintel.com → budget_get_program_element, budget_get_cong_marksFY2027 Request
$38.7M
No FY2026 funding
FY2026 Enacted
$0.0M
No FY2025 funding
FY2025 Actual
$0.0M
Prior year
Experiments and Demonstration Transition — one RDT&E project inside PE 0603758N. Congressional marks are recorded on the program element, not on a project.
Project 2950 — Experiments and Demonstration Transition — requests $38.7M in FY2027, 58% of the $66.4M requested for program element 0603758N. It is a new start — no prior-year or current-year money.
Funding trajectory
Project 2950 funding, FY2025–FY2031
Prior years are actuals, the budget year is the request, and the outyears are the FYDP plan. Estimate types are colored and never summed into one figure. Projects carry the full five-year plan; the activities inside them stop at the budget year.
Actual Enacted Request Outyear (FYDP)
| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 0.0 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 0.0 |
| FY2027 | Request | 38.7 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 41.4 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 42.2 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 43.1 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 43.8 |
Inside the project
4 accomplishments / planned programs
The R-2A exhibit. Activities carry the prior, current and budget year only — no five-year plan — and they are descriptive: coverage is partial and they do not always add back to the project, so count them, never total them. Opening lines only here — the full year-by-year narrative is on the project page.
FY2025 actual$0.0M
FY2026 enacted$0.0M
FY2027 request$22.5M
Initiate: - ONR experimentation plan in alignment with the 30 Year S&T Strategy to guide multiyear S&T investment in response to emerging concepts and doctrine. - Operational experimentation to determine best of breed technologies from industry and government labs and document results to inform early S&T product development, ensure…
Read the FY2027 plan →Operations AnalysisNEW
FY2025 actual$0.0M
FY2026 enacted$0.0M
FY2027 request$4.1M
Initiate: - Operational analysis tools and techniques such as warfighter workshops to include Technology Innovation Games (TIGs) and modeling and simulation studies to assess the military utility of emerging technologies to build an analytical underpinning to support investment decisions. - Analysis of operational experimentation to…
FY2025 actual$0.0M
FY2026 enacted$0.0M
FY2027 request$11.1M
Initiate: - Deliver new Science and Technology (S&T) prototypes to solve problems expressed directly by warfighters during Fleet/Force interactions. TechSolutions will develop, demonstrate, and deliver prototypes throughout the year as warfighter requests are received. It is estimated that in FY 2027 TechSolutions will be able to develop…
Read the FY2027 plan →Technology BridgesNEW
FY2025 actual$0.0M
FY2026 enacted$0.0M
FY2027 request$1.0M
Initiate: - Support regional technology innovation challenges addressing critical Naval mission problems; produce and deliver dual-use prototypes in partnership with the local/regional commercial sector; and support regional operational experimentation events. - Conduct technology market scanning, industry outreach, and the support of…
Project detail
What project 2950 buys
This project focuses on the application of recent technology breakthroughs to meet current operational needs from a subscale proof-of-principle into a full-scale prototypes for warfighter experimentation during laboratory and operational demonstrations, Fleet Battle Problems (FBPs), Limited Objective Experiments (LOEs) and Fleet/Force exercises.
FY2027 Request
$27.7M
▼ 57% vs FY2026
FY2026 Enacted
$64.0M
▼ 2.1% vs FY2025
FY2025 Actual
$65.4M
Prior year
Navy Warfighting Experiments and Demo — one RDT&E project inside PE 0603758N. Congressional marks are recorded on the program element, not on a project.
Project 2918 — Navy Warfighting Experiments and Demo — requests $27.7M in FY2027, 42% of the $66.4M requested for program element 0603758N. Year over year it falls 57% against FY2026.
Funding trajectory
Project 2918 funding, FY2025–FY2031
Prior years are actuals, the budget year is the request, and the outyears are the FYDP plan. Estimate types are colored and never summed into one figure. Projects carry the full five-year plan; the activities inside them stop at the budget year.
Actual Enacted Request Outyear (FYDP)
| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 65.4 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 64.0 |
| FY2027 | Request | 27.7 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 27.6 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 27.8 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 28.3 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 28.7 |
Inside the project
6 accomplishments / planned programs
The R-2A exhibit. Activities carry the prior, current and budget year only — no five-year plan — and they are descriptive: coverage is partial and they do not always add back to the project, so count them, never total them. Opening lines only here — the full year-by-year narrative is on the project page.
Naval Warfare Experimentation▼ 100%
FY2025 actual$32.5M
FY2026 enacted$20.6M
FY2027 request$0.0M
- Complete the NRE experimentation plan in alignment with the 30 Year S&T Strategy to guide multiyear S&T investment in response to emerging concepts and doctrine. - Complete operational experimentation of technologies and document results to inform early S&T product development, ensure operational relevancy and fit, accelerate…
Operations Analysis▼ 100%
FY2025 actual$6.6M
FY2026 enacted$7.1M
FY2027 request$0.0M
- Complete to use operational analysis tools and techniques such as warfighter workshops to include Technology Innovation Games (TIGs) and modeling and simulation studies to assess the military utility of emerging technologies to build an analytical underpinning to support investment decisions. - Complete analysis of operational…
TechSolutions▼ 100%
FY2025 actual$10.0M
FY2026 enacted$11.1M
FY2027 request$0.0M
- Complete to deliver new Science and Technology (S&T) prototypes to solve problems expressed directly by warfighters during Fleet/Force interactions. TechSolutions will develop, demonstrate, and deliver prototypes throughout the year as warfighter requests are received. It is estimated that in FY 2026 TechSolutions will be able to…
FY2025 actual$11.2M
FY2026 enacted$13.4M
FY2027 request$13.2M
- Continue efforts in the area supporting Naval Precision Strike Operations, providing the Navy capability to quickly locate, target, and strike critical targets. Ongoing efforts include conducting kill-chain studies to identify and recommend engineering trades to enable weapon system interoperability and data fusion alternatives. These…
Read the FY2027 plan →FY2025 actual$5.1M
FY2026 enacted$10.8M
FY2027 request$14.5M
- Continue projects that demonstrate significant, system engineering, and hardware development to advance technology into a form suitable for demonstration. The goal will be to conduct a multi-year S&T effort to respond to emerging concepts and doctrine. Efforts that will be concluding include a demonstration of semi-automated thermal…
Read the FY2027 plan →Technology Bridges▼ 100%
FY2025 actual$0.0M
FY2026 enacted$1.0M
FY2027 request$0.0M
Complete: - Support regional technology innovation challenges addressing critical Naval mission problems; produce and deliver dual-use prototypes in partnership with the local/regional commercial sector; and support regional operational experimentation events. - Conduct technology market scanning, industry outreach, and the support of…
Project detail
What project 2918 buys
This project focuses on the application of recent technology breakthroughs to meet current operational needs from a subscale proof-of-principle into a full-scale prototypes for warfighter experimentation during laboratory and operational demonstrations, Fleet Battle Problems (FBPs), Limited Objective Experiments (LOEs) and Fleet/Force exercises.
FY2027 Request
$0.0M
▼ 100% vs FY2026
FY2026 Enacted
$17.9M
▼ 34% vs FY2025
FY2025 Actual
$27.1M
Prior year
NavalX (Naval Accelerator) — one RDT&E project inside PE 0603758N. Congressional marks are recorded on the program element, not on a project.
Project 1097 — NavalX (Naval Accelerator) — requests $0.0M in FY2027, 0.0% of the $66.4M requested for program element 0603758N. Year over year it falls 100% against FY2026.
Funding trajectory
Project 1097 funding, FY2025–FY2031
Prior years are actuals, the budget year is the request, and the outyears are the FYDP plan. Estimate types are colored and never summed into one figure. Projects carry the full five-year plan; the activities inside them stop at the budget year.
Actual Enacted Request Outyear (FYDP)
| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 27.1 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 17.9 |
| FY2027 | Request | 0.0 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 0.0 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 0.0 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 0.0 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 0.0 |
Inside the project
6 accomplishments / planned programs
The R-2A exhibit. Activities carry the prior, current and budget year only — no five-year plan — and they are descriptive: coverage is partial and they do not always add back to the project, so count them, never total them. Opening lines only here — the full year-by-year narrative is on the project page.
Naval Warfare Prototype and Demonstration (NavalX)▼ 100%
FY2025 actual$2.5M
FY2026 enacted$2.4M
FY2027 request$0.0M
- Complete the management of a technology prototype demonstration, test, and analysis plan that will guide multi-year technology development efforts in response to emerging concepts and doctrine. - Complete exercises and operational environment tests as an excursion to traditional programs to address additional warfighter needs and/or…
Technology Analysis, Development, and Investments (NavalX)▼ 100%
FY2025 actual$2.6M
FY2026 enacted$3.4M
FY2027 request$0.0M
- Complete - Identify, prioritize, and analyze technologies to solve mission focused, human-centered challenges using innovation and systems engineering methods for the Navy and United States Marine Corps (USMC) by providing analysis, facilitating development, and managing the transition of new technologies through the innovation…
Innovation Agility (NavalX)▼ 100%
FY2025 actual$4.0M
FY2026 enacted$3.1M
FY2027 request$0.0M
- Complete to support and manage Innovation Agility projects, ensuring alignment with National Defense Strategy, OSW Modernization Priorities and CNO / CMC Guidance. Continue to lead the application of the NavalX Innovation to accelerate the discovery, development of new technologies and capabilities for naval warfighters. - Complete to…
Tech Bridges (NavalX)▼ 100%
FY2025 actual$9.8M
FY2026 enacted$6.8M
FY2027 request$0.0M
- Complete to support local/regional economic development to grow the defense industrial base. - Complete to support regional technology innovation challenges addressing critical Naval mission problems; increase participation of small- and medium-sized business in the defense industrial base, including nontraditional businesses and new…
Innovation Operations (NavalX)▼ 100%
FY2025 actual$7.7M
FY2026 enacted$1.8M
FY2027 request$0.0M
- Complete and expand development of innovative prototypes at Warfare Centers, Naval Laboratories, NavalX Tech Bridges, and related DON organizations solving key warfighter problems that are identified through the innovation process. - Complete and expand efforts to emphasize the implementation of a common innovation process and language…
Innovation Protection Policy (NavalX)▼ 100%
FY2025 actual$0.5M
FY2026 enacted$0.5M
FY2027 request$0.0M
- Complete IPP research, analysis, and policy development for protection of intellectual property contained in patents for critical and national security technologies.
Project detail
What project 1097 buys
In FY25, the Department of Navy (DON) consolidated and established the NavalX (Naval Acceleration) PU 1097 under PE 0603758N with six distinct activities (1) Naval Warfare Prototype and Demonstration to develop and deliver rapid prototypes to warfighters; (2) Technology Analysis, Development, and Investments to analyze technologies to address capability gaps from commercial marketplaces, including investment capital to kickstart and mature the technology in preparation for (1) above; (3) Innovation Agility to address enabling technologies to speed up integration and transition of capability enhancing technology and overcome technical debt; (4) Tech Bridges to cultivate local business ecosystems in order to discover and accelerate non-traditional companies with commercial technologies that can be rapidly adopted by the warfighter; (5) Innovation Operations to support mission-driven problem solving across the DON and academia in support of culture, organizational, and business changes to enable agile and rapid prototyping, development, and transition processes, and (6) Innovation Protection Policy (IPP) to provide research to inform policy on technology trends to enable U.S. dominance in the future technological marketplace.
FY2027 Request
$0.0M
▼ 100% vs FY2026
FY2026 Enacted
$68.1M
▲ 67% vs FY2025
FY2025 Actual
$40.8M
Prior year
Congressional Adds — one RDT&E project inside PE 0603758N. Congressional marks are recorded on the program element, not on a project.
Project 9999 — Congressional Adds — requests $0.0M in FY2027, 0.0% of the $66.4M requested for program element 0603758N. Year over year it falls 100% against FY2026.
Funding trajectory
Project 9999 funding, FY2025–FY2031
Prior years are actuals, the budget year is the request, and the outyears are the FYDP plan. Estimate types are colored and never summed into one figure. Projects carry the full five-year plan; the activities inside them stop at the budget year.
Actual Enacted Request Outyear (FYDP)
| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 40.8 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 68.1 |
| FY2027 | Request | 0.0 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 0.0 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 0.0 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 0.0 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 0.0 |
Project detail
What project 9999 buys
Congressional Interest Items not included in other Projects.