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.
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.
| 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 |
6 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. Coverage is partial across the corpus, so count activities, never total them.
FY2026 to FY2027 change Decrease from FY 2026 to FY 2027 due to reprioritization of Naval S&T resources.
FY2026 plans — current year - 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 mitigate capability delivery risk. - Complete to maintain and leverage innovation test and analysis opportunities to guide prioritized concept investigations and iterations in support of Fleet/Force needs and strategic technology development initiatives. - Complete to develop and manage AI technologies for the NRE AI ecosystem. - Complete to develop Fleet…
FY2026 to FY2027 change Decrease from FY 2026 to FY 2027 due to reprioritization of Naval S&T resources.
FY2026 plans — current year - 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 operations cycle. - Complete the Technology Analysis process using capability readiness assessments, business and acquisition readiness, and the mission benefit and warfighter utility assessments to prioritize and select commercial and dual-use technology for incubation and rapid transition. - Complete the analysis to support 10 technology scans, driven by…
FY2026 to FY2027 change Decrease from FY 2026 to FY 2027 due to reprioritization of Naval S&T resources.
FY2026 plans — current year - 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 support discovery of trends, sharing lessons learned, and empowering the workforce to solve problems and build their agility skills by providing high-quality, low-friction training and support to equip commands with warfighter-centered fundamentals. NavalX will leverage its agility workforce initiatives to create and shape the innovation workforce of the…
FY2026 to FY2027 change Decrease from FY 2026 to FY 2027 due to reprioritization of Naval S&T resources.
FY2026 plans — current year - 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 startups; produce and deliver dual-use prototypes in partnership with the local/regional commercial sector, and support regional operational experimentation events. - Complete to foster regional support and participation in NavalX innovation and experimentation initiatives in FY26, such as PACFLT's Integrated Battle Problem 26 or Trident Spectre 26 by…
FY2026 to FY2027 change Decrease from FY 2026 to FY 2027 due to reprioritization of Naval S&T resources.
FY2026 plans — current year - 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 to accelerate the delivery of capabilities to the warfighter. - Complete to lead Fleet/Force Engagement initiatives with warfighters and S&T leads across all the TYCOMS and numbered Fleets to understand, identify, source, and curate problem statements for critical warfighting gaps. Work within the innovation process and the Tech Bridges to help identify…
FY2026 to FY2027 change Decrease from FY 2026 to FY 2027 due to reprioritization of Naval S&T resources.
FY2026 plans — current year - Complete IPP research, analysis, and policy development for protection of intellectual property contained in patents for critical and national security technologies.