# Project 2329 — JPALS

**Program element:** 0603860N — JNT Precision Approach & Ldg Sys  
**Project:** 2329  
**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/0603860N/2329  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603860N

## Summary

Project 2329 — JPALS requests $2.5M in FY2027, 3.3% of the $73.8M requested for program element 0603860N, down 93% on FY2026. 5 R-2A activities decompose the request. NAWCAD is the largest named R-3 performer at $2.5M, 100% of the project's FY2027 R-3 total.

## Funding profile

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 4.0 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 34.0 |
| FY2027 | Request | 2.5 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 2.5 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 2.6 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 2.8 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 2.9 |

> Estimate types are not summed. This project is one leaf of PE 0603860N; the PE total is the sum of its projects, never added to them.

## What project 2329 buys

This budget reflects the Department of Defense certified Component Cost Position of the restructured Joint Precision Approach and Landing System (JPALS) program that funds the developmental, testing, and integration activities to implement and field JPALS ship systems that deliver the primary precision approach, landing, on-deck inertial alignment, surveillance, and auto-land capability for current and future low observable manned and unmanned platforms onboard all CVN and LHA/D ships. JPALS provides for development, integration, installation, and test of JPALS on CVN and LHA/D ships in accordance with the Joint Requirements Oversight Council (JROC) May 2018 approved JPALS Capability Production Document (CPD). JPALS will continue to invest in software development in direct support of precision approach and auto-land capabilities for the F-35B/C, MQ-25A, and future air platforms. JPALS effort includes addressing broadened CyberSecurity requirements to remain compliant with software CyberSecurity directives and Information Assurance mandates. Additionally, costs are to enhance Precision Ship-Relative Navigation (PS-RN) for Navy and Marine Corps unmanned, and potentially manned, platforms, via the Landing Autonomous Navigation Technology for Enhanced Recovery to Navy Ships (LANTERNS) Future Naval Capabilities (FNC) and other system improvements.

**R-3 lines of work:** Product Development; Support; Test and Evaluation; Management Services.

## Named R-3 performers

| Performer | $M | Share of this project's FY2027 R-3 total |
|---|---|---|
| NAWCAD | 2.5 | 100% |

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

## Activities (R-2A) — 5

| Activity | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 | Move | Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JPALS Ship Systems and Test | 1.8 | 1.9 | 1.6 | −17% | — |
| MQ-25 Support | 1.2 | 1.2 | 0.5 | −55% | — |
| Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) F-35B Marine Corps STOVL and F-35C Navy Carrier Variant Support | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.4 | −45% | — |
| Advanced Technology Integration | 0.4 | 6.3 | 0.0 | −100% | — |
| JPALS upgrade | 0.0 | 23.9 | 0.0 | −100% | — |

> 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.

### JPALS Ship Systems and Test

**FY2027 planned work.** Continue obsolescence ECP development work.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** Decrease of $.327M from FY 2026 to FY 2027 is due to the transition and proper phasing of Legacy JPALS to JPALS V2.

**FY2026 plans — current year.** Continue obsolescence ECP development work.

### MQ-25 Support

**FY2027 planned work.** Provide technical support of JPALS system integration for MQ-25 ship/shore-based testing.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** Decrease of $.658M from FY 2026 to FY 2027 is due to proper phasing of Legacy reductions.

**FY2026 plans — current year.** Finalization of JPALS system integration lab at Patuxent River for MQ-25 ship/shore-based testing.

### Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) F-35B Marine Corps STOVL and F-35C Navy Carrier Variant Support

**FY2027 planned work.** Continue support of the JPALS UDB operations for F-35 aircraft.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** Decrease of $.293M from FY 2026 to FY 2027 is due to proper phasing of Legacy reductions.

**FY2026 plans — current year.** Continue support of the JPALS UDB operations for F-35 aircraft.

### Advanced Technology Integration

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** Decrease of $6.326M from FY 2026 to FY 2027 is due to the realignment of funding from Project Unit 2329 to 9035 to separate the JPALS V2 funding from Legacy JPALS.

**FY2026 plans — current year.** Begin Agnostic Data Link integration to provide an alternative datalink solution into JPALS GPS-based landing systems aboard CVN and LH type ships. Create performance spec, ICDs, and IRSs, and validate interface with LANTERNS FNC radio system. Begin to modify JPALS Air Algorithms to allow for use of P(Y) Code GPS data with M-Code Aircraft data to compute a JPALS Solution, demonstrate algorithms with JPALS Test Bed, update TDP GFI for air platform use.

### JPALS upgrade

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** Decrease of $23.908M from FY 2026 to FY 2027 is due to the realignment of funding from Project Unit 2329 to 9035 to separate the JPALS V2 funding from Legacy JPALS.

**FY2026 plans — current year.** Award of product development contract and kickoff event; conduct System Requirements Review (SRR) and Sub System Design Review (SSDR), establish requirements baseline and identify deltas to allocated baseline, identify Modeling and Simulation (M&S) and software update scope against product baseline, and begin preparation for Preliminary Design Review (PDR).

## 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/0603860N.

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Navy RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibits R-2/R-2A/R-3, PE 0603860N project 2329 (PB PB2027).
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_program_element(pe="0603860N")`.

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