# Project 9035 — JPALS V2

**Program element:** 0603860N — JNT Precision Approach & Ldg Sys  
**Project:** 9035  
**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/9035  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603860N

## Summary

Project 9035 — JPALS V2 requests $71.3M in FY2027, 97% of the $73.8M requested for program element 0603860N — a new start, with no prior-year and no current-year money. 2 R-2A activities decompose the request, 2 new this cycle. NAWCAD is the largest named R-3 performer at $9.8M, 14% of the project's FY2027 R-3 total.

## Funding profile

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 0.0 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 0.0 |
| FY2027 | Request | 71.3 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 72.6 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 68.7 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 40.3 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 29.2 |

> 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 9035 buys

JPALS V2 consists of the following capabilities: JPALS Data Link Interface is the integration of an alternative datalink solution into JPALS GPS-based landing systems aboard CVN and LHA/D ships. It provides on-ramp opportunities for legacy (manned) and Air Wing of the Future (AWOTF) (manned/unmanned) aircraft that aligns to PMW/PMA-101 technology roadmap and increases precision navigation capabilities in all operational environments. JPALS M-Code delivers a GPS based precision approach landing capability in all-weather and all-operating environment for CVN and LHA/D ships. This supports contested environment operations for properly equipped manned and unmanned aircraft to include AWOTF. This upgrade will provide development, design and Engineering Development Model (EDM) manufacturing of a JPALS M-Code capable system, in addition to an data link interface that will support the LANTERNS waveform. The JPALS V2 development effort and associated funding began in FY2026 in Project Unit (PU) 2329 as the JPALS Upgrade, but has moved to PU 9035 to clearly articulate CSP (Cost Schedule Performance) of the new ACAT II JPALS V2 program and separate it from the ACAT IC JPALS program in PU 2329. JPALS V2 Milestone B was achieved March 2026.

**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 | 9.8 | 14% |

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

## Activities (R-2A) — 2

| Activity | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 | Move | Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JPALS V2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 68.7 | new | — |
| Advanced Technology Integration | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.6 | new | — |

> 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 V2 — NEW START

**FY2027 planned work.** Continue engineering, design and development of the JPALS V2 system. Conduct Preliminary Design Review (PDR). Finalize requirements baseline and verify deltas to allocated baseline, begin to validate Modeling and Simulation (M&S) and software update scope against product baseline, and begin preparation for Critical Design Review (CDR).

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** Increase of $68.738M from FY 2026 to FY 2027 is due to the ramping up of the ACAT II JPALS V2 development efforts in the FYDP.

### Advanced Technology Integration — NEW START

**FY2027 planned work.** Continue 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.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** Increase of $2.609M from FY2026 to FY2027 is due to the realignment of funding from Project Unit 2320 to 9035 to separate JPALS V2 funding from Legacy JPALS.

## 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 9035 (PB PB2027).
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_program_element(pe="0603860N")`.

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