What project 2208 buys
This project provides the development of aircraft carrier specific technologies, the infusion of the ship technology base into existing and future aircraft carriers, and the potential realization of subsystem design capabilities not currently feasible. All systems developed in this project support current or emerging requirements and other promising systems technologies for insertion into existing and new aircraft carrier designs. The emphasis is directed toward developing ship hull, mechanical, propulsion, electrical, aviation, and warfare systems to significantly improve aircraft carrier affordability, manpower requirements, survivability, and operational capabilities required to meet existing and pending regulations and statutes critical to the operation of future aircraft carriers. This project also encompasses those tasks required to support CVN 78 Class procurement, including, but not limited to engineering support, programmatic and program support, logistics support, modeling and simulation, test and evaluation, manpower and program related studies, and design support systems, such as the Integrated Digital Environment (IDE).
- Product Development
- Test and Evaluation
Project 2208 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 | 83.9 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 90.4 |
| FY2027 | Request | 81.3 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 52.6 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 53.6 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 54.0 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 55.0 |
4 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. 2 of them describe FY2027 work in enough detail to have their own page; the rest are shown here in full. Coverage is partial across the corpus, so count activities, never total them.
Due to changes in the operational schedule of CVN 78, Operational Testing (OT) was not finalized. Continue Seastrike Seabasing Aviation Model (SSAM) analysis to demonstrate Ford Class SGR Key Performance Parameter (KPP). Complete initial operational test and evaluation (IOT&E) analysis and reporting. Continue reliability, availability…
Read the FY2027 plan →Continue to perform technical analysis and engineering calculations in support of System/Component, Environmental Safety and Health Qualification, and Human Factors Engineering, Ship/System/Component Survivability and Vulnerability Qualification, System/Component Shock and Vibration Qualification. Continue to address design and…
Read the FY2027 plan →FY2027 planned work Continue CVN 80/81 FY26 Integrated Digital Shipbuilding (iDS) implementation plan and execute the installment obligation per the contract. This effort will enable HII-NNS to achieve 2 ship-buy savings and drive the modernization of the shipbuilding base. iDS Products are directly tied to construction needs and are issued to the individual trades which utilize them on the deck plate to support the CVN 80/81 build on the waterfront. Failure to fully fund installment clause and variance would result in a change to the contract as funding requirements would not be met. HII-NNS is continually looking at ways to increase efficiency of developing iDS products through upgrades to their Product…
FY2026 to FY2027 change Budget decrease in FY 2027 funding is due to the Program Office executing the installment per the contractual phasing plan.
FY2026 plans — current year Continue CVN 80/81 FY 2025 Integrated Digital Shipbuilding (iDS) implementation plan and execute the installment obligation per the contract. This effort will enable HII-NNS to achieve 2 ship-buy savings and drive the modernization of the shipbuilding base. iDS Products are directly tied to construction needs and are issued to the individual trades which utilize them on the deck plate to support the CVN 80/81 build on the waterfront. Failure to fully fund installment clause and variance would result in a change to the contract as funding requirements would not be met. HII-NNS is continually looking at ways to increase efficiency of developing iDS products through upgrades to their Product…
FY2027 planned work Continue to provide support for Ford Class affordability and future technology transformation initiatives which includes Air Wing of the Future, Additive Manufacturing activities, studies in support of new and updated program of record GFE systems, AWE production improvements, and control system software commonality to future reduce total ownership cost. Continue the development of cost saving initiatives, process improvements, business case analyses, and design for affordability initiatives to continue to drive affordability into the carrier program.
FY2026 to FY2027 change Budget decrease in FY2027 funding is due to the maturation of design changes under development and transition of some cost savings and producibility initiatives into the active construction contracts for CVN 79, CVN 80 and CVN 81; and incorporation into the technical baselines for future CVN procurements.
FY2026 plans — current year Continue to provide support for Ford Class affordability and future technology transformation initiatives which includes items Air Wing of the Future, Additive Manufacturing activities, studies in support of new and updated program of record government furnished equipment (GFE) systems Advanced Weapons Elevators (AWE) production improvements and control system software commonality to future reduce total ownership cost. Continue the development of cost saving initiatives, process improvements, business case analyses, and design for affordability initiatives to continue to drive affordability into the carrier program.
Named performers on project 2208
Performers named in the R-3 exhibit under this project. Share is of the project's whole FY2027 R-3 total — the same denominator the program-element split uses, so the two read on one scale and will not sum to 100% when unnamed or government work is in the mix. Budget-justification contract funding, not obligations.