# CVN 78 Class Systems Analysis & Total Ship Integration

**R-2A activity** of project 2208 — CVN 21  
**Program element:** 0604112N — Gerald R FORD CI NUC Aircraft Carrier CVN 78-80  
**Component:** U.S. Navy · **Budget Activity:** 4  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604112N/2208/a3  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604112N/2208

## Summary

This activity requests $19.6M in FY2027, 24% of project 2208, down 24% on FY2026. The R-2A exhibit describes it across FY2026–FY2027, including what the FY2027 money is planned to buy.

## What the FY2027 request buys

**FY2027 planned work.** 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 construction issues and technically resolve class system integration issues based on the results of CVN 78/79 testing and initial operations. Refine system integration and testing strategies for implementation testing by evaluating improvements needed to capitalize on CVN 78/79 lessons learned. Manage and resolve fact-of-life obsolescence changes on government-furnished equipment and contractor-furnished equipment systems to support construction. Development of strategies and design improvements to address late material. Continue conducting and supporting feasibility and tradeoff studies on new and modified shipboard systems and equipment.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** Budget decrease in FY2027 funding is due to the resolution of integration issues and implementation of strategies to into the CVN 78 Class plans as well as preliminary acceptance of CVN 79 in FY2026 and transition to an in-service asset.

## Before the request year

**FY2026 plans — current year.** 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 construction issues, and technically resolve class system integration issues based on the results of CVN 78/79 testing and initial operations. Refine system integration and testing strategies for implementation testing by evaluating improvements needed to capitalize on CVN 78/79 lessons learned. Manage and resolve fact-of-life obsolescence changes on government-furnished equipment and contractor-furnished equipment systems to support construction. Development of strategies and design improvements to address late material. Continue conducting and supporting feasibility and tradeoff studies on new and modified shipboard systems and equipment.

## Funding

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 21.6 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 25.8 |
| FY2027 | Request | 19.6 |

> Prior, current and budget year only — an R-2A activity carries no five-year plan. It sums exactly into its project in the request year and not necessarily in any other.

## Other activities in project 2208

- [CVN 78 Class Test & Evaluation (T&E)](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604112N/2208/a1) — FY2027 45.3
- CVN 78 Class Digital Transformation — FY2027 8.6
- CVN 78 Class Transformation and Affordability — FY2027 7.8

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Navy RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibit R-2A, PE 0604112N project 2208 (PB PB2027). Narrative is the government's own text.
- **No marks, no contractors at this grain** — congressional marks land on the program element and R-3 performers on the project.
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_activity`.

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