# EMALS System Improvements

**R-2A activity** of project 4004 — EMALS  
**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/4004/a0  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604112N/4004

## Summary

This activity requests $30.0M in FY2027, 100% of project 4004, up 34% 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.** To continue Primary Hardware (HW) Development for Electrical Isolation and conduct the Critical Design Review (CDR) and Test Readiness Review (TRR); the development of additive manufacturing capability on select EMALS components via the Advancing Additive at Large Scale to Address Readiness and Sustainment (AALSTARS) project; and the development of Block Switch Controller (BSC) Complex Programmable Logic Device (CPLD) and conduct the Critical Design Review (CDR). To incorporate software development for the hybrid Software Support Activity (SSA), Autosuspends frequency reduction, Maintenance Laptop, and Catapult Status Dashboard (CSD). To initiate Windows 10 End of Life transition and EMALS Server & PC-104 Obsolescence replacements.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** Increase from FY2026 to FY2027 is due to the incorporation of software development for the Windows 10 End of Life transition and hardware obsolescence replacements for EMALS Server & PC-104.

## Before the request year

**FY2026 plans — current year.** To complete Automated Software Testing development efforts. To continue Primary Hardware (HW) Development for Electrical Isolation and conduct the Systems Requirements Review (SRR) and Preliminary Design Review (PDR); the development of additive manufacturing capability on select EMALS components via the Advancing Additive at Large Scale to Address Readiness and Sustainment (AALSTARS) project; and the development of Block Switch Controller (BSC) Complex Programmable Logic Device (CPLD) and conduct the Systems Requirements Review (SRR). To incorporate software development for the hybrid Software Support Activity (SSA), Autosuspends frequency reduction, Maintenance Laptop, and Catapult Status Dashboard (CSD).

## Funding

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 7.7 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 22.4 |
| FY2027 | Request | 30.0 |

> 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.

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Navy RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibit R-2A, PE 0604112N project 4004 (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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