# Project 1235 — Mine Warfare Planning and Analysis

**Program element:** 0604127N — Surface Mine Countermeasures  
**Project:** 1235  
**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/0604127N/1235  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604127N

## Summary

Project 1235 — Mine Warfare Planning and Analysis requests $13.9M in FY2027, 78% of the $17.8M requested for program element 0604127N, down 3.7% on FY2026. 4 R-2A activities decompose the request. IPS is the largest named R-3 performer at $0.9M, 6.8% of the project's FY2027 R-3 total.

## Funding profile

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 9.5 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 14.4 |
| FY2027 | Request | 13.9 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 14.3 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 14.5 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 14.5 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 14.7 |

> Estimate types are not summed. This project is one leaf of PE 0604127N; the PE total is the sum of its projects, never added to them.

## What project 1235 buys

The Mine Warfare Planning and Analysis project consists of two projects, the Mine Warfare and Environmental Decision Aids Library Enterprise Architecture (MEDAL EA) and the Mine Warfare Integrated Synthetic Trainer (MIST). MEDAL EA is the U.S. Navy's single MIW tactical decision support system for integrated mission planning, evaluation, and situational awareness. It provides mine warfare planning and evaluation tools and databases to mine countermeasures (MCM) commanders and is employed at the unit level to perform MCM sortie planning and evaluation. MEDAL EA is a family of systems, comprised of the following three components: MINEnet Global (MNG), MINEnet Tactical (MNT), and Minefield Planning (MFP). MINEnet Global is a shore-based website that provides MIW waterspace awareness functionality to support Navy non-MIW forces. MINEnet Global provides downloadable reference databases, MIW reference publications and links to MIW information. The MINEnet Tactical component is a software application which provides MCM tactical planning, situational awareness and post mission evaluation capabilities. Minefield Planning is a tactical software application which provides commanders the ability to plan and assess offensive, defensive, and protective minefields based on oceanographic and mine performance data and user specified objectives. Depending on user need, MEDAL EA is networked or stand-alone and is either deployed on dedicated laptop computers or installed on the unit's/command's native computer resources. Mine Warfare Integrated Synthetic Trainer (MIST) is a synthetic training aid that enables trainers to lead MIW staff and Warfare Tactics Instructors (WTIs) through end-to-end MCM simulations.

**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 |
|---|---|---|
| IPS | 0.9 | 6.8% |

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

## Activities (R-2A) — 4

| Activity | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 | Move | Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Product Development | 4.6 | 7.8 | 7.9 | +2% | — |
| Engineering Support | 2.5 | 3.5 | 3.2 | −8% | — |
| Test and Evaluation | 1.4 | 2.1 | 1.7 | −20% | — |
| Management Services | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | +2% | — |

> 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.

### Product Development

**FY2027 planned work.** MEDAL: -Begin MNT v2.1 software development -Conduct MFP v2.0 software development MIST: -Complete v1.2 software development for Bathymetry -Begin v1.3 software development allowing Multi-user Capability

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** No significant scope changes from FY26 to FY27.

**FY2026 plans — current year.** MEDAL: - Complete MNT v2.0 - modernization software build; deliver prototype to fleet for evaluation as part of Agile software development process. - Develop MFP v1.3 for new user community and new mining systems. MIST: - Begin v1.2 software development which will address emerging requirement to add bathymetry.

### Engineering Support

**FY2027 planned work.** MEDAL: -Continue systems engineering analysis for MNT v2.1 -Develop engineering change proposals for software capability updates -Conduct Systems Engineering for MFP v2.0 -Conduct annual review of Navy training system plan. -Complete MNT v2.0 training materials -Develop MFP v2.0 training materials MIST: Conduct systems engineering analysis to ensure v1.3 will meet requirements. Complete v1.2 updates to training curriculum.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** FY26 to FY27 decrease reflects smaller scope of Systems Engineering in FY27.

**FY2026 plans — current year.** MEDAL: - Continue systems engineering analysis to ensure MNT v2.0 system architecture will meet requirements. - Begin systems engineering for MNT v2.1. - Conduct Systems Engineering requirements analysis for MNT v2.1. - Adjudicate TORs from MNT 2.0 annual prototype and document them as software backlog items. - Conduct annual review of Navy training system plan. - Continue development of MNT v2.0 training materials. - Develop MFP v1.3 training materials. - Develop engineering change proposals for software capability updates. - Conduct Systems Engineering requirements analysis for MFP v1.3. - Conduct Systems Engineering requirements analysis for MFP v2.0. MIST: -Conduct systems engineering analysis to ensure v1.2 will meet requirements. - Complete v1.1 updates to training curriculum.

### Test and Evaluation

**FY2027 planned work.** MEDAL: -Conduct MFP v2.0 testing. MIST: -Conduct MIST v1.2 developmental testing.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** Decrease from FY26 to FY27 reflects smaller scope of testing in FY27

**FY2026 plans — current year.** MEDAL: - Evaluate MNT v2.0 prototype. - Conduct MNT v2.0 testing. - Conduct MFP v1.3 testing. - Introduce MNT v2.0 beta testing for risk reduction. MIST: - Conduct MIST v1.1 developmental testing.

### Management Services

**FY2027 planned work.** MEDAL: -Continue to plan, track, follow-up and report on cost, schedule, and performance status. -Conduct management and oversight of the MEDAL program. MIST: -Continue to plan, track, follow-up and report on cost, schedule and performance status. -Conduct management and oversight of the MIST program

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** No significant scope changes from FY26 to FY27.

**FY2026 plans — current year.** MEDAL: - Continue to plan, track, follow-up and report on cost, schedule, and performance status. - Conduct management and oversight of the MEDAL program. MIST: - Continue to plan, track, follow-up and report on cost, schedule, and performance status. - Conduct management and oversight of the MIST program.

## 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/0604127N.

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Navy RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibits R-2/R-2A/R-3, PE 0604127N project 1235 (PB PB2027).
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_program_element(pe="0604127N")`.

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