# PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT

**R-2A activity** of project 1130 — Expeditionary Loitering Munitions Capability Development  
**Program element:** 0604230N — Warfare Support System  
**Component:** U.S. Navy · **Budget Activity:** 5  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604230N/1130/a0  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604230N/1130

> **RESTART.** Funded in FY2025 ($60.0M), zeroed in FY2026, $48.9M requested again in FY2027.

## Summary

This activity requests $48.9M in FY2027, 80% of project 1130 — a restart, funded in FY2025 and zeroed in 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 engineering change development, testing and implementation for the Spiral 1 air system program. Continue the vendor-based expansion effort by completing design phase and producing prototypes air systems. Complete air system Spiral 2 software fielding.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** Increase in FY 2027 is due to the acceleration of the air system development efforts focused on vendor-based expansion, producing initial vendor base expansion prototypes, spiral 2 software, and engineering changes requests.

## Before the request year

**FY2026 plans — current year.** The FY 2026 request for (PROJ: 1130) Expeditionary Loitering Munitions Capability Development with $731 thousands of discretionary and $37,300 thousands of mandatory for a total of $38,031 thousand.

## Funding

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 60.0 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 0.0 |
| FY2027 | Request | 48.9 |

> 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 1130

- TEST AND EVALUATION — FY2027 7.2
- PROGRAM MANAGEMENT — FY2027 4.8

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Navy RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibit R-2A, PE 0604230N project 1130 (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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