What project 0556 buys
The Jammer Techniques Optimization (JATO) organization produces the jamming techniques and Electronic Attack (EA) optimization algorithms that are critical for current and future Airborne Electronic Attack (AEA) systems of the United States Navy (USN) and United States Marine Corps (USMC) to execute the evolving AEA mission. Through Modeling & Simulation (M&S), laboratory testing, and field testing, JATO optimizes parameters for AEA systems (such as AN/ALQ-99 Tactical Jamming System (TJS), AN/ALQ-249 Next Generation Jammer Mid-Band (NGJ-MB), AN/ALQ-266 Next Generation Jammer Low Band (NGJ-LB), and the AN/ALQ-231(V) Intrepid Tiger II Family of Systems) to best counter existing threats, and applies that knowledge to define the requirements for follow-on AEA systems. As commercial and military Radio Frequency (RF) threats evolve and proliferate, the JATO organization provides updated tactics, techniques, and procedures to maximize the potency of USN and USMC AEA in meeting the Combatant Command (COCOM) Commanders' Non Kinetic Effects (NKE) priorities, to include highly contested environments, Force Protection, Information Operations, and enhanced communications jamming. (Classified discussion available upon request). JATO's Advanced Techniques Group (ATG) focuses specifically on electronic countermeasures to advanced threat weapon systems and Command, Control, and Communications (C3) networks that are challenging existing EA approaches, and how to best apply advances in geolocation and unknown threat characterization to EA responses. Additional efforts include risk reduction activities to evaluate and minimize EA interference with US weapons systems, and research/technology studies in support of upgrades to existing AEA systems such as the AN/ALQ-99 TJS and AN/ALQ-249 NGJ-MB. The AEA Advanced Development project focuses on increasing the Department of the Navy's understanding and utilization of rapidly-evolving technologies that operate in the Electromagnetic spectrum. As commercial and military Radio Frequency (RF) threats evolve and proliferate, this project tracks the relevant technology, intelligence, and tactics to maximize the potency of USN and USMC AEA through the rapid insertion of emergent technologies (hardware and software) into existing AEA weapon systems and aircraft platforms.
- Product Development
- Support
- Test and Evaluation
- Management Services
Project 0556 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 | 20.1 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 44.0 |
| FY2027 | Request | 41.4 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 45.6 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 74.1 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 74.6 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 76.0 |
3 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.
The JATO organization will continue engineering development and test support of existing and emerging systems such as, but not limited to, the EA-18G, NGJ-MB, and NGJ-LB to address potential NKE on current and evolving radar/communications threats. JATO will continue to generate tactics, techniques, and procedures to optimize the…
Read the FY2027 plan →FY 2027 efforts include continued developments efforts such as Built-In-Test (BIT) capability, new capability improvement areas, systems engineering, software and aircraft integration related activities to ensure seamless transition of capability into host aircraft and begin testing of various components for additional capabilities…
Read the FY2027 plan →FY2027 planned work Efforts in FY 2027 include continued hardware and software prototyping, engineering, and multi-system effects characterization for integrating capabilities into systems including, but not limited to, the AN/ALQ-99, AN/ALQ-231, AN/ALQ-249 (NGJ-MB), AN/ALQ-266 (NGJ-LB), Intrepid Tiger II, and Special Capability/SPIN Pods payloads to address existing capability gaps on COCOM Integrated Priority Lists. Funding supports research, development, integration and test and evaluation of advanced technologies into current, and future, AEA weapons systems in laboratory and operational environments. (Classified discussion available upon request).
FY2026 to FY2027 change Funding decreases from FY 2026 to FY 2027 in alignment with RDTE,N rebalancing priorities.
FY2026 plans — current year Efforts in FY 2026 include continued hardware and software prototyping, engineering, and multi-system effects characterization for integrating capabilities into systems including, but not limited to, the AN/ALQ-99, AN/ALQ-231, AN/ALQ-249, NGJ-LB, Intrepid Tiger II, and Special Capability/SPIN Pods payloads to address existing capability gaps on COCOM Integrated Priority Lists. FY 2026 funding supports research, development, integration and test and evaluation of advanced technologies into current, and future, AEA weapons systems in laboratory and operational environments as well as Cooperative Autonomous Distributed Robotic Exploration (CADRE) efforts. (Classified discussion available upon…
Named performers on project 0556
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.