# Project 3308 — Technology Development

**Program element:** 0604270N — Electronic Warfare (EW) Dev  
**Project:** 3308  
**Component:** U.S. Navy  
**Appropriation:** 1319 — RDT&E, Navy  
**Budget Activity:** 5 — System Development & Demonstration  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604270N/3308  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604270N

## Summary

Project 3308 — Technology Development requests $10.8M in FY2027, 6.4% of the $169.0M requested for program element 0604270N, down 13% on FY2026. 1 R-2A activity decomposes the request. NSMA is the largest named R-3 performer at $4.6M, 42% of the project's FY2027 R-3 total.

## Funding profile

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 22.9 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 12.4 |
| FY2027 | Request | 10.8 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 23.4 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 22.4 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 18.4 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 18.8 |

> Estimate types are not summed. This project is one leaf of PE 0604270N; the PE total is the sum of its projects, never added to them.

## What project 3308 buys

Project Unit 3308 Technology Development funds efforts that focus on the quick reaction prototyping and fielding of Tactical EW/countermeasures solutions for increased resilience and survivability, by improving the active electronic self-defense of tactical aircraft. This self-protection provides friendly forces the ability to deploy, survive, operate, maneuver, and regenerate in all domains while under attack as well as strike diverse targets inside adversary air and missile defense networks to destroy mobile power-projection platforms. This Project also includes/enables iASE which improves situational awareness for own-ship, wingman, and distributed command and control. Significant investments have been made in the modular HW and reprogrammable software resident in ASE capability which is fielded today. Technology Development makes specific investments towards: countermeasure/jammer/receiver algorithm development, Advanced EW Suite capability studies/investigation/analysis, threat data file and model updates as modern threats continue to evolve. These updated data files and algorithms are required to be deployed within hours of release by squadron maintenance personnel to aircraft while still on the ramp or flight deck. This program directly addresses the operational requirement of Strike Tactical Air platforms for optimization of EW/countermeasure solutions across the DoN.

**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 |
|---|---|---|
| NSMA | 4.6 | 42% |
| NAWCWD | 2.8 | 26% |
| L3Harris | 1.7 | 16% |
| NAWCAD | 1.7 | 16% |

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

## Activities (R-2A) — 1

| Activity | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 | Move | Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Technology Development | 22.9 | 12.4 | 10.8 | −13% | [a0](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604270N/3308/a0) |

> 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.

### Technology Development

Continued EW product development and initiation of tests in support of the ALQ-214 system on the F/A-18 E/F for Navy aircraft. Develop, model and test advanced electronic countermeasure algorithms for Navy aircraft to defend against modern threats both inside and outside the currently protected RF spectrum. Provide investments for the…

Full year-by-year narrative: https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604270N/3308/a0

## 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/0604270N.

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Navy RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibits R-2/R-2A/R-3, PE 0604270N project 3308 (PB PB2027).
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_program_element(pe="0604270N")`.

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