# Project 9999 — Congressional Adds

**Program element:** 0604320M — Rapid Technology Capability Prototype  
**Project:** 9999  
**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/0604320M/9999  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604320M

## Summary

Project 9999 — Congressional Adds requests $0.0M in FY2027, 0.0% of the $126.0M requested for program element 0604320M, down 100% on FY2026.

## Funding profile

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 9.7 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 72.7 |
| FY2027 | Request | 0.0 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 0.0 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 0.0 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 0.0 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 0.0 |

> Estimate types are not summed. This project is one leaf of PE 0604320M; the PE total is the sum of its projects, never added to them.

## What project 9999 buys

Wing-in-Ground-effect (WIG) platforms are an emerging alternative maritime transportation capability that will disrupt the adversaries kill chain and result in a cost imposition on enemy targeting. WIG platforms have potential to fill capability gaps in the Marine Corps' family of Littoral-Maritime Transportation & Mobility Systems. WIGs are water borne, inexpensive, maneuverable, platforms offering an alternative mode of high-speed surface transportation in a contested maritime, anti-access/area denial (A2AD) environment. Operating in ground effect provides maximum operational efficiency and allows the vessels to be certified as a maritime platform vice an aircraft, reducing certification and training requirements.

**R-3 lines of work:** Product Development.

## 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/0604320M.

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Navy RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibits R-2/R-2A/R-3, PE 0604320M project 9999 (PB PB2027).
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_program_element(pe="0604320M")`.

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