# Project 3159 — Naval Integrated Fire Control-Counter Air SE&I

**Program element:** 0604378N — Nav Integrated Fire Control - Counter Air Sys E  
**Project:** 3159  
**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/0604378N/3159  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604378N

## Summary

Project 3159 — Naval Integrated Fire Control-Counter Air SE&I requests $30.1M in FY2027, 71% of the $42.2M requested for program element 0604378N, up 4.5% on FY2026. 2 R-2A activities decompose the request. Lockheed Martin is the largest named R-3 performer at $2.6M, 8.5% of the project's FY2027 R-3 total.

**Markets:** Counter-UAS — matched on the project title only, and no market size is quoted.

## Funding profile

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 28.4 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 28.9 |
| FY2027 | Request | 30.1 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 27.7 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 26.9 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 26.6 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 27.2 |

> Estimate types are not summed. This project is one leaf of PE 0604378N; the PE total is the sum of its projects, never added to them.

## What project 3159 buys

3159 Naval Integrated Fire Control (NIFC) Systems Engineering Integration and Test (SEI&T) project is a systems engineering capability-based integration effort to extend the Naval Integrated Air and Missile Defense battlespace out to the maximum kinematic range of our weapons for the air, surface warfare missions. This includes targets beyond the detection range of the shooter. The NIFC project exploits capabilities inherent in existing systems, optimizes current and emerging technologies in component system upgrades, integrates them together, and performs kill chain tests, forming an interoperable System of Systems (SoS) to maximize future defense capabilities. As directed by OPNAV, the project is focused on SEI&T efforts to integrate the From The Sea (FTS) family of kill chains which includes a sensor-data/track-data network, one or more distributed sensors, a weapon, and a weapon control system. NIFC Inc 3 introduces other networks and sensors coordinating with other DoW activities as appropriate. NIFC Increment 3 includes SEIT activities across a broad range of systems and architectures, developmental test and fielding, and the design of effects chain architectures (referred to as ARC) within various system configurations.

**R-3 lines of work:** Product Development; Test and Evaluation; Management Services.

## Named R-3 performers

| Performer | $M | Share of this project's FY2027 R-3 total |
|---|---|---|
| Lockheed Martin | 2.6 | 8.5% |
| LM MS2 | 2.5 | 8.3% |
| RTX / Raytheon | 0.9 | 3.0% |
| Dept of Interior | 0.7 | 2.2% |

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

## Activities (R-2A) — 2

| Activity | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 | Move | Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Integration and Test (I&T) Integrated Product Team (IPT) | 12.8 | 10.9 | 17.2 | +58% | [a0](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604378N/3159/a0) |
| Engineering Management And System Definition | 15.6 | 17.9 | 12.9 | −28% | [a1](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604378N/3159/a1) |

> 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.

### Integration and Test (I&T) Integrated Product Team (IPT)

As the NAVY lead for CSSN Project the NIFC team will execute Joint TrackExs and two Live Fire Events in FY27 in conjunction with ARMY and MDA. Test events to occur at White Sands Missile Range (WSMR) late FY27.

Full year-by-year narrative: https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604378N/3159/a0

### Engineering Management And System Definition

Continue system of systems (SoS) activities for NIFC Inc 3 advanced kill chains. Continue development of system documents for Increased sensor and network participation to meet fleet needs supporting warfighting in complex Naval Distributed Maritime Operations (DMO) environments. Continue Modeling and Simulations (M&S) for evaluation of…

Full year-by-year narrative: https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604378N/3159/a1

## 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/0604378N.

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Navy RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibits R-2/R-2A/R-3, PE 0604378N project 3159 (PB PB2027).
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_program_element(pe="0604378N")`.

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