# ALWT Development

**R-2A activity** of project 3418 — Advanced Anti-Submarine Lightweight Torpedo  
**Program element:** 0604610N — Lightweight Torpedo Development  
**Component:** U.S. Navy · **Budget Activity:** 5  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604610N/3418/a0  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604610N/3418

> **RESTART.** Funded in FY2025 ($78.9M), zeroed in FY2026, $78.4M requested again in FY2027.

## Summary

This activity requests $78.4M in FY2027, 100% of project 3418 — 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 MOD 2 POM INC 1 AUR Rapid Prototyping. - Continue MOD 2 APB-6 operational software development. - Continue performance Modeling & Simulation and EC WAF modeling and simulation accreditation efforts. - Continue All Up Round and Platform Integration. - Continue Land Based Testing and begin Engineering and Set-to-Hit (STH) In-Water Testing. - Complete Fuel Tank/AB, Subsystem Delta, and All Up Round Critical Design Reviews.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** The overall decrease of $(9.801) million from FY 2026 ($88.179 million mandatory) to FY 2027 ($78.378 million) due to decrease of requirement on the POM contract.

## Before the request year

**FY2026 plans — current year.** - Definitize MOD 2 POM INC 1 AUR Rapid Prototyping contract, which was awarded to industry Prime in Q4FY25. - Continue MOD 2 APB operational software development. - Continue performance Modeling & Simulation and EC WAF modeling and simulation accreditation efforts. - Continue system test bed development. - Complete integration of MOD 2 POD hardware (G&C, FES, WH) with the new INC 1 Fuel Tank with Adapter section and legacy

## Funding

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 78.9 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 0.0 |
| FY2027 | Request | 78.4 |

> 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.

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Navy RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibit R-2A, PE 0604610N project 3418 (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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