# Project 1850 — Coalition Heterogenous Affordable Offensive

**Program element:** 0604659N — Precision Strike Weapons Development Program  
**Project:** 1850  
**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/0604659N/1850  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604659N

## Summary

Project 1850 — Coalition Heterogenous Affordable Offensive requests $63.0M in FY2027, 30% of the $206.9M requested for program element 0604659N — a new start, with no prior-year and no current-year money. 1 R-2A activity decomposes the request, 1 new this cycle. NAWC-WD is the largest named R-3 performer at $14.4M, 23% of the project's FY2027 R-3 total.

## Funding profile

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 0.0 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 0.0 |
| FY2027 | Request | 63.0 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 188.9 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 0.0 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 0.0 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 0.0 |

> Estimate types are not summed. This project is one leaf of PE 0604659N; the PE total is the sum of its projects, never added to them.

## What project 1850 buys

This is a FY2027 new start. Coalition Heterogenous Affordable Offensive Strike (CHAOS) will introduce a new modular, affordable weapon system to fulfill U.S. Security Objectives in the 2025 US Interim National Defense Strategy. The CHAOS mission expands industry participation, increases vendor options, and addresses global demand. The Navy program will leverage from the initial CHAOS ground launch development completed by other Foreign Military Sales partners to rapidly develop an air launched weapon system with the flexibility to pivot to surface and air-launched variants, fostering innovation and transitioning to the next generation of weapons. CHAOS will provide an alternative munition from industry that will allow for new vendors to enter into the market space. With today's industrial capacity investments into the same existing weapons, CHAOS would grow the list of potential options. CHAOS is intended to bring the mass into the "Affordable for the Masses" arena via a worldwide need for a 500-lb class warhead weapon system with future growth options.

**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 |
|---|---|---|
| NAWC-WD | 14.4 | 23% |
| NAWC-AD | 7.5 | 12% |

> 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHAOS Development | 0.0 | 0.0 | 63.0 | new | — |

> 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.

### CHAOS Development — NEW START

**FY2027 planned work.** The Navy will initiate the development of CHAOS for air launched capability. The program will start Air Worthiness, Aircraft Integration, Carrier Qualifications Suitability and weapon qualification activities.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** Increase in FY 2027 by $63.010M to support Air Launch development activities and Test & Evaluation efforts planned for FY 2027.

## 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/0604659N.

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Navy RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibits R-2/R-2A/R-3, PE 0604659N project 1850 (PB PB2027).
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_program_element(pe="0604659N")`.

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