# Project 2178 — QRCC

**Program element:** 0604755N — Ship Self Def (Detect & Cntrl)  
**Project:** 2178  
**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/0604755N/2178  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604755N

## Summary

Project 2178 — QRCC requests $144.8M in FY2027, 93% of the $156.2M requested for program element 0604755N, down 5.6% on FY2026. 2 R-2A activities decompose the request. CSEA Contract is the largest named R-3 performer at $46.4M, 32% of the project's FY2027 R-3 total.

## Funding profile

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 151.1 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 153.4 |
| FY2027 | Request | 144.8 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 144.9 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 117.6 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 111.3 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 111.8 |

> Estimate types are not summed. This project is one leaf of PE 0604755N; the PE total is the sum of its projects, never added to them.

## What project 2178 buys

The QRCC project (PU 2178) implements an evolutionary acquisition of improved ship self-defense capabilities against Anti-Ship Cruise Missiles (ASCMs), and improved multi-warfare capabilities, for Aircraft Carriers and Amphibious Class ships. SSDS MK 2 integrates a diverse set of fire control loop sensors and weapons and C4I systems for each ship class (CVN 68/78, LHA 6, LHD 1, LPD 17, and LSD 41/49). SSDS MK 2 provides combat direction, and joint interoperability via the Cooperative Engagement Capability (CEC) and Tactical Digital Information Link (TADIL)-J/Link 16. System design emphasizes commonality and a single source software library that are major mechanisms for cost control and avoidances. SSDS uses a physically distributed, open system architecture computer network consisting of common hardware such as the CPS/CDS and common Computing Infrastructure. SSDS MK 2 integrates new combat system war-fighting capabilities and improvements via incremental capability packages and computing infrastructure (previously Technology Insertion) improvement deliveries. PU 2178 efforts are divided into two major functional areas: SSDS Product Development/Combat Systems Integration, and Test and Evaluation/Certification. SSDS Product Development/Combat System Integration encompasses systems engineering efforts, technology and capability insertion/integration, and cyber-security, including the development and integration of new capability and updated hardware configurations. FY27 development and integration will continue to mature SSDS Build 12 with the required TI16 computing and display configuration. SSDS Product Development will provide warfighter upgrades including continued integration of new Combat System/C4I elements (SPY-6(V)2, SPY-6(V)3, SLQ-32(V)6 SEWIP BLK 2, SLQ-32(V)7 SEWIP BK 3, CEC software updates RAM Block 2A/2B, ESSM Block 2, CIWS, and CANES). SSDS Combat System Integration efforts in FY27 will support transition to the Integrated Combat System (ICS) with integration of SSDS Build 12 software capabilities on the MK 6 MOD X hardware and ICS infrastructure. SSDS Build 10 is fielded on CVN 78, CVN 70/72, LHD 2, LSD 46/47, LHD 4, and LPD 22/23. To improve efficiency and reduce SW build proliferation, the SSDS design has started migrating an initial release of Build 12 with Advanced Training Domain capability to the TI-16 hardware configuration.

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

## Named R-3 performers

| Performer | $M | Share of this project's FY2027 R-3 total |
|---|---|---|
| CSEA Contract | 46.4 | 32% |
| SCSC-WI | 9.1 | 6.3% |
| Gryphon | 8.2 | 5.6% |
| CSEA | 2.1 | 1.5% |

> 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SSDS MK2 Product Development/Combat Systems Integration | 107.7 | 126.1 | 114.8 | −9% | [a0](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604755N/2178/a0) |
| SSDS MK2 Development Test & Evaluation | 43.5 | 27.3 | 30.0 | +10% | [a1](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604755N/2178/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.

### SSDS MK2 Product Development/Combat Systems Integration

For Build 12+ - Continue efforts for systems engineering, design, and qualification of common computing infrastructure components/designs supporting SSDS platforms. - Continue efforts for systems engineering capability insertions, to include requirements development/updates, use cases, trade studies and conduct Systems Engineering…

Full year-by-year narrative: https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604755N/2178/a0

### SSDS MK2 Development Test & Evaluation

- Continue efforts for planning support for future year test schedule/events, and adhoc test events for software fixes. - Continue efforts for Combat System Integration Test (CSIT), SEA Based DT (SBDT) and Self Defense Test Ship (SDTS) test campaign outlined in Test and Evaluation Master Plan (TEMP 1910) in support of SSDS Baseline 12…

Full year-by-year narrative: https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604755N/2178/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/0604755N.

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Navy RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibits R-2/R-2A/R-3, PE 0604755N project 2178 (PB PB2027).
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_program_element(pe="0604755N")`.

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