# SSDS MK2 Development Test & Evaluation

**R-2A activity** of project 2178 — QRCC  
**Program element:** 0604755N — Ship Self Def (Detect & Cntrl)  
**Component:** U.S. Navy · **Budget Activity:** 5  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604755N/2178/a1  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604755N/2178

## Summary

This activity requests $30.0M in FY2027, 21% of project 2178, up 9.9% on 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 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 Platforms. - Conduct 9 CSIT events in support of SSDS BL 12 ships - Conduct 3 BL 12 SBDTs - Conduct 1 BL 12 Cyber OT event - Provide support to SDTS Integrated Testing (IT) - Conduct Qty 2 Joint Interoperability Test (JIT) and Qty 2 Navy Link Cert testing

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** FY 2026 to FY 2027 increase in the amount of $2.699M is due to moving to more complex at-sea Supersonic MSLEX tests against threat representative Anti-Ship Cruise Missiles in live end-to-end scenarios vice the primarily land based testing conducted in FY 26. These At-Sea events include threat payloads, target presentation build up, and Self Defense Test Ship (SDTS) usage increase the costs for at-sea testing, these costs are not part of testing in a land-based environment.

## Before the request year

**FY2026 plans — current year.** - Continue efforts for planning support for future year test schedule/events, and adhoc test events for software fixes. - Continue efforts Combat System Integration Test (CSIT), Land Based DT (LBDT), 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 Platforms. - - Conduct 9 CSIT events in support of SSDS BL 12 ships - Conduct LBDT in support of SSDS BL 12 Ships - Conduct 1 B/L 12 USS Secure event in a CVN 79 configuration - Conduct qty 1 SDTS DT event in a LPD 29 configuration - Conduct qty 2 SDTS DT event in a CVN 79 configuration - Conduct qty 2 SDTS DT event in a LHA 8 configuration - Conduct 4 BL 12 SBDTs - Provide support to SDTS Integrated Testing (IT) - Conduct Qty 2 Joint Interoperability Test (JIT) and Qty 4 Navy Link Cert testing

## Funding

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 43.5 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 27.3 |
| FY2027 | Request | 30.0 |

> 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.

## Other activities in project 2178

- [SSDS MK2 Product Development/Combat Systems Integration](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604755N/2178/a0) — FY2027 114.8

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Navy RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibit R-2A, PE 0604755N project 2178 (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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