What the FY2027 request buys
Verbatim from the R-2A exhibit for project 0173 of PE 0604756N. This is the budget justification's own description of work that has not happened yet — the one thing no other level of the budget carries.
Execution of follow-on test and integration contract will include the following activities: technical data package (TDP) delivery, topside design completion, and continuation of ground testing. In addition, the program will continue the following efforts: systems engineering, safety, qualification, test & evaluation, and transition from prototyping to production.
Decrease of funding in FY 2027 due to completion of studies and transitioning to production (OP,N) beginning in FY 2027.
FY2026: the year under way
Prior-year accomplishments and current-year plans from the same exhibit. Context for the FY2027 plan, not a series — an activity partitions its project exactly in the request year, but can under-cover it in earlier years.
FY26 will see the completion of the Other Transaction Authority (OTA) and award of the follow-on test and integration contract. The conclusion the OTA will include the delivery of a level 3 technical data packaged (TDP), all scoped analysis, and the delivery of the requisite prototype assets as outlined in the scope of the OTA. Additionally the program will conduct testing to complete final qualification testing (FQT) of the Adaptable Deck Launcher (ADL) system software as well as Combat system integration testing with the Ship Self Defense System (SSDS). In parallel the program will conduct live fire testing of the prototype which is to include 2 events. One of the required events is to perform a restrained firing event to validate the plenum and its design, the analyses for ambient cell temp, and the analysis for the overall structures ability to withstand a restrained firing. The second test required during this period is to conduct a firing of a Blast Test Vehicle (BTV) to validate egress analyses of an Evolved SEASPARROW firing out of a MK25 quad pack canister. The program will also be processing and working logistics documents, to include but not limited to, installation manuals, technical manuals and instructions, and user maintenance procedures.
Three years, and no five-year plan
An R-2A activity publishes the prior year, the current year and the budget year. The FYDP outyears exist at project and program-element level and are deliberately absent here rather than inferred. Estimate types are colored and never summed into one figure.
| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 9.9 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 44.9 |
| FY2027 | Request | 31.5 |
This activity is 63% of project 0173's FY2027 request and 11% of PE 0604756N's. In the request year the activities under a project sum to it exactly; in the current year they under-cover it in about 9% of cases, so an activity's delta can legitimately exceed its parent's and the two must not be compared row to row.
6 activities in project 0173
Every R-2A line of this project, largest FY2027 request first. Linked where the activity has enough of its own narrative to carry a page; the rest are shown in full on the project page.