# Project 2077 — Afloat C-UAS

**Program element:** 0604756N — Ship Self Def (Engage: Hard Kill)  
**Project:** 2077  
**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/0604756N/2077  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604756N

## Summary

Project 2077 — Afloat C-UAS requests $228.4M in FY2027, 77% of the $296.3M requested for program element 0604756N, up 480% on FY2026. 1 R-2A activity decomposes the request. Program Office is the largest named R-3 performer at $3.4M, 1.5% of the project's FY2027 R-3 total.

**Markets:** Counter-UAS — matched on the project title only, and no market size is quoted.

## Funding profile

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 0.0 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 39.4 |
| FY2027 | Request | 228.4 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 225.6 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 225.5 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 234.5 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 239.0 |

> Estimate types are not summed. This project is one leaf of PE 0604756N; the PE total is the sum of its projects, never added to them.

## What project 2077 buys

Afloat Counter Unmanned Aerial Systems (C-UAS) was established to meet an urgent operational need and funds the acquisition, testing, integration, and fielding of prototype C-UAS's to provide a lower cost defense in-depth solution to negate the UAS threats. The FY 2026 budget for Afloat C-UAS (2077) included $39.407 million of discretionary and $200.000 million of mandatory funding for a total of $239.407 million. The $200.000 million mandatory funds enabled the acquisition of the prototype systems identified through the testing that occurred in FY 2024 and FY 2025. In FY 2026, the program continued developing and testing C-UAS systems to pace the evolving threat. Further information for this reconciliation request is provided in Section 20010 (Readiness) of the Reconciliation Exhibit. The FY 2027 request for C-UAS will fund fielding the systems acquired in FY 2026 and acquire systems to support two carrier strike groups consisting of four to five deploying ships and one expeditionary strike group consisting of three deploying ships in for fielding in FY 2027 and FY 2028.

**R-3 lines of work:** Product Development; Support; Management Services.

## Named R-3 performers

| Performer | $M | Share of this project's FY2027 R-3 total |
|---|---|---|
| Program Office | 3.4 | 1.5% |

> 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Accomplishment/Planned Program Entry | 0.0 | 39.4 | 228.4 | +480% | [a0](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604756N/2077/a0) |

> 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.

### New Accomplishment/Planned Program Entry

Acquire C-UAS systems to support fielding on two carrier strike groups consisting of four to five deploying ships each and one expeditionary strike group consisting of three deploying ships for fielding in FY 2027 and 2028. Fielding the C-UAS prototype systems that were acquired in FY 2026. C-UAS engineering support, development and…

Full year-by-year narrative: https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604756N/2077/a0

## 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/0604756N.

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Navy RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibits R-2/R-2A/R-3, PE 0604756N project 2077 (PB PB2027).
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_program_element(pe="0604756N")`.

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