# Project 3068 — Long Endurance Electronic Decoy (LEED)

**Program element:** 0604757N — Ship Self Def (Engage: Soft Kill/EW)  
**Project:** 3068  
**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/0604757N/3068  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604757N

## Summary

Project 3068 — Long Endurance Electronic Decoy (LEED) requests $99.5M in FY2027, 51% of the $196.8M requested for program element 0604757N, down 32% on FY2026. 1 R-2A activity decomposes the request. NRL is the largest named R-3 performer at $4.7M, 4.7% of the project's FY2027 R-3 total.

## Funding profile

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 82.9 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 145.5 |
| FY2027 | Request | 99.5 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 58.7 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 40.5 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 29.1 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 29.7 |

> Estimate types are not summed. This project is one leaf of PE 0604757N; the PE total is the sum of its projects, never added to them.

## What project 3068 buys

The Long Endurance Electronic Decoy (LEED) program will deliver an expendable long endurance autonomous off-board decoy Countermeasure system, comprised of a flight vehicle and Radio Frequency (RF) payload with modular capability allowing for rapid modification of the Electronic Warfare (EW) capability. LEED development executes under a Middle Tier of Acquisition Rapid Prototyping (MTA RP) strategy pursuant to Section 804 of the FY 2016 National Defense Authorization Act. LEED will integrate with SLQ-32 and address EW gaps in response to a fleet requirement to counter Anti-Ship Missile (ASM) threats. LEED will provide the fleet with enhanced EW coordination and capability, including the ability to stretch engagement timelines and counter legacy, modern, and future heterogeneous missile attacks. The overarching LEED strategy consists of two phases including a MTA RP phase followed by Major Capability Acquisition. The MTA RP phase will include Preliminary and Integrated Countermeasure Prototype Development (FY 2021-FY 2025) and Integrated System Testing (FY 2025-FY 2026). The MTA RP phase includes the development and test of operational-level Countermeasure prototypes, launch systems, and control software that demonstrate and validate critical capabilities; including flight performance, control, and payload functionality. Data collected from the initial prototypes will be used to develop Engineering Development Models (EDMs) for Qualification Testing to support a Milestone C decision for Low Rate Initial Production (LRIP) as LEED enters the Major Capability Acquisition phase. FY 2027 funding requests supports planned improvements and subsequent testing of the LEED prototype system to include technique advancement, software updates, tactic updates, system effectiveness assessments, improvements in targeted technical performance measurements, necessary material purchases for test and evaluation activities, cybersecurity advancement, and development of a countermeasure model to support system of systems modeling and simulation activities. Funding also supports further integration with shipboard EW and combat systems and advancement of systems of systems interoperability, testing, and subsequent curriculum updates. Funding request supports prototype shipset hardware completion and installation aboard a US ship.

**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 |
|---|---|---|
| NRL | 4.7 | 4.7% |
| Bath Iron Works | 1.5 | 1.5% |
| SPA (SEAPORT) | 0.9 | 0.9% |
| Technomics (SEAPORT) | 0.6 | 0.6% |

> 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Long Endurance Electronic Decoy (LEED) | 82.9 | 145.5 | 99.5 | −32% | [a0](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604757N/3068/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.

### Long Endurance Electronic Decoy (LEED)

- Continue developing modeling and simulation tools to support countermeasure versus threat performance assessments - Continue execution of IPTs to support requirements, systems engineering, testing, and product support - Coordinate and conduct government led testing events; Support the development of test procedures and testing…

Full year-by-year narrative: https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604757N/3068/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/0604757N.

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Navy RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibits R-2/R-2A/R-3, PE 0604757N project 3068 (PB PB2027).
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_program_element(pe="0604757N")`.

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