What the FY2027 request buys
Verbatim from the R-2A exhibit for project 3068 of PE 0604757N. 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.
- 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 facilities, monitor and engage in Prime Contractor performance, attend and provide technical support for Contractor-led testing events, and assess all testing outcomes for effectiveness - Utilize modeling and simulation tools to support threat and countermeasure performance assessment - Start development of an advanced Block 1 Countermeasure model to support modeling and simulation activities enabling larger system of system simulations - Continue technical and contractual planning activities for the LEED Block 1 Countermeasure, Decoy Launching System, and Launcher - Continue technical and contractual planning activities for the LEED Block 2 Payload and Countermeasure - Continue planning and execution activities for the transition to major capability acquisition for initial production, including preparation for a milestone decision - Continue development and integration of Countermeasure tactics, SKCS control algorithms and controller software - Complete system design improvements progressing the prototype system towards full requirement compliance - Commence planned improvement to the LEED Block 1 Countermeasure - Continue SKCS SW improvements to utilize capability of LEED system - Continue system of systems EW interoperability, integration and testing activities - Continue SKCS SW backfit development to support system deployment on older baselines - Continue SKCS SW development to enable system deployment on Integrated Combat System (ICS) baselines - Continue development of training and maintenance materials and curriculum - Continue development of the LEED Block 2 payload - Complete initial prototype shipset hardware procurement for shipboard installation
FY26 to FY27 decrease algins with completing procurement and delivery of the first prototype shipset, development of the Block 2 payload, and the transition of the LEED Middle Tier Rapid Prototype program to a major capability acquisition ready for initial production of the LEED Decoy Launching System, Launcher and Block 1 Countermeasure.
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.
- Continue developing modeling and simulation tools to support threat and countermeasure performance assessments. - Continue execution of an IPT to support requirements, systems engineering, testing, and product support: Coordinate and conduct government led testing events; Support the development of test procedures and testing facilities, monitor and engage in Prime Contractor performance, attend and provide technical support for Contractor-led testing events, and assess all testing outcomes for effectiveness; Utilize modeling and simulation tools to support threat and countermeasure performance assessments; Commence ship design and ship integration planning activities. - Continue technical and contractual planning activities for integrated LEED Countermeasure development. - Continue planning and execution activities for the transition to major capability acquisition for initial production, including preparation for a milestone decision. - Continue development and integration of Countermeasure tactics, SKCS control algorithms and controller software. - Complete development of government test measurement assets needed for DT events. - Complete the DT (Developmental Testing) of Cyber Security, Vibration, and FQT (Functional Qualification Test) - Continue system design improvements progressing the prototype system towards full requirement compliance. - Execute combined Final Qualification Test and Quick Reaction Assessment (QRA). - Continue SKCS SW improvements to utilize capability of LEED system. - Start SKCS SW backfit development to enable system deployment on older Aegis baselines. - Start SKCS SW development to enable system deployment on SSDS or Integrated Combat System (ICS) baselines. - Start systems of systems EW interoperability, integration, and testing initiatives. - Continue development of training and maintenance materials and curriculum. - Continue the DT (Developmental Testing) including Electromagnetic Interference (EMI), chamber test, Radar Cross Section (RCS), Land Based Testing (LBTS)-Maintenance Demo (Mdemo), and at-sea prototype demo testing. - Conduct and complete development and material purchases required to deliver shipset(s) to the fleet including All Up Rounds (AUR). - Commence development of LEED Block 2 AUR payload.
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 | 82.9 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 145.5 |
| FY2027 | Request | 99.5 |
This activity is 100% of project 3068's FY2027 request and 51% of PE 0604757N'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.
1 activity in project 3068
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.