RDT&E Program Element · President's Budget PB2027

Major T&E Investment

PE 0604759N·U.S. Navy·Approp. 1319 — RDT&E·BA6 — RDT&E Management Support
FY2027 Request
$112.5M
⚑ Contested — House cuts 7.1%
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U.S. Navy funding ramps 73% to a $112.5M request in FY2027, sustained across the five-year plan. In the FY2027 defense authorization, the House cut 7.1% (to $104.5M); the Senate funded it in full; House appropriators added 4.9% (to $118.0M).

FY2027 Request
$112.5M
▲ 73% vs FY2026
House mark
$104.5M
▼ $8.0M vs request
FY2026 Enacted
$64.8M
In law

Roll-up of 2 projects. Projects are the summable leaves — the PE total is their sum, never added to it.

For fiscal year 2027, the U.S. Navy is requesting $112.5M for Major T&E Investment under RDT&E program element 0604759N, up 73% over FY2026. In the FY2027 defense authorization, House moved to cut it to $104.5M.

Funding trajectory

Funding profile, FY2025–FY2031

Prior years are actuals, the budget year is the request, and the outyears are the FYDP plan. Estimate types are colored and never summed into one figure.

50100150065.0FY25ACTUAL64.8FY26ENACTED112.5FY27REQUEST153.5FY28151.0FY29135.6FY30138.0FY31HOUSE
Actual Enacted Request Outyear (FYDP) House mark
Fiscal YearEstimate TypeAmount ($M)
FY2025Actual65.0
FY2026Enacted64.8
FY2027Request112.5
FY2028Outyear153.5
FY2029Outyear151.0
FY2030Outyear135.6
FY2031Outyear138.0
Where it sits

Acquisition lifecycle

This program is funded in RDT&E Budget Activity 6 — RDT&E Management Support.

Complete
Research
BA 1–2
Complete
Advanced Technology
BA 3
Complete
Prototyping
BA 4
Current
Development & Fielding
BA 5–7
Inside the program element

2 projects roll up into PE 0604759N

Projects are the summable leaves — the PE total is their sum, never added to it. Program elements and projects carry the full five-year plan; activities stop at the budget year. This PE moves 73% overall, which can hide much larger swings below.

Congressional action

The request is contested

Committee marks on the FY2027 request. Adds and cuts are reconciled in conference before they become law.

RequestPresident's Budget
$112.5M
House NDAA (HASC)HASC
$104.5M −$8.0M · −7.1%
Senate NDAA (SASC)SASC
$112.5M full · +$0
House Approps (HAC-D)HAC_D
$118.0M +$5.5M · +4.9%
▲ $13.5M chamber gap — unresolved as of 2026-07-27. These are FY2027 authorization marks (NDAA); appropriations and the conference agreement may differ.
Program detail

Mission & acquisition strategy

This project corrects major deficiencies, improves Test & Evaluation (T&E) capabilities, and increases T&E support effectiveness at Navy Major Range and Test Facility Base (MRTFB) ranges and facilities. The T&E Investment project improves, modernizes and adds new test capabilities at the following test facilities: the Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division Newport Atlantic Undersea Test and Evaluation Center, Andros Island, Bahamas; the Nanoose and Dabob ranges of the Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division Keyport, Keyport, WA; the Sea Range, Land Ranges, Target Operations, Ordnance T&E Facility, Test Wing Pacific located at the Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division, Point Mugu, CA and…

Project 2195, 9999 — T & E Investment
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FY2027 Department of the Navy RDT&E Budget Justification · Exhibits R-2 / R-3 · PE 0604759N (President's Budget PB2027) — and FY2027 NDAA committee marks, as tracked 2026-07-27.
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FY2027 Request
$112.5M
▲ 82% vs FY2026
FY2026 Enacted
$61.9M
▼ 4.8% vs FY2025
FY2025 Actual
$65.0M
Prior year

T & E Investment — one RDT&E project inside PE 0604759N. Congressional marks are recorded on the program element, not on a project.

Project 2195 — T & E Investment — requests $112.5M in FY2027, 100% of the $112.5M requested for program element 0604759N. Year over year it grows 82% against FY2026.

Funding trajectory

Project 2195 funding, FY2025–FY2031

Prior years are actuals, the budget year is the request, and the outyears are the FYDP plan. Estimate types are colored and never summed into one figure. Projects carry the full five-year plan; the activities inside them stop at the budget year.

50100150065.0FY25ACTUAL61.9FY26ENACTED112.5FY27REQUEST153.5FY28151.0FY29135.6FY30138.0FY31
Actual Enacted Request Outyear (FYDP)
Fiscal YearEstimate TypeAmount ($M)
FY2025Actual65.0
FY2026Enacted61.9
FY2027Request112.5
FY2028Outyear153.5
FY2029Outyear151.0
FY2030Outyear135.6
FY2031Outyear138.0
Inside the project

3 accomplishments / planned programs

The R-2A exhibit. Activities carry the prior, current and budget year only — no five-year plan — and they are descriptive: coverage is partial and they do not always add back to the project, so count them, never total them. Opening lines only here — the full year-by-year narrative is on the project page.

FY2025 actual$14.6M
FY2026 enacted$26.8M
FY2027 request$21.4M

- Complete replacement of the hydrophone tracking system at AUTEC. - Continue the minor upgrade and modernization of test capabilities at AUTEC, Nanoose and Dabob. - Continue replacement of underwater cables to hydrophone arrays at Nanoose and Dabob. - Continue upgrade of T&E target emulator at Nanoose and Dabob. - Continue upgrade of…

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FY2025 actual$43.3M
FY2026 enacted$31.7M
FY2027 request$81.9M

- Complete replacement of prime movers at NAWCWD. - Continue the minor upgrade and modernization of test capabilities at NAWCAD, NAWCWD and PMRF. - Continue upgrades to telemetry collection and processing capabilities at NAWCWD. - Continue upgrades to telemetry collection and processing capabilities at PMRF. - Continue modernization of…

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TEST FACILITIES INVESTMENTS▲ 161%
FY2025 actual$7.2M
FY2026 enacted$3.5M
FY2027 request$9.1M

-Continue the minor upgrade and modernization of test capabilities at NAWCAD and NAWCWD and the upgrade to general instrumentation and equipment. -Continue replacement of obsolete control room equipment at the NAWCAD propulsion test facility. -Continue replacement of amplifiers at the NAWCAD electromagnetic interference facility…

Project 2195 — every activity in full →
Project detail

What project 2195 buys

This project corrects major deficiencies, improves Test & Evaluation (T&E) capabilities, and increases T&E support effectiveness at Navy Major Range and Test Facility Base ranges and facilities. The T&E Investment project improves, modernizes and adds new test capabilities at the following test facilities: the Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division Newport Atlantic Undersea Test and Evaluation Center (AUTEC), Andros Island, Bahamas; the Nanoose and Dabob ranges of the Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division Keyport, Keyport, WA; the Sea Range, Land Ranges, Target Operations, Ordnance T&E Facility, Test Wing Pacific located at the Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division, Point Mugu, CA and China Lake, CA; and the Atlantic Test Range, Air Combat Environment T&E Facility, Electromagnetic Environmental Effects, Air Vehicle Modification and Instrumentation facility, Test Wing Atlantic, Target Operations, and the Propulsion Systems Evaluation Facility located at the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Patuxent River, MD and the test and evaluation capabilities located at the Pacific Missile Range Facility, Kauai, HI.

FY2027 Request
$0.0M
▼ 100% vs FY2026
FY2026 Enacted
$2.9M
No FY2025 funding
FY2025 Actual
$0.0M
Prior year

Congressional Adds — one RDT&E project inside PE 0604759N. Congressional marks are recorded on the program element, not on a project.

Project 9999 — Congressional Adds — requests $0.0M in FY2027, 0.0% of the $112.5M requested for program element 0604759N. Year over year it falls 100% against FY2026.

Funding trajectory

Project 9999 funding, FY2025–FY2031

Prior years are actuals, the budget year is the request, and the outyears are the FYDP plan. Estimate types are colored and never summed into one figure. Projects carry the full five-year plan; the activities inside them stop at the budget year.

00.0FY25ACTUAL2.9FY26ENACTED0.0FY27REQUEST0.0FY280.0FY290.0FY300.0FY31
Actual Enacted Request Outyear (FYDP)
Fiscal YearEstimate TypeAmount ($M)
FY2025Actual0.0
FY2026Enacted2.9
FY2027Request0.0
FY2028Outyear0.0
FY2029Outyear0.0
FY2030Outyear0.0
FY2031Outyear0.0
Project detail

What project 9999 buys

Congressional Add. Will fund Pilot-Vehicle Interface for Joint Simulation Environment (JSE) Integration effort.