# Project 2195 — T & E Investment

**Program element:** 0604759N — Major T&E Investment  
**Project:** 2195  
**Component:** U.S. Navy  
**Appropriation:** 1319 — RDT&E, Navy  
**Budget Activity:** 6 — RDT&E Management Support  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604759N/2195  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604759N

## Summary

Project 2195 — T & E Investment requests $112.5M in FY2027, 100% of the $112.5M requested for program element 0604759N, up 82% on FY2026. 3 R-2A activities decompose the request.

## Funding profile

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 65.0 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 61.9 |
| FY2027 | Request | 112.5 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 153.5 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 151.0 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 135.6 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 138.0 |

> Estimate types are not summed. This project is one leaf of PE 0604759N; the PE total is the sum of its projects, never added to them.

## 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.

## Activities (R-2A) — 3

| Activity | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 | Move | Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OPEN AIR RANGE INVESTMENTS | 43.3 | 31.7 | 81.9 | +158% | [a1](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604759N/2195/a1) |
| UNDERSEA RANGE INVESTMENTS | 14.6 | 26.8 | 21.4 | −20% | [a0](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604759N/2195/a0) |
| TEST FACILITIES INVESTMENTS | 7.2 | 3.5 | 9.1 | +161% | — |

> 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.

### OPEN AIR RANGE INVESTMENTS

- 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…

Full year-by-year narrative: https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604759N/2195/a1

### UNDERSEA RANGE INVESTMENTS

- 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…

Full year-by-year narrative: https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604759N/2195/a0

### TEST FACILITIES INVESTMENTS

**FY2027 planned work.** -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. -Initiate refurbishment of CT4 test arena at NAWC WD China Lake. -Initiate solid state transmitter purchase at NAWCAD

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** Funding increases from FY 2026 to FY 2027 due to the purchase of solid state transmitter and the test arena refurbishment.

**FY2026 plans — current year.** - Continue the minor upgrade and modernization of test capabilities at NAWCAD and NAWCWD and the upgrade to general instrumentation and equipment. - Initiate replacement of obsolete control room equipment at the NAWCAD propulsion test facility. - Initiate replacement of amplifiers at the NAWCAD electromagnetic interference facility.

## 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/0604759N.

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Navy RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibits R-2/R-2A/R-3, PE 0604759N project 2195 (PB PB2027).
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_program_element(pe="0604759N")`.

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