# Project 3067 — Unmanned Surface Vehicle Enabling Capabilities **Program element:** 0605513N — Unmanned Surface Vehicle Enabling Capabilities **Project:** 3067 **Component:** U.S. Navy **Appropriation:** 1319 — RDT&E, Navy **Budget Activity:** 4 — Advanced Component Development & Prototypes **Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027 **Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605513N/3067 **Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605513N ## Summary Project 3067 — Unmanned Surface Vehicle Enabling Capabilities requests $156.7M in FY2027, 61% of the $255.1M requested for program element 0605513N — a restart: funded in FY2025, zeroed in FY2026, funded again now. 7 R-2A activities decompose the request, 7 restarted this cycle. Variuos is the largest named R-3 performer at $28.2M, 18% of the project's FY2027 R-3 total. **Markets:** Uncrewed & Autonomy — matched on the project title only, and no market size is quoted. ## Funding profile | Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) | |---|---|---| | FY2025 | Actual | 102.1 | | FY2026 | Enacted | 0.0 | | FY2027 | Request | 156.7 | | FY2028 | Outyear | 179.8 | | FY2029 | Outyear | 175.9 | | FY2030 | Outyear | 177.7 | | FY2031 | Outyear | 181.2 | > Estimate types are not summed. This project is one leaf of PE 0605513N; the PE total is the sum of its projects, never added to them. ## What project 3067 buys Project 3067 funds the development, integration, and testing of critical mission-enabling technologies common to the Unmanned Surface Vehicle (USV) Family of Systems (FoS). The Government defines and controls the overall system architecture and key interfaces for these capabilities to ensure interoperability, reduce duplication, and enable continuous competition. These capabilities will be integrated into the Integrated Combat System (ICS) to enable proliferation across ICS platforms. This project consolidates RDT&E funding for the following core technology areas: Perception, Automated Target Recognition (ATR), and Track Management: This foundational autonomy capability enables USVs to ingest sensor data (e.g., EO/IR, radar), detect and classify objects, and maintain persistent awareness of contacts, which reduces the need to transmit large volume raw sensor data and enables scalable mission execution at the edge. The Government defines the perception framework and data interfaces. Program funding supports the maturation of this capability through the evaluation of competing commercial and government ATR algorithms and the subsequent integration of selected models into the common framework. The work also includes directing structured data collection to support the training and testing of these models. Coupled with CI/CD pipelines and fleet-relevant data infrastructure, this approach enables rapid iteration, validation, and deployment of perception, ATR, and track management capabilities across heterogeneous UxS platforms. Autonomous Command & Control (C2): This C2 ecosystem provides a resilient, multi-echelon command and orchestration framework that allows operators to manage large numbers of unmanned systems with high-level mission tasking rather than direct manual control. The Government owns the core C2 architecture and interfaces. Program funding supports the development of new software modules and the integration of the common C2 capability with fleet systems such as ship combat systems and shore-based command centers. Mission and Collaborative Autonomy (MCA): This capability delivers mission-level autonomy that enables heterogeneous groups of USVs to coordinate and execute tactically optimized actions under commander's intent. The Government defines the architectural standards for this collaborative behavior. **R-3 lines of work:** Product Development; Management Services. ## Named R-3 performers | Performer | $M | Share of this project's FY2027 R-3 total | |---|---|---| | Variuos | 28.2 | 18% | > Budget-justification contract funding, not obligations. Shares need not reach 100% — unnamed and government work is in the denominator. ## Activities (R-2A) — 7 | Activity | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 | Move | Page | |---|---|---|---|---|---| | Mission and Collaborative Autonomy | 20.0 | 0.0 | 35.5 | restart | [a1](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605513N/3067/a1) | | Adjunct Remote Engagement System (ARES) | 27.1 | 0.0 | 28.7 | restart | — | | Perception Automatic Target Recognition and Track Management | 5.7 | 0.0 | 28.2 | restart | [a2](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605513N/3067/a2) | | Autonomous Command & Control | 6.1 | 0.0 | 23.4 | restart | [a4](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605513N/3067/a4) | | Networks & Resiliency C4I | 20.1 | 0.0 | 22.6 | restart | [a0](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605513N/3067/a0) | | RAS Software & Cloud Infrastructures | 20.4 | 0.0 | 13.8 | restart | [a5](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605513N/3067/a5) | | Management Services | 2.7 | 0.0 | 4.5 | restart | — | > 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. ### Mission and Collaborative Autonomy — RESTART In FY27, efforts will focus on maturing mission-level and collaborative autonomy capabilities to enable heterogeneous groups of unmanned systems to operate cohesively in support of priority operational missions. These capabilities will support One-Way Attack (OWA), Maritime Domain Awareness (MDA), and contested logistics while enabling… Full year-by-year narrative: https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605513N/3067/a1 ### Adjunct Remote Engagement System (ARES) — RESTART **FY2027 planned work.** System development, integration, and testing will continue in FY2027 to further mature the system for operational use on USVs. A full kill-chain USV live-fire event is planned in Q4FY2027 to demonstrate and validate the system's capabilities. **FY2026 to FY2027 change.** FY27: +$28.7M to support expansion of MUSV and sUSV production and amplified requirements **FY2026 plans — current year.** Although Project 3067 was zeroed in FY2026, the accomplishments below reflect work executed under FY2025 funding, with some activities continuing into early FY2026. ### Perception Automatic Target Recognition and Track Management — RESTART In FY2027, the program will expand Perception and Automatic Target Recognition (ATR) capabilities to support operational mission requirements across multiple theaters. This effort will scale operational data collection across Fifth, Sixth, Fourth, and Seventh Fleet areas of responsibility, leveraging a mix of RAS platforms, commercial… Full year-by-year narrative: https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605513N/3067/a2 ### Autonomous Command & Control — RESTART In FY27, efforts will continue the maturation and expand operational deployment of the Navy's Command and Control (C2) ecosystem, initially awarded under a production Other Transaction Authority (OTA) in FY26. Activities will focus on delivering critical C2 capabilities in support of Fourth Fleet's Iron Sentinel operations, while… Full year-by-year narrative: https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605513N/3067/a4 ### Networks & Resiliency C4I — RESTART FY2027 efforts will focus on continued maturation of the Medium Unmanned Surface Vehicle (MUSV) prototype build, leveraging commercial solutions. In parallel, the initial MUSV Program of Record (PoR) EDM delivery is scheduled for late Q2 FY2027, followed by EDM installation, integration, and testing in Q4 FY2027. These activities will… Full year-by-year narrative: https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605513N/3067/a0 ### RAS Software & Cloud Infrastructures — RESTART In FY27, efforts will focus on delivering the minimum viable product (MVP) of the full edge-to-shore software and cloud infrastructure required to enable continuous development, integration, and delivery of RAS capabilities by the end of Q4FY27. The FY27 MVP will include the implementation of DevSecOps pipelines to support automated… Full year-by-year narrative: https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605513N/3067/a5 ### Management Services — RESTART **FY2027 planned work.** Continue to provide oversight and management of product development and support efforts. Continue coordination with and across supporting activities (e.g., industry partners, PEO IWS, PEO C4I, DARPA, OSD SCO, DIU, ONR, warfare centers, and labs) to address requirements, manage funding, and execute plans. Continue to develop and refine required acquisition documents and artifacts that support required capabilities managed under this project. **FY2026 to FY2027 change.** FY27: +$4.496M to support additional funding and greater requirements under PAE RAS **FY2026 plans — current year.** Although Project 3067 was zeroed in PB26, the accomplishments below reflect work executed under PB25 funding, with some activities continuing into early FY26. ## 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/0605513N. ## Source & machine access - **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Navy RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibits R-2/R-2A/R-3, PE 0605513N project 3067 (PB PB2027). - **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_program_element(pe="0605513N")`. *HitchAI is an independent intelligence service, not affiliated with the U.S. Department of Defense. Budget figures are requests/estimates, not obligations.*