# Mission and Collaborative Autonomy

**R-2A activity** of project 3067 — Unmanned Surface Vehicle Enabling Capabilities  
**Program element:** 0605513N — Unmanned Surface Vehicle Enabling Capabilities  
**Component:** U.S. Navy · **Budget Activity:** 4  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605513N/3067/a1  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605513N/3067

> **RESTART.** Funded in FY2025 ($20.0M), zeroed in FY2026, $35.5M requested again in FY2027.

## Summary

This activity requests $35.5M in FY2027, 23% of project 3067 — a restart, funded in FY2025 and zeroed in FY2026. The R-2A exhibit describes it across FY2026–FY2027, including what the FY2027 money is planned to buy.

## What the FY2027 request buys

**FY2027 planned work.** 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 manned-unmanned teaming to increase operational effectiveness and distributed maritime effects. Key focus areas include the development of collaborative autonomy behaviors that allow multiple unmanned platforms, including surface and aerial vehicles, to share relevant mission data, coordinate actions, and execute missions more effectively in a distributed operational environment. These capabilities will enable platforms to operate as coordinated teams rather than independent assets. FY27 activities will also expand efforts to integrate autonomy software with mission payloads across an array of Medium and RAS platforms. This work will ensure that RAS systems can effectively support mission payload functions in accordance with fleet operational requirements, enabling autonomy software to more tightly couple platform behaviors with mission payload performance. Additionally, FY27 development will focus on resilient autonomy behaviors that allow RAS platforms to operate effectively in degraded or denied environments, including scenarios where GPS and communications are contested or unavailable. The FY27 effort will leverage commercial technologies and rapid acquisition mechanisms, including Other Transaction Authorities (OTAs), to accelerate capability development and integration. Capabilities will be developed iteratively through agile development sprints and on-water demonstrations, allowing for rapid experimentation, testing, and refinement prior to operational transition. These efforts will build upon lessons learned from the Defense Innovation Unit's (DIU) Autonomous Collaborative Teaming (ACT) program, advancing the maturity of collaborative autonomy technologies and delivering operationally relevant capabilities in support of the RAS FoS.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** FY27: +$35.5M to support expansion of MUSV and sUSV production and amplified requirements

## Before the request year

**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.

## Funding

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 20.0 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 0.0 |
| FY2027 | Request | 35.5 |

> Prior, current and budget year only — an R-2A activity carries no five-year plan. It sums exactly into its project in the request year and not necessarily in any other.

## Other activities in project 3067

- Adjunct Remote Engagement System (ARES) — FY2027 28.7
- [Perception Automatic Target Recognition and Track Management](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605513N/3067/a2) — FY2027 28.2
- [Autonomous Command & Control](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605513N/3067/a4) — FY2027 23.4
- [Networks & Resiliency C4I](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605513N/3067/a0) — FY2027 22.6
- [RAS Software & Cloud Infrastructures](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605513N/3067/a5) — FY2027 13.8
- Management Services — FY2027 4.5

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Navy RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibit R-2A, PE 0605513N project 3067 (PB PB2027). Narrative is the government's own text.
- **No marks, no contractors at this grain** — congressional marks land on the program element and R-3 performers on the project.
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_activity`.

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