What the FY2027 request buys
Verbatim from the R-2A exhibit for project 3334 of PE 0605518N. 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 development of CPS WCS and Mission Planning capability to support ZUMWALT and VIRGINIA deployment. - Complete efforts working towards CPS WS certification in support of ZUMWALT fielding, inclusive of ensuring the authorizations are in place to execute the installation and check out on ZUMWALT. Collect necessary data from testing to contribute to overall assessments of readiness for CPS WS certification on ZUMWALT. - Continue NRE efforts required to modify the Block V VIRGINIA Class design to support the integration of CPS. - Continue design and commence development of the Power Conversion Kit (PCK) for SSN. - Continue efforts to support outfitting during new construction shipyard period for payload control cables and launcher-specific support equipment for CPS integration on VIRGINIA Class hulls. - Continue development of the MK113 simulator for SSN integration design development and testing. - Continue development of AUR+C Simulator (AURCS) Canister for SSN. - Continue development of algorithms for trajectory generation and the Mission Data Load generator for use in CPS Mission Planning, both at geographic combatant commanders through integration into the Theater Mission Planning Center, and onboard platforms as part of the WCS. Perform requirements refinement, CPS Mission Planning System Requirements Review, and software design, development, and integration. - Continue development of the Weapon Safe Arm Free Eject (WSAFE) Eject Valve Module (EVM) simulator. - Continue development of the SSN Specific Canister Closure Assembly (CCA). - Deliver WCS software and hardware in support of JFC-6 flight test and ZUMWALT fielding. -Continue modification of the Virginia Payload Tube Facility (VPTF) for CPS integration and testing. -Commence design, development and prototype of a maritime variant of the Box Erector Launcher System (BELS).
The FY 2026 to FY 2027 increase of $19.329 million supports efforts to complete design work and analysis needed to accelerate the NRE required to modify the Block V VIRGINIA Class design to support the integration of CPS.
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.
- Delivered WCS software and hardware in support of JFC-5 flight test. - Continued development of CPS WCS and Mission Planning capability to support ZUMWALT and VIRGINIA deployment. - Continued efforts working towards CPS WS certification in support of ZUMWALT fielding, inclusive of ensuring the authorizations are in place to execute the installation and check out on ZUMWALT. Collected necessary data from testing to contribute to overall assessments of readiness for CPS WS certification on ZUMWALT. - Continued NRE efforts required to modify the Block V VIRGINIA Class design to support the integration of CPS. - Continued design and commence development of the Power Conversion Kit (PCK) for SSN. - Continued efforts to support outfitting during new construction shipyard period for payload control cables and launcher-specific support equipment for CPS integration on VIRGINIA Class hulls. - Continued development of the MK113 simulator for SSN integration design development and testing. - Continued development of AUR+C Simulator (AURCS) Canister for SSN. - Continued development of algorithms for trajectory generation and the Mission Data Load generator for use in CPS Mission Planning, both at geographic combatant commanders through integration into the Theater Mission Planning Center, and onboard platforms as part of the WCS. Performed requirement refinement, CPS Mission Planning System Requirements Review, and software design, development, and integration. - Commenced development of the Weapon Safe Arm Free Eject (WSAFE) Eject Valve Module (EVM) simulator. - Commenced development of the SSN Specific Canister Closure Assembly (CCA). -Commenced modification of the Virginia Payload Tube Facility (VPTF) for CPS integration and testing.
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 | 64.3 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 61.5 |
| FY2027 | Request | 80.8 |
This activity is 6.0% of project 3334's FY2027 request and 6.0% of PE 0605518N'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.
6 activities in project 3334
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 program-element page.