# Project 2098 — Navy Postgraduate School (NPS) Studies Support

**Program element:** 0605853N — Management, Technical & Intl Supt  
**Project:** 2098  
**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/0605853N/2098  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605853N

## Summary

Project 2098 — Navy Postgraduate School (NPS) Studies Support requests $14.0M in FY2027, 11% of the $124.9M requested for program element 0605853N, up 8.6% on FY2026. 2 R-2A activities decompose the request.

## Funding profile

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 12.8 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 12.9 |
| FY2027 | Request | 14.0 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 14.1 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 13.9 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 14.2 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 14.5 |

> Estimate types are not summed. This project is one leaf of PE 0605853N; the PE total is the sum of its projects, never added to them.

## What project 2098 buys

Navy Postgraduate School (NPS) research and analysis activities serve as a focal point, stimulus, and major source of strategic, tactical and operational thought within the Navy communities. These efforts generate strategic and operational alternatives, tactical imperatives, quantitative analyses, technical developments and assessments, and political-military assessments. Also, provide recommendations to the Chief of Naval Operations (CNO), Fleet Commanders and numbered Fleet Commanders regarding the formulation and execution of maritime options for the President of the United States. Research will be conducted that will enhance graduate education for Naval Officers and potentially provide students with areas of studies for theses and faculty projects. These research activities also serve as a means for OPNAV Resource Sponsors and Major Commands to have analysis and decision support research conducted in the uses of the applied, soft, and hard sciences in solving diverse and complex resource allocation and strategic issues facing the Navy today and envisioned in the future.

## Activities (R-2A) — 2

| Activity | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 | Move | Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Faculty and Student Studies, Analysis and Research | 12.8 | 11.9 | 12.6 | +6% | [a0](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605853N/2098/a0) |
| Laboratory Modernization and Sustainment Program | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.4 | +44% | — |

> 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.

### Faculty and Student Studies, Analysis and Research

Conduct studies in support of the Secretary of the Navy, multiple organizations within the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, and the Fleets. Planned studies in the following areas: - Combat Systems - Cyber and Information Systems - Data Science & Decisions - Defense Systems Management - Global Security Competition - Maritime…

Full year-by-year narrative: https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605853N/2098/a0

### Laboratory Modernization and Sustainment Program

**FY2027 planned work.** Laboratory Modernization and Sustainment program funds will be prioritized to re-equip laboratories in newly modernized Halligan Hall, supporting Materials and Aerospace Engineering-related teaching and research laboratories. Additionally, NPS will implement a lab sustainment process based on equipment and spaces lifecycle and technology changes.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** The FY 2026 to FY 2027 increase reflects standard pricing adjustment.

**FY2026 plans — current year.** NPS is currently conducting a campus-wide assessment of teaching and research laboratories, focusing on STEM and cyber capabilities (secure and non-secure). Laboratory Modernization and Sustainment program funds will be allocated to the priority laboratories. Additionally, funding will be allocated to support temporary laboratory swing spaces while NPS undergoes the modernization of campus buildings.

## 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/0605853N.

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Navy RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibits R-2/R-2A/R-3, PE 0605853N project 2098 (PB PB2027).
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_program_element(pe="0605853N")`.

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