# Project 0541 — AUTEC

**Program element:** 0605864N — Test & Evaluation Support  
**Project:** 0541  
**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/0605864N/0541  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605864N

## Summary

Project 0541 — AUTEC requests $75.0M in FY2027, 16% of the $470.5M requested for program element 0605864N, down 28% on FY2026. 2 R-2A activities decompose the request.

## Funding profile

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 78.5 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 104.4 |
| FY2027 | Request | 75.0 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 67.4 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 68.8 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 70.2 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 71.5 |

> Estimate types are not summed. This project is one leaf of PE 0605864N; the PE total is the sum of its projects, never added to them.

## What project 0541 buys

As a detachment of Naval Undersea Warfare Center, Division Newport, the mission of the Atlantic Undersea Test and Evaluation Center (AUTEC) is to provide the U.S. Navy an underwater range facility for full-spectrum test and evaluation of Undersea Warfare systems and for Fleet training and readiness assessment. The Atlantic Undersea Test and Evaluation Center Program Office is headquartered at Newport, RI. Atlantic Undersea Test and Evaluation Center's administrative offices are located at West Palm Beach, Florida. Test facilities are located at Andros Island, Sites 1 through 4, and the Berry Islands in the Bahamas. Atlantic Undersea Test and Evaluation Center aircraft make scheduled daily flights between West Palm Beach and Andros Town Airport. Atlantic Undersea Test and Evaluation Center manages and, under service contract, maintains and operates a 500 square nautical mile deep-water and a 100 square nautical mile shallow-water range; air-target tracking capabilities; sonobuoy simulation systems; electronic warfare threat simulation systems; rotary wing aircraft; aircraft ground support facilities; acoustic targets; torpedo retrieval and flushing capabilities; open-ocean range craft; marine support facilities; and data processing and analysis capabilities. Major test facilities on Andros Island are located at Site 1. The Command Control Building houses the range tracking displays and replay centers, the computer center, operations support functions, communications center, and the central timing system. The Range Support Facility houses a torpedo post-run workshop, Mark 46 /Mark 50 and Mark 54 lightweight torpedo Intermediate Maintenance Activity, a Mark 30 undersea target Intermediate Maintenance Activity, a Mark 48 heavyweight torpedo Research and Development Turnaround facility and related technical facilities. The complex includes electrical and physical calibration labs, a complete electronics maintenance shop, a dive locker, a precision machine shop, and logistics support areas. Atlantic Undersea Test and Evaluation Center has a 285-foot concrete pier with a controlling depth of 17 feet (5.2 meters) at mean low tide. An adjacent wharf is approximately 240 feet in length (72 meters) with a controlling depth of 15 feet at mean low tide. Power is available at both locations.

## Activities (R-2A) — 2

| Activity | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 | Move | Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlantic Undersea Test and Eval Ctr Facility | 66.4 | 92.3 | 62.9 | −32% | [a0](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605864N/0541/a0) |
| Bahamian Lease | 12.1 | 12.1 | 12.1 | +0% | — |

> 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.

### Atlantic Undersea Test and Eval Ctr Facility

Continue to maintain and operate mission essential/core test support resources, instrumentation systems and marine craft required to meet customer test workload. Fund civilian labor, travel, transportation, equipment, supplies, communication, equipment maintenance, purchased service contracts, annual utilities and any costs necessary to…

Full year-by-year narrative: https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605864N/0541/a0

### Bahamian Lease

**FY2027 planned work.** Continue to provide rental payments to the Bahamian government for use of land and ocean in the Bahamas.

**FY2026 plans — current year.** Continue to provide rental payments to the Bahamian government for use of land and ocean in the Bahamas.

## 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/0605864N.

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Navy RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibits R-2/R-2A/R-3, PE 0605864N project 0541 (PB PB2027).
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_program_element(pe="0605864N")`.

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