# Project 0653 — NAWC Weapons Division

**Program element:** 0605864N — Test & Evaluation Support  
**Project:** 0653  
**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/0653  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605864N

## Summary

Project 0653 — NAWC Weapons Division requests $155.4M in FY2027, 33% of the $470.5M requested for program element 0605864N, down 5.1% on FY2026. 5 R-2A activities decompose the request.

## Funding profile

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 159.4 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 163.9 |
| FY2027 | Request | 155.4 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 171.7 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 176.7 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 178.7 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 182.2 |

> 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 0653 buys

Project provides continuing maintenance and operational support for the Naval Air Warfare Center (NAWC) Weapons Division Test and Evaluation capabilities. These capabilities include the Pacific Ranges and Facilities, consisting of China Lake Ranges, Ordnance T&E facilities and the Point Mugu Sea Range, aerial and surface target launch and recovery, target test instrumentation and Test and Evaluation aircraft. The Pacific Ranges use China Lake's 1.1 million acres of land and 17,000 square miles of military restricted (R-2508) airspace together with Point Mugu's 125,000 square miles of instrumented sea range and 36,000 square miles of controlled overlying airspace, and airfield and test instrumentation at San Nicolas Island to perform its Test and Evaluation mission. Included in the China Lake ranges is the Electronic Combat Range, which provides outdoor free space developmental and operational testing of airborne electronic warfare systems and tactics against shipboard and land based air defense systems. These ranges perform metric radar, multilateration and optical tracking of test objects; command, control, and destruct for range safety purposes; communications; frequency interference control and analysis; collection processing and display of telemetered data; real-time data processing and display; and the operation of a sub scale aerial target launch capability. Other test capabilities include sled tracks, measurement facilities; propulsion, warhead, environmental, rocket motor, and other missile component test facilities; and gun ranges. This project funds costs that are not chargeable to customers.

## Activities (R-2A) — 5

| Activity | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 | Move | Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pacific Ranges | 62.2 | 63.7 | 60.4 | −5% | [a0](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605864N/0653/a0) |
| Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division Command | 53.6 | 55.8 | 52.8 | −5% | [a4](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605864N/0653/a4) |
| Navy Test Wing Pacific | 27.0 | 27.4 | 26.5 | −3% | [a1](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605864N/0653/a1) |
| Threat/Target Systems | 12.6 | 12.8 | 11.7 | −9% | [a2](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605864N/0653/a2) |
| Test and Evaluation Ordnance | 4.1 | 4.1 | 4.0 | −3% | — |

> 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.

### Pacific Ranges

Continue to maintain and operate mission essential/core test support resources. These resources include test article instrumentation as well as ground and flight test instrumentation systems, range instrumentation systems and data processing and communication systems required to meet customer test workload. Fund civilian labor, travel…

Full year-by-year narrative: https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605864N/0653/a0

### Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division Command

Continue to reimburse the Command for General and Administration Support services. Continue to fund civilian labor, travel, transportation, equipment, supplies, communication, equipment maintenance, purchased service contracts, annual utilities, Navy Marine Corps Intranet, and any costs necessary to manage and sustain Major Range and…

Full year-by-year narrative: https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605864N/0653/a4

### Navy Test Wing Pacific

Continue to maintain and operate mission essential/core test support aircraft associated with aviation platform and weapon system test and evaluation. Fund civilian labor, travel, transportation, equipment, supplies, communication, equipment maintenance, purchased service contracts, annual utilities and any costs necessary to manage and…

Full year-by-year narrative: https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605864N/0653/a1

### Threat/Target Systems

Continue to maintain and operate mission essential/core test support resources associated with airborne and seaborne target operations required to meet customer test workload. Fund civilian labor, travel, transportation, equipment, supplies, communication, equipment maintenance, purchased service contracts, annual utilities and any costs…

Full year-by-year narrative: https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605864N/0653/a2

### Test and Evaluation Ordnance

**FY2027 planned work.** Continue to maintain and operate mission essential/core test support resources associated propulsion, warhead, environmental, rocket motor, and other missile component test facilities 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 manage and sustain Major Range and Test Facility Base (MRTFB) ordnance test and evaluation operations.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** No significant change.

**FY2026 plans — current year.** Continue to maintain and operate mission essential/core test support resources associated propulsion, warhead, environmental, rocket motor, and other missile component test facilities 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 manage and sustain Major Range and Test Facility Base (MRTFB) ordnance test and evaluation operations.

## 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 0653 (PB PB2027).
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_program_element(pe="0605864N")`.

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