# Pacific Ranges

**R-2A activity** of project 0653 — NAWC Weapons Division  
**Program element:** 0605864N — Test & Evaluation Support  
**Component:** U.S. Navy · **Budget Activity:** 6  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605864N/0653/a0  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605864N/0653

## Summary

This activity requests $60.4M in FY2027, 39% of project 0653, down 5.3% on 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.** 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, transportation, equipment, supplies, communication, equipment maintenance, purchased service contracts, annual utilities and any costs necessary to manage and sustain the Major Range and Test Facility Base (MRTFB) operations.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** Reduction of $3.392 million is associated in decrease sustainment of Radar Signal Emulators, legacy EW equipment and Radar Signal Emulator Auxiliary Units to address higher priority OSW requirements.

## Before the request year

**FY2026 plans — current year.** 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, transportation, equipment, supplies, communication, equipment maintenance, purchased service contracts, annual utilities and any costs necessary to manage and sustain the Major Range and Test Facility Base (MRTFB) operations. Sustain maintenance activities associated with seven Radar Signal Emulators (RSEs) and a battlespace shaping capability that requires Special Access Program (SAP) facilities.

## Funding

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 62.2 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 63.7 |
| FY2027 | Request | 60.4 |

> 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 0653

- [Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division Command](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605864N/0653/a4) — FY2027 52.8
- [Navy Test Wing Pacific](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605864N/0653/a1) — FY2027 26.5
- [Threat/Target Systems](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605864N/0653/a2) — FY2027 11.7
- Test and Evaluation Ordnance — FY2027 4.0

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Navy RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibit R-2A, PE 0605864N project 0653 (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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