# OPTEVFOR SUPPORT

**R-2A activity** of project 0831 — OPTEVFOR Support  
**Program element:** 0605865N — Operational Test & Eval Capability  
**Component:** U.S. Navy · **Budget Activity:** 6  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605865N/0831/a0  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605865N/0831

## Summary

This activity requests $29.6M in FY2027, 100% of project 0831, up 3.5% 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.** This project will fund civilian salaries and operating costs for OPTEVFOR. - Efforts will continue to refine and enhance testing processes and products to increase the value of Operational Test and Evaluation (OT&E). This includes adapting processes and methodologies to ensure they remain relevant for evolving acquisition pathways and agile information technology systems delivering software-defined capabilities. - Maintain ongoing support for the OPNAV N9 Naval Capabilities Integration Process (NCIP). Participate in Navy Concepts of Employment (CONEMPS) working groups and coordinate with Warfighting Development Centers (WDCs) to share data and knowledge. Contribute to the U.S. Fleet Forces and Commander, Pacific Fleet Warfare Capabilities Baseline (USFF/CPF WCB) to support the Navy's assessment of capability across platforms, networks, weapons, and sensors. - Provide analysis of performance across warfare domains to support the Navy's ability to adapt to evolving operational challenges. Continued collaboration across warfare domains will maximize lessons learned, improve testing efficiencies, and deliver timely operational insights to Fleet commanders, WDCs, and acquisition decision makers. - Employ a command framework that synchronizes OPTEVFOR initiatives with current Navy strategic guidance, including the Chief of Naval Operations' U.S. Navy Fighting Instructions and the Enduring Warfighting Objectives. Efforts focus on Fleet engagement, acquisition decision support, command operations, and modernization of supporting infrastructure. These initiatives are enabled by the Cross Service Operational Test Agency (OTA) core test principles and a command-wide metrics program that strengthens the rigor, timeliness, and operational relevance of OT&E.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** $1,004K increase is the result of executing the phased military to civilian workforce conversion to stabilize OPTEVFOR manning.

## Before the request year

**FY2026 plans — current year.** This project will fund civilian salaries and operating costs for OPTEVFOR. - Improve the command's ability to efficiently plan, execute, and report operational test and evaluation (OT&E) through the phased conversion of 58 military billets to 53 civilian billets over a three-year period in order to improve workforce stability, retain technical expertise, and sustain continuity in mission execution. - Continue efforts to enhance and improve test processes and products in support of increasing the value of OT&E. This includes tailoring processes and methods to ensure relevance for adaptive acquisition pathways, agile information technology systems delivering software defined capabilities, and technology insertion projects that continue to mature through alternative procurement and fielding methods. - Continue to support the Naval Capabilities Integration Process (NCIP) effort. Participate in Navy Concepts of Employment (CONEMPS) working groups and coordinate with Warfighting Development Centers (WDCs) to share data and knowledge. Contribute to U.S. Fleet Forces Command and Commander, Pacific Fleet Warfare Capabilities Baseline (USFF/CPF WCB) and Capability Wholeness Assessments to support the Navy's examination of capability across platforms, networks, weapons, and sensors. - Analyze performance across warfare domains and continue collaboration to maximize lessons learned, share resources, and gain efficiencies in testing while providing value to WDCs, Fleet commanders, and acquisition decision makers. - Bridge Fleet to acquisition communication seams through increased engagement with Fleet Commanders, Type Commanders, and WDCs; implementation of Capabilities Based Test and Evaluation (CBTE); and continued refinement of command operations and training. OPTEVFOR aligns command initiatives with current Navy strategic guidance, including the Chief of Naval Operations' U.S. Navy Fighting Instructions and the Navy's Enduring Warfighting Objectives, ensuring operational testing supports Fleet readiness and the delivery of credible warfighting capability. Efforts focus on strengthening Fleet engagement, improving acquisition decision support, enhancing command operations, and modernizing supporting infrastructure to ensure operational testing remains relevant to evolving warfighting requirements. - Expand test capabilities through enhancements to remote test infrastructure and enclave services. These efforts improve OPTEVFOR's ability to conduct classified and distributed testing across operational effectiveness, suitability, and cyber survivability requirements for naval systems, particularly those requiring special handling or higher than SECRET classification.

## Funding

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 27.8 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 28.6 |
| FY2027 | Request | 29.6 |

> 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.

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Navy RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibit R-2A, PE 0605865N project 0831 (PB PB2027). Narrative is the government's own text.
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- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_activity`.

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