Ship Concept Advanced Design
Abstract
Project 2196 - This project provides the analytical foundation for making informed force structure, capability and affordability decisions in the development of all future surface ship platforms, weapons, sensors and combat systems. It realizes this through total ship system engineering, technology integration, cost estimation, mission effectiveness analysis, force architecture synthesis, and force-level effectiveness analysis, as well as continuous development of the people, tools and processes required to accomplish these efforts efficiently. This includes early-stage concept development studies for all potential future surface ships. It also includes quantitative mission and force-level analysis to identify future capability gaps and requirements related to advances in threat capabilities, and evaluation of the effectiveness and affordability of potential future technology and concept of operations (CONOP) solutions. Results from this project are used to inform senior Navy leadership in support of budgetary decisions, Capability Evolution Plans (CEP), and requirements related to surface ship force structure, platforms and major combat system elements. Project 3161 - This project is the only R&D effort that provides a coordinated approach to the development of cross platform ship and weapon system designs and technologies "common" to multiple ships and systems. This project directly influences technical standards for design, construction, certification and operation and provides an avenue for innovative solutions and technologies to compete with legacy product requirements and specifications. This project conducts risk reduction of alternative technical architectures, designs and technology solutions that meet Fleet operational and technical requirements at lower cost; and develops engineering capabilities in the areas of design tools, criteria and methods. This project funds a prioritized portfolio of time-sensitive initiatives through the Cross Platform Systems Development (CPSD) Program, supporting NAVSEA Technical Authority and associated risk reduction activity. The areas of exploration for the CPSD Program include Ship Technology Improvements, Fleet Maintenance and Life Cycle Cost Reduction, Advanced Manufacturing and Material Technology, Additive Manufacturing, Digital Framework/Electromagnetic Environment, Development and Unmanned Systems and Condition Based Maintenance Plus (CBM+). The research products developed by this project directly support and influence both current Fleet requirements and future acquisition programs by providing a range of technically acceptable alternatives and evaluation of emerging technologies. The prototypes, standards/specs, tools and processes and other products developed in this project focus on technical requirements and technologies applicable to multiple ship classes or systems. Products from this project transition directly to early-stage ship design for Ship Preliminary Design and Feasibility Studies, Program Executive Office (PEO) ship acquisition programs, and Systems Engineering Technical Authority (SETA) requirements documentation. Tasks within this project include R&D efforts focused on increasing sustainment technologies and improving performance at reduced cost for current and future naval platforms. This Project supports the Navy National Shipbuilding Research Program (NSRP). Project 3161 continued - Beginning in FY 2025, Condition Based Maintenance Plus (CBM+) is a maintenance optimization program that can generate significant benefits through maintenance program resets, maintenance effectiveness reviews, and active reliability centered maintenance (RCM) strategies at the program level. Employed as an enduring cross-life-cycle maintenance strategy, the program offers a technical solution to reduce maintenance burdens, increase operational availability and mission reliability of monitored systems, assists with identifying enterprise-wide cost avoidance, and will reduce overall life cycle costs. As a function of the Rapid Sustainment Improvement Process (RSIP), the CBM+ system will be developed, tested, evaluated, and then installed (using BLI 1445) on three to five surface combatants for selected shipboard equipment. Sensors for these systems will be defined and assessed. Further, the CBM+ system will be integrated with the Naval Maintenance, Repair, and Overhaul (N-MRO) suite of programs onboard ship to facilitate on ship and off ship monitoring. Project 3505 - The MPF(X) ships will recapitalize the aging BOBO Class maritime prepositioning ships. The 'Sealift the Nation Needs' report to Congress defines a three-phase Sealift Recapitalization approach: Service Life Extensions, Acquiring Used ships, and new construction. The MPF(X) portion represents the prepositioning new construction aspect of the three-phase sealift recapitalization approach. USNS BOBO class ships will retire from service beginning in FY 2033. Conduct of an Analysis of Alternatives (AoA) and draft of a Capabilities Development Document (CDD) are planned beginning in FY 2024. Project 3244 - This effort funds the research, design, development, testing, and installation of Cybersecurity solutions for all installed integrated computer networks to include shipboard Hull Mechanical and Electrical (HM&E), Navigation Systems, Combat Systems, Fire Control, Sonar, Radar, Communications and all other shipboard computerized control systems for all afloat U.S. Navy platforms. Cybersecurity Engineering supports the development of specifications and standards for the Cybersecurity of all Navy Control Systems (NCS). Project 3376 - Strategic Sealift Research and Development - Develops new concepts and technologies which can be applied to or will enable future strategic sealift, and Seabasing systems. The technologies include ship configuration concepts, equipment to increase cargo handling and cargo loading/unloading rates (including commercial and merchant ship systems), improved man/machine interfaces, improved structural configurations and materials, and Logistics-Over-the-Shore (LOTS) equipment and system improvements. FY2016 and prior years (FY2014 and earlier) efforts were financed under the National Defense Sealift Fund (NDSF) BA 04 Project 3116 Strategic Sealift Research and Development. FY 2015, FY 2017, and FY 2019 and future efforts are financed under this program element and project (3376). Project 4044 - Medium Landing Ship (LSM) is a medium-sized landing ship that enables distributed maneuver and logistics such as Distributed Maritime Operations (DMO), Littoral Operations in a Contested Environment (LOCE), and Expeditionary Advanced Base Operations (EABO) in support of the newly established Marine Littoral Regiment (MLR). It is designed to fill the gap in capability between the Navy's large, multipurpose amphibious warfare class ships and smaller landing vessels. This ship will deploy tailored logistics, select power projection and support strike capabilities via the embarked MLR. Project 4045 - The Next Generation Logistics Ship (NGLS) is planned to be a new class of ships to augment the traditional Combat Logistics Force (CLF) to enable refueling, rearming, and resupply of Naval assets - afloat and ashore - near contested environments via ship-to-ship operations and ship-to port operations in support of Distributed Maritime Operations (DMO), Littoral Operations Contested Environment (LOCE), and Expeditionary Advanced Base Operations (EABO). Augmenting the traditional CLF, NGLS will provide a flexible, responsive platform to move fuel, personnel, equipment, and supplies between ships, advanced bases, ports, and dispersed nodes of the sea base; sustaining afloat (Surface Action Group) and ashore (Expeditionary Advanced Base) requirements. RDT&E funding will continue to support development of the NGLS ship design(s), specification development, affordability analyses, and definition of ship mission systems. Project 5010 - This project supports Submarine Tender Recapitalization Acquisition Documentation development, Preliminary Design, Detail Design, Program Management/Engineering Services and Total Ship Integration. The Submarine Tender approach leverages current Submarine Tender capabilities, Nuclear Support Facility, integrating new VACL and CLB capabilities into the requirements generation and shipbuilding contracts. Identified missions include Submarine Tending, Re-arming, re-supply of material, medical/dental, Nuclear Support, Submarine Systems repair and other maintenance support. Funding will inform requirements definition, early industry engagement preliminary designs, trade studies, and follow-on assessment for Sub Tender. Project 9999 (Congressional Add)- Funding provided in the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2023 for defense industrial skills and technology training systems, marine energy systems for sensors and microgrids, digital maintenance advisor for shipboard readiness, metallic additive manufacturing, and critical protection technology for cybersecurity engineering.
Document Details
- Document Type
- R2 Budgetary Justification
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2025
- Source ID
- 0603563N_4_1319_PB_2025
- Change Summary Explanation
- Program adjustments include: Project 2196 Design, Tools, Plans, and Concepts: Funds added in support of the Collaborative Enduring Concepts and Tools (COLLECT) effort. Project 3161 NAVSEA Tech Authority: Funds added in support of the development, testing, and evaluation of the Condition Based Maintenance Plus effort. Project 3376 Strategic Sealift: Increase of $7.355M from FY2024 to FY2025 reflects prototype fabrication, installation, outfitting, and testing for T-AKE VLS and heavyweight torpedo rearming capability, sealift vessel survivability improvement project and USV logistics delivery system CONOPS and concept development project. Project 4045 Decrease in funding of $1.113M from FY 2024 to FY 2025 are attributed to the advanced stage of completion the program will achieve in FY2024, needing fewer resources in FY2025 to finalize certain phases of the program. Project 5010 AS(X) Submarine Tender: Decrease of $5.576M from FY 2024 to FY 2025 reflects transition from Preliminary Design to Detailed Design & Construction. Tasking remaining on this appropriation line are test related efforts.
- Service Agency Name
- Navy
Entities
Organizations
- United States Navy
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