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Surface and Shallow Water Mine Countermeasures
Budget Figures
FY2026 award data is a partial year — USASpending awards are reported on a rolling basis and the fiscal year does not close until September 30. why partial FY2026 data? →
- FY24
- $33.6M
- FY25
- $29.4M
- FY26
- $32.4M
● actuals (line) · ○ enacted · ◇ request — gaps are editions the program is absent from, never interpolated.
| Series | FY15 | FY16 | FY17 | FY18 | FY19 | FY20 | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 | FY26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Actuals | $83.8M | $88.1M | $126.8M | $69.9M | $116.1M | $388.0M | $46.0M | $51.6M | $84.8M | $33.6M | ||
| Enacted | $90.5M | $165.8M | $154.1M | $120.3M | $407.8M | $47.6M | $53.3M | $87.7M | $34.7M | $29.4M | ||
| Request | $165.8M | $154.1M | $62.7M | $507.0M | $52.4M | $58.0M | $87.8M | $34.7M | $29.4M | $32.4M |
blank = series not published for this year; – = absent from that edition.
Asked vs spent: the PB2020 book requested $507.0M for FY2020; the PB2022 book reports $388.0M actually spent — $119.0M below the request.
Program Lineage
No predecessor/successor lineage was recorded for this program element — no FY-to-FY transfer into or out of this line was stated in the ingested J-books, and none was inferred from the program structure.
Description
Mission — Unmanned Surface Vehicle (USV)
The MCM USV program consists of Unmanned Surface Vehicles (USVs) with Mine Countermeasures (MCM) payloads. The program began as the Unmanned Influence Sweep System (UISS) program which consisted of a USV paired with a magnetic and acoustic sweep capability. As the USV progressed, the Navy modified the program so the craft would integrated and operate other payloads. The UISS program was subsumed by the MCM USV Program upon successful Full Rate Production Decision Review in September, 2023. The program consists of four products: 1) The MCM USV is a semi-autonomous dual drive, 38 foot long, 10 foot wide aluminum hulled craft powered by two diesel engines. The craft contains a situational awareness and contact avoidance suite consisting of optical, radar, and GPS and is directed and monitored by the Multi Vehicle Communication System (MVCS) with a host station, such as LCS, Vessel of Opportunity (VOO), or shore site. The reconfigurable payload bay adds a modular mission capability enabling multiple payloads (mine sweep and mine hunt). 2) The Mine Sweep Payload Delivery System (PDS) brings magnetic and acoustic mine influence sweep capability to the MCM USV. The PDS includes a winch, a magnetic sweep cable, and a Towed Acoustic Generator (TAG) along with capability to deploy and retrieve the towed equipment. 3) The Mine Hunt PDS brings a mine hunting capability by integrating the existing AN/AQS-20 on to the craft. The PDS includes a winch, cable and tow body handling equipment. 4) The Mine Neutralization PDS will neutralize mines previously identified throughout the water column using the Barracuda Mine Neutralizer. The PDS will consist of a launcher and communications gear to communicate with the neutralizer in the water. The program completed ship-based TECHEVAL and IOT&E in FY22. The program declared Initial Operational Capability in Q2FY23. In FY 2023 the MCM USV program began contract planning for the integration of a next generation Influence Sweep Payload (Magnetic & Acoustic Generation Next Unmanned Superconducting Sweep - MAGNUSS). Mine Neutralization payload design activities and Engineering Development Model (EDM) will start in FY26. The MCM USV program will have a continuous reliability, autonomy, and engineering changes process. The program developed improvements to address IOT&E findings. Leveraging ongoing developments for autonomous systems, the program will continue to develop performance improvements. Upgrades will consist of processing and sensing hardware, autonomy, situational awareness/collision avoidance algorithms, integration of new payloads, increased range, and upgrades to electronics configuration. MCM USV will continue to support Navy experimentation of Beyond Line of Sight (BLOS) and alternative payloads.
Mission — Barracuda
FY 2025 to FY 2026 increase corresponds with the Barracuda Program initiating Government Developmental Testing and Government Live Fire Testing with contractor support in FY 2026. The Barracuda system is an expendable, modular, mine neutralizer launched from the Mine Countermeasures (MCM) Unmanned Surface Vessel (USV) as part of the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) MCM Mission Package (MP) to autonomously reacquire and neutralize previously detected near-surface mines. Upon entering the water, the vehicle will conduct a search, capture an image, and use a communications buoy to send the image to the operator in the MCM MP to evaluate the image and order the weapon to fire, abort, or continue searching. Future capabilities may include launch from manned or unmanned aircraft or vessels of opportunity as well as the ability to neutralize mines in volume and on the bottom. The Barracuda detailed design and development contract includes system design, program management, systems engineering, software development, integrated product support and contractor testing.
Mission — Surface & Shallow Water MCM
This program element provides resources for development of unmanned mine countermeasures systems to provide minehunting, minesweeping, and mine neutralization to counter known and projected mine threats. The mine countermeasures systems provide mobile, quick reaction forces capable of land-based or sea-based minehunting and minesweeping operations worldwide. Resources are for developing and deploying advanced minehunting and minesweeping systems and the intelligence and oceanographic capabilities that will enable mine warfare superiority. Tactics and techniques used vary across a diversity of environments and a diversity of threats, including both asymmetric and emerging. Resources provide for systems and support of mine warfare systems, maritime systems, and expeditionary systems to allow for continuous operations of the Navy's warships and support vessels, other military vessels, and commercial vessels. Core capabilities include forward presence, deterrence, sea control, power projection, maritime security, humanitarian assistance and disaster response to maintain freedom of the seas. Increased capability includes conducting minefield reconnaissance (mine density and location) at high area search rates, improving detection capability; decreasing sensor false alarm rates; reducing or eliminating post-mission analysis detect, classify, identify, decide time; improving neutralization time; improving network communications; automatic target recognition; and achieving in-stride detect-to-engage capability. Concept of operations includes development of cooperative, unmanned, modular systems; the establishment of a capable networked command and control system; and standing up an accurate and interactive environmental system with the ability to form and disseminate a Common Environmental Picture. Efforts benefit the Mine Countermeasure (MCM) force by transforming the Navy from the platform-centered legacy set of systems to a capability-centered force that is distributed, networked, and able to provide unique maritime influence and access across the entire maritime domain. The Surface and Shallow Water MCM systems consist of two programs: The USV program develops: (1) unmanned surface minehunting capability USVs designed to integrate MCM systems employed by the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) Class and other vessels of opportunity (VOO) platforms and (2) the integration and improvement of new and existing MCM capabilities and payloads (Minesweeping Payload Deployment System [PDS] , Minehunting PDS, and Mine Neutralization PDS) to provide detection, classification, localization, identification, neutralization, and influence clearance capabilities. The Barracuda system is an expendable, modular, mine neutralizer launched from the Mine Countermeasures (MCM) Unmanned Surface Vessel (USV) as part of the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) MCM Mission Package (MP) to autonomously reacquire and neutralize previously detected near-surface mines. Upon entering the water, the vehicle will conduct a search, capture an image, and use a communications buoy to send the image to the operator in the MCM MP to evaluate the image and order the weapon to fire, abort, or continue searching. Future capabilities may include launch from manned or unmanned aircraft or vessels of opportunity as well as the ability to neutralize mines in volume and on the bottom.
Justification
No accomplishments or planned-program narratives in this line's J-book detail — some exhibits carry figures without per-project prose.
Budget Line Items(workbook-cited)
Exhibit R-1
| Account | Org | Type | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Navy | N | FY24 Actuals | $33.6M |
| Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Navy | N | FY25 Enacted | $29.4M |
| Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Navy | N | FY25 Total | $29.4M |
| Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Navy | N | FY26 Disc. Request | $32.4M |
| Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Navy | N | FY26 Total | $32.4M |
Budget Details(R-2/P-40 facts)
| Project | All Prior Years | FY24 Actuals | FY25 Total | FY26 Base | FY26 Request |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2989: Barracuda | $196.1M | $19.5M | $13.0M | $14.6M | $14.6M |
| 1234: Unmanned Surface Vehicle (USV) | $223.6M | $14.2M | $16.4M | $17.7M | $17.7M |
| Program Element | $419.8M | $33.6M | $29.4M | $32.4M | $32.4M |
No follow-the-dollar view — this program's awards haven't been crosswalked at high confidence (flows cover 17 of 1741 programs). why coverage is partial? →
Awards
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Lobbying Mentions
No Senate LDA lobbying filing in the tracked data mentions this program element by code or alias.
No research dossier for this program — dossiers cover 50 of 1741 programs, the largest fully J-book-detailed lines by FY2026 requested dollars. why no dossier here? →