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Manufacturing Technology Program
Budget figures
FY2026 award data is a partial year — USAspending reports awards on a rolling basis, and this corpus runs through 2026-09-04. why partial FY2026 data? →
Budget trajectory
| Fiscal year | Amount |
|---|---|
| FY24 | $81.2M |
| FY25 | $63.1M |
| FY26 | $63.9M |
All series figures: R-1 TOA · PB2026
Decade view
P-1/R-1 workbook TOA basis, shown compact in $B/$M (the workbook records USD thousands); each figure cites its own President's Budget edition
The vertical scale does not start at zero: the baseline sits just below this program’s smallest year, so a low point on this line is not a small amount. Read the shape for direction and the grid below for the figures.
● 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 | $0 | $54.7M | $55.6M | $66.2M | $57.3M | $63.4M | $58.4M | $74.8M | $59.8M | $81.2M | ||
| Enacted | $57.1M | $56.7M | $57.8M | $58.7M | $65.1M | $59.9M | $77.2M | $61.7M | $61.8M | $63.1M | ||
| Request | $56.7M | $57.8M | $58.7M | $60.1M | $60.1M | $57.2M | $60.7M | $61.8M | $63.1M | $63.9M |
blank = series not published for this year; – = absent from that edition.
Asked vs spent: the PB2024 book requested $61.8M for FY2024; the PB2026 book reported $81.2M as actual total obligation authority — $19.4M above the request. 81.2 − 61.8 = 19.4 USD millions — the compact figures above are rounded for reading.
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 — Manufacturing Technology Program
The Office of Naval Research's (ONR) mission is to foster scientific research for the advancement of naval power. This work does not stop at the laboratory. Delivery of breakthrough capability often requires new technologies in manufacturing and supply chains of national security. The Manufacturing Technology (ManTech) Program is intended to improve the productivity and responsiveness of the U.S. defense industrial base by funding the development, optimization, and transition of enabling manufacturing technologies to key naval suppliers. In general, investments transition emerging Science and Technology (S&T) results to acquisition programs; improve industrial capabilities in production, maintenance, repair and industrial base responsiveness; and advance manufacturing technology to reduce cost, improve performance, and responsiveness. Currently, the ManTech Program is focused on affordability improvements for specific key acquisition platforms as defined in the Navy ManTech Investment Strategy. Key platforms currently targeted include: VIRGINIA Class Submarine (VCS)/COLUMBIA Class submarine (CLB); DDG 51 Class destroyer; CVN 78 Class carrier; FFG 62 Class frigate, and F-35 Lightning II aircraft. PEO IWS was added to the Investment Strategy as a number of their integrated warfare systems are critical to the NAVSEA acquisition platforms currently supported. Office of Naval Research (ONR) ManTech helps these Navy programs achieve their respective affordability goals by transitioning developed manufacturing technology which, when implemented, results in needed cost reduction or cost avoidance. In addition to addressing affordability for key naval platforms, ManTech also addresses manufacturing technology to aid in capability acceleration to the fleet. Today's Sailors and Marines are enabled by naval Science and Technology (S&T). Since 1946, the Office of Naval Research (ONR) has fostered scientific research related to the maintenance of maritime superiority and national defense. ONR manages the Department of the Navy's (DON) portfolio of naval Basic and Applied research, and Advanced Technology Development investments to ensure naval forces can effectively deter conflict, but when called upon, fight, win and come home safe. Current investments hedge against uncertainty, providing solutions to commanders today, and options for the future. The Naval S&T budget supports higher guidance defined by the National Defense Strategy, and responds to requirements identified by the Secretary of the Navy through research priorities set by the Chief of Naval Research, coordinated across the Naval Research Enterprise (NRE), and outlined in the Naval R&D Framework. This Program Element (PE) funds Advanced Technology Development (ATD) that includes development of subsystems and components and efforts to integrate subsystems and components into system prototypes for field experiments and/or tests in a simulated environment. Efforts in this PE generally have Technology Readiness Levels TRL) of 4 (component and/or breadboard validation in laboratory environment.), 5 (component and/or breadboard validation in relevant environment.), or 6 (system/subsystem model or prototype demonstration in a relevant environment). Due to the number of efforts in this Program Element (PE), the programs described herein are representative of the work included in this PE.
Mission — Manufacturing Tech
The Office of Naval Research's (ONR) mission is to foster scientific research for the advancement of naval power. This work does not stop at the laboratory. Delivery of breakthrough capability often requires new technologies in manufacturing and supply chains of national security. The Manufacturing Technology (ManTech) Program is intended to improve the productivity and responsiveness of the U.S. defense industrial base by funding the development, optimization, and transition of enabling manufacturing technologies to key naval suppliers. In general, investments transition emerging Science and Technology (S&T) results to acquisition programs; improve industrial capabilities in production, maintenance, repair and industrial base responsiveness; and advance manufacturing technology to reduce cost, improve performance, and responsiveness. Currently, the ManTech Program is focused on affordability improvements for specific key acquisition platforms as defined in the Navy ManTech Investment Strategy. Key platforms currently targeted include: VIRGINIA Class submarine (VCS)/COLUMBIA Class submarine (CLB), DDG 51 Class destroyer, CVN 78 Class carrier, FFG 62 Class frigate, PEO IWS (in support of NAVSEA acquisition platforms), and F-35 Lightning II aircraft. Through its affordability efforts, ManTech helps these Navy programs achieve their respective affordability goals by transitioning developed manufacturing technology which, when implemented, results in needed cost reduction or cost avoidance. In addition to addressing affordability for key naval platforms, ManTech also addresses manufacturing technology to aid in capability acceleration to the fleet.
Mission — Congressional Adds
Congressional add projects not included in other efforts.
Justification
Accomplishments & Planned Programs (4)
Composites Processing and Fabrication
The primary technical goal of the Composites Processing and Fabrication activity is improving weapon systems affordability, enhancing weapon system effectiveness and improving reliability/warfighter readiness through the increased utilization of composite materials and structures. This is being achieved through the development, maturation, and transition of affordable and robust manufacturing, assembly, and repair processes that fully exploit the benefits of composite materials. Concentration is on affordability for the following platforms: VIRGINIA Class submarine (VCS)/COLUMBIA Class submarine (CLB), DDG 51 Class destroyer, CVN 78 Class carrier, FFG 62 Class frigate, PEO IWS (in support of NAVSEA acquisition platforms), and F-35 Lightning II aircraft. In addition to addressing affordability for key naval platforms, ManTech also addresses manufacturing technology to aid in capability acceleration to the fleet. Composites processing and fabrication technology areas include but are not limited to fiber-reinforced polymeric (organic) resin composites; ceramic-matrix, metal-matrix, and carbon-carbon composites; composite internal stiffening core materials such as foam, ceramic, balsa wood, polymeric or metallic honeycomb, or other materials; composite external stiffening concepts such as hat and blade stiffeners and methodologies to manufacture them; materials for radomes and other electrical applications; composite manufacturing and similar processes and related equipment technology; and adhesives, adhesive bonding, and related technologies (i.e., surface preparation techniques), as well as mechanical fastening, and other methodologies for joining composites to other composites or metals, and similar assembly technologies.
Electronics Processing and Fabrication
The primary technical goal of the Electronics Processing and Fabrication activity is improving electronic weapon systems affordability by developing and transitioning affordable, robust manufacturing processes and capabilities for electronics critical to defense applications over their full life-cycle. Efforts create new and improved electronics/electro-optics manufacturing processes for transition to the production floor. Emphasis is on affordability for the following platforms: VIRGINIA Class submarine (VCS)/COLUMBIA Class submarine (CLB), DDG 51 Class destroyer, CVN 78 Class carrier, FFG 62 Class frigate, PEO IWS (in support of NAVSEA acquisition programs), and F-35 Lightning II aircraft. In addition to addressing affordability for key naval platforms, ManTech also addresses manufacturing technology to aid in capability acceleration to the fleet. Electronics processing and fabrication technology areas include but are not limited to Electronics manufacturing technology (materials, devices, circuits, modules, subsystems); semiconductor devices/vacuum electronics/passive components; compound semiconductors/wide bandgap semiconductors; low-cost, high-throughput manufacturing and assembly techniques; nanoelectronics; electronics packaging technologies (including tamper proof and non-hermetic approaches); optics manufacturing technology (materials devices, circuits, modules, subsystems); optical interconnects; fiber optics and photonics; technologies for electronics and electro-optics testing and evaluation; optical imaging for manufacturing operations; and High Energy Laser (HEL)/directed energy weapons.
Metals Processing and Fabrication
The primary technical goal of the Metals Processing and Fabrication activity is to develop affordable, robust manufacturing and repair processes/capabilities for metals and special materials critical to Navy weapon system applications. Emphasis is on affordability for the following platforms: VIRGINIA Class submarine (VCS)/COLUMBIA Class submarine (CLB), DDG 51 Class destroyer, CVN 78 Class carrier, FFG 62 Class frigate, PEO IWS (in support of NAVSEA acquisition programs), and F-35 Lightning II aircraft. In addition to addressing affordability for key naval platforms, ManTech also addresses manufacturing technology to aid in capability acceleration to the fleet. This activity also includes the development, optimization, and transition of repair technology for the repair, overhaul, and sustainment of key navy systems. Metals processing and fabrication technology areas include but are not limited to: processing methods; metals additive manufacturing; metallic materials-based systems; casting; joining techniques; machining; surface and heat treatments; coating/cladding; assembly; metal/non-metals interfaces issues; and inspection and compliance verification.
Manufacturing Enterprise/Other
The Manufacturing Enterprise/Other activity includes: (1) efforts targeted towards improving, in general, the manufacturing enterprise for the production of key naval platforms (both shipbuilding and aircraft); (2) energetics efforts; (3) naval research enterprise and laboratory support for key projects; and (4) technical program support. Manufacturing Enterprise addresses the development, optimization, and transition of manufacturing enterprise technology to key naval platform suppliers. Emphasis is on affordability for the following shipbuilding platforms: VIRGINIA Class submarine (VCS)/COLUMBIA Class submarine (CLB), DDG 51 Class destroyer, CVN 78 Class carrier, FFG 62 Class frigate, PEO IWS (in support of NAVSEA acquisition programs), and F-35 Lightening II aircraft. In addition to addressing affordability for key naval platforms, ManTech also addresses manufacturing technology to aid in capability acceleration to the fleet. Manufacturing enterprise technology areas include, but are not limited to design for easier production/design for manufacturability; development of build/assembly strategies; modeling and simulation technologies; model-based tools and approaches to optimize ease of production; intelligent manufacturing planning and factory execution; elimination of inefficiencies in design optimization, material usage, labor utilization, work flow, etc.; supply chain procedures and improvements (such as network centric manufacturing capabilities to facilitate resilient and adaptable supply chains); development of more efficient structural fabrication product lines; streamlining of outfitting operations; prediction and reduction of welding distortion; advanced automation and robotics for manufacturing; advanced data analytics, artificial intelligence and machine learning for production environments; and inspection technologies such as digital radiography and ultrasonic technologies. Energetics efforts concentrate on developing energetics solutions to ensure the availability of safe, affordable, and quality energetics products largely in support of Program Executive Office (PEO) Integrated Warfare Systems (IWS).
Budget line items(workbook-cited)
P-1/R-1 workbook Total Obligation Authority basis (USD thousands) · PB2026.
Exhibit R-1
| Account | Org | Type | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Navy | N | FY24 Actuals | $81.2M |
| Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Navy | N | FY25 Enacted | $63.1M |
| Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Navy | N | FY25 Total | $63.1M |
| Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Navy | N | FY26 Disc. Request | $63.9M |
| Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Navy | N | FY26 Total | $63.9M |
Budget Details(R-2/P-40 facts)
J-book detail basis (R-2/P-40, USD millions) · PB2026 — a different accounting basis from the P-1/R-1 workbook TOA above; where the two disagree, the reconciliation strip under Budget figures shows both.
Wider than this screen — swipe the table sideways for the remaining fiscal-year columns.
| Project | All Prior Years | FY24 Actuals | FY25 Total | FY26 Base | FY26 Request |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Program Element | $0 | $81.2M | $63.1M | $63.9M | $63.9M |
| 1050: Manufacturing Tech | $0 | $60.0M | $63.1M | $63.9M | $63.9M |
| 9999: Congressional Adds | $0 | $21.2M | $0 | $0 | $0 |
Follow the dollar
No follow-the-dollar view — none of this program's high-confidence awards records a positive obligation at any place of performance (flows cover 312 of 1,938 programs). why coverage is partial? →
Related awards
Award linkage is shown for 32 of 200 profiled companies — high- and medium-confidence USAspending matches, each row labeled; medium is the weaker evidence. why partial award coverage? →
| Recipient | PIID | Confidence |
|---|---|---|
| ACI TECHNOLOGIES, INC. | N0001416D4004 | high |
| ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY INTERNATIONAL | N0001419D7001 | high |
| ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY INTERNATIONAL | N0001421D7001 | high |
| ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY INTERNATIONAL | N0001424D7001 | high |
| THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY | N0001421D7003 | high |
Contractor concentration
No concentration index is published for this line. This line's high-confidence links do not clear the floor for a published concentration index — at least 3 awards across 2 contractor families holding positive obligations, with positive net linked dollars. An index below that floor is a fact about the sample, not about the market. Whatever further links this line carries are medium-confidence, and what each medium evidence path does and does not establish is set out in the methodology. Both bases are in the downloadable warehouse.
Lobbying mentions
No Senate LDA lobbying filing in the tracked data mentions this program element by code or alias.
Oversight
Department-level designation (not specific to this program)
GAO lists 5 high-risk areas for DOD as a whole. That designation covers the department, not Manufacturing Technology Program. No program-specific GAO finding for this line is in the ingested data. See the DOD oversight record.
Program dossier
No research dossier for this program — dossiers cover 50 of 1,938 programs, the largest fully J-book-detailed lines by FY2026 requested dollars. why no dossier here? →
Primary sources
Open any budget figure for its exact receipt. Verified line items lead with the highlighted government PDF; original spreadsheets download with their budget edition and exhibit in the filename.
Budget totals · TOA sources
FY2026 Department of Defense Budget: RDT&E Programs (R-1) · comptroller.war.gov
Exhibit R-1 · J263
Complete workbook · unchanged saved copy. Saves as PB2026_DoD_R-1_Research-Development-Test-Evaluation.xlsx.
FY2017 Department of Defense Budget: RDT&E Programs (R-1) · comptroller.war.gov
Exhibit R-1 · J232
Complete workbook · unchanged saved copy. Saves as PB2017_DoD_R-1_Research-Development-Test-Evaluation.xlsx.
FY2018 Department of Defense Budget: RDT&E Programs (R-1) · comptroller.war.gov
Exhibit R-1 · J258
Complete workbook · unchanged saved copy. Saves as PB2018_DoD_R-1_Research-Development-Test-Evaluation.xlsx.
FY2019 Department of Defense Budget: RDT&E Programs (R-1) · comptroller.war.gov
Exhibit R-1 · J261
Complete workbook · unchanged saved copy. Saves as PB2019_DoD_R-1_Research-Development-Test-Evaluation.xlsx.
FY2020 Department of Defense Budget: RDT&E Programs (R-1) · comptroller.war.gov
Exhibit R-1 · J277
Complete workbook · unchanged saved copy. Saves as PB2020_DoD_R-1_Research-Development-Test-Evaluation.xlsx.
FY2021 Department of Defense Budget: RDT&E Programs (R-1) · comptroller.war.gov
Exhibit R-1 · J289
Complete workbook · unchanged saved copy. Saves as PB2021_DoD_R-1_Research-Development-Test-Evaluation.xlsx.
FY2022 Department of Defense Budget: RDT&E Programs (R-1) · comptroller.war.gov
Exhibit R-1 · J259
Complete workbook · unchanged saved copy. Saves as PB2022_DoD_R-1_Research-Development-Test-Evaluation.xlsx.
FY2023 Department of Defense Budget: RDT&E Programs (R-1) · comptroller.war.gov
Exhibit R-1 · J250
Complete workbook · unchanged saved copy. Saves as PB2023_DoD_R-1_Research-Development-Test-Evaluation.xlsx.
FY2024 Department of Defense Budget: RDT&E Programs (R-1) · comptroller.war.gov
Exhibit R-1 · J249
Complete workbook · unchanged saved copy. Saves as PB2024_DoD_R-1_Research-Development-Test-Evaluation.xlsx.
FY2025 Department of Defense Budget: RDT&E Programs (R-1) · comptroller.war.gov
Exhibit R-1 · J250
Complete workbook · unchanged saved copy. Saves as PB2025_DoD_R-1_Research-Development-Test-Evaluation.xlsx.
Detailed budget justification
The related TOA spreadsheets above use a different accounting basis from R-2/P-40 detail. Their amounts are not assumed to match these detailed sources.