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Submarine Batteries
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 | $31.2M |
| FY25 | $30.5M |
| FY26 | $28.2M |
All series figures: P-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 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 | FY26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Actuals | $21.8M | $24.1M | $31.2M | ||
| Enacted | – | $24.1M | $28.2M | $30.5M | |
| Request | – | – | $28.2M | $30.5M | $28.2M |
blank = series not published for this year; – = absent from that edition.
Asked vs spent: the PB2024 book requested $28.2M for FY2024; the PB2026 book reported $31.2M as actual total obligation authority — $2.98M above the request. 31.2 − 28.2 = 3.0 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
Description — Submarine Batteries
This program procures replacement of Valve Regulated Lead Acid (VRLA) batteries for all classes of submarines (LOS ANGELES, SEAWOLF, OHIO SSBN/SSGNs and VIRGINIA) as well as funds and manages the production engineering efforts for the In-Service Engineering Agent (ISEA) at NSWC Crane. FY 2026 funding supports the procurement of replacement Valve Regulated Lead Acid (VRLA) batteries for LOS ANGELES (5); OHIO (4); SEAWOLF (1); VIRGINIA (11); VA VRLA installation tray (1) and associated production engineering. Submarines utilize a Main Storage Battery that provides an immediately available source of backup power that is vital to maintaining ship and reactor plant safety. Submarines with insufficient battery capacity cannot deploy, use the reactor, or operate at-sea. Batteries have a finite life and are consumables; periodic replacements of the battery are incorporated into the maintenance plan for all submarines and are scheduled to minimize the impact to submarine force operational availability. The present geopolitical environment has necessitated Combatant Commanders placing high demands on the submarine force for strategic deterrence, force protection and especially sensitive ISR (Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance) missions. The procurement and maintaining of submarine batteries is a pillar that keeps the fleet ready to meet operational commitments. Yearly battery procurement costs are based on fixed, per-cell costs defined by a multi-year Firm Fixed Price contract in effect from FY23-FY28. The quantity of cells required and mix of cell types varies yearly as a function of fleet requirements; consequently, overall battery procurement cost varies despite fixed baseline cell pricing. HM002, HM008, HM009, and HM010 reflect the battery procurement quantities and costs for LOS ANGELES, OHIO, SEAWOLF, and VIRGINIA class submarines respectively. Yearly procurement quantities are projected from the expected average service life of historical batteries. Funding supports procurement the average replacement requirement of 20 battery ship sets each year, though individual yearly quantity varies based on fleet operational requirements. The budget lines also procure battery installation tray sets that are required for all installed batteries. Tray sets are procured during conversion and new construction but must be removed, inspected, and reinstalled during shipboard battery replacement. Procurement of additional shipsets greatly improves battery replacement logistics, enabling schedule flexibility and quick adaption to fleet timelines. HM830 Production Engineering funds Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Crane as the Acquisition Engineering Agent (AEA) and In-Service Engineering Agent (ISEA). NSWC Crane is responsible for leading a Government & Industry Root Cause Analysis Team to identify and address battery performance issues, provide corrective actions to operational submarines regarding batteries, and conducting qualification testing of delivered VRLA batteries. NSWC Crane's analyses supports improvements to design and operating procedures aimed at increased battery life, reliability, and predictability. Funding provided to Puget Sound and Portsmouth Naval Shipyards includes responsibilities for the VRLA battery inventory management, maintenance, and storage.
Justification
Justification — Submarine Batteries
FY 2026 funding supports the procurement of replacement Valve Regulated Lead Acid (VRLA) batteries for LOS ANGELES (5); OHIO (4); SEAWOLF (1); VIRGINIA (11); VA VRLA installation tray (1) and associated production engineering. The FY 2026 request was reduced by $2.967 million for Advisory and Assistance Services to promote efficiencies and advance the policies of the Administration in alignment with Executive Order 14222, "Implementing the President's Department of Government Efficiency Cost Efficiency Initiative."
Budget line items(workbook-cited)
P-1/R-1 workbook Total Obligation Authority basis (USD thousands) · PB2026.
Exhibit P-1
| Account | Org | Type | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Other Procurement, Navy | N | FY24 Actuals | $31.2M |
| Other Procurement, Navy | N | FY25 Enacted | $30.5M |
| Other Procurement, Navy | N | FY26 Disc. Request | $28.2M |
| Other Procurement, Navy | N | FY26 Total | $28.2M |
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 | $194.3M | $31.2M | $30.5M | $28.2M | $28.2M |
Follow the dollar
No follow-the-dollar view — this program's awards haven't been crosswalked at high confidence (flows cover 312 of 1,938 programs). why coverage is partial? →
Awards
No awards are linked to this program element at high or medium confidence — the budget→award crosswalk only asserts links it can defend, and this line has none yet.
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 Submarine Batteries. 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: Procurement Programs (P-1) · comptroller.war.gov
Exhibit P-1 · O637
Complete workbook · unchanged saved copy. Saves as PB2026_DoD_P-1_Procurement.xlsx.
FY2024 Department of Defense Budget: Procurement Programs (P-1) · comptroller.war.gov
Exhibit P-1 · O622
Complete workbook · unchanged saved copy. Saves as PB2024_DoD_P-1_Procurement.xlsx.
FY2025 Department of Defense Budget: Procurement Programs (P-1) · comptroller.war.gov
Exhibit P-1 · O650
Complete workbook · unchanged saved copy. Saves as PB2025_DoD_P-1_Procurement.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.