# Project 2189 — AARGM ER

**Program element:** 0205601N — Anti-radiation Missile Improvement  
**Project:** 2189  
**Component:** U.S. Navy  
**Appropriation:** 1319 — RDT&E, Navy  
**Budget Activity:** 7 — Operational System Development  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0205601N/2189  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0205601N

## Summary

Project 2189 — AARGM ER requests $72.0M in FY2027, 89% of the $80.5M requested for program element 0205601N, up 180% on FY2026. 4 R-2A activities decompose the request. Northrop Grumman is the largest named R-3 performer at $34.1M, 47% of the project's FY2027 R-3 total.

## Funding profile

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 16.7 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 25.7 |
| FY2027 | Request | 72.0 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 36.6 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 24.1 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 11.0 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 11.2 |

> Estimate types are not summed. This project is one leaf of PE 0205601N; the PE total is the sum of its projects, never added to them.

## What project 2189 buys

The Air-to-Ground (AGM)-88G AARGM-ER Upgrade was a new start in FY 2016. The purpose of this effort is to develop hardware and software modifications to improve the Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile (AARGM)'s operational capabilities, including extended range, survivability and effectiveness against complex, new, and emerging threats. This budget line item funds a new rocket motor design, system development and integration, test asset procurement, testing, correction of deficiencies, and associated software updates for the AARGM-ER to ensure these capabilities perform in accordance with established requirements. AARGM-ER retains the same guidance and sensor capabilities of the AARGM. The AARGM-ER program is part of the Navy's approach to address advanced threat capabilities in the Anti-Access/Area-Denial (A2/AD) environment. Solutions enable individual system capabilities to be leveraged across an effects chain, placing the full spectrum of tactical capability in the hands of the warfighter. Solutions that push engagement distances beyond the launch platform's radar horizon and allows the U.S. Navy to operate in, and control, contested battle space in littoral waters and A2/AD environments are increasingly critical as more scenarios require compressed and coordinated fire control timelines.

**R-3 lines of work:** Product Development; Support; Test and Evaluation; Management Services.

## Named R-3 performers

| Performer | $M | Share of this project's FY2027 R-3 total |
|---|---|---|
| Northrop Grumman | 34.1 | 47% |
| NAWCWD | 23.7 | 33% |
| NAWCAD | 6.2 | 8.6% |
| WSMR | 2.1 | 2.9% |

> Budget-justification contract funding, not obligations. Shares need not reach 100% — unnamed and government work is in the denominator.

## Activities (R-2A) — 4

| Activity | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 | Move | Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AARGM ER Development | 16.4 | 19.0 | 67.8 | +257% | [a0](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0205601N/2189/a0) |
| Classified | 0.0 | 5.1 | 2.6 | −49% | — |
| Next Generation Naval Mission Planning System (NGNMPS) | 0.0 | 1.2 | 1.3 | +3% | — |
| Virtual Store | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | +0% | — |

> Activities carry the prior, current and budget year only — no five-year plan. In the request year they partition this project exactly; in earlier years they can under-cover it.

### AARGM ER Development

FY 2027 activities include continuation of EMD efforts (completion of the integration and test of the M-Code/Guidance Processor redesign; addition of two GP Redesign Software DT/IT Live Fire Flight Test Events; additional procurement of test assets; F-35 UAI development effort; F-35 integration effort; NOMS integration; initial Stations…

Full year-by-year narrative: https://hitchintel.com/programs/0205601N/2189/a0

### Classified

**FY2027 planned work.** Classified - Details held at a higher classification.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** Classified - Details held at a higher classification.

**FY2026 plans — current year.** Classified - Details held at a higher classification.

### Next Generation Naval Mission Planning System (NGNMPS)

**FY2027 planned work.** FY 2027 activities will include continuation of the integration, including modeling and test, of the AARGM-ER component into the Next Generation Naval Mission Planning System.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** FY 2026 to FY 2027 increased due to inflation.

**FY2026 plans — current year.** FY 2026 activities will include continuation of the integration, including modeling and test, of the AARGM-ER component into the Next Generation Naval Mission Planning System.

### Virtual Store

**FY2027 planned work.** FY 2027 activities will include continuation of the Virtual Stores capability development after aircraft software integration testing has finalized and technical training manuals have been updated. Planning efforts for test in FY28 will also be required.

**FY2026 plans — current year.** FY 2026 activities will include continuation of the Virtual Stores capability development after aircraft software integration testing has finalized and technical training manuals have been updated.

## What is NOT on this page

Congressional marks, the R-2 mission description and acquisition strategy, the industry vs government split of the whole request, and related program elements are recorded at **program-element** grain — an NDAA mark lands on a PE, never on a project. They are at https://hitchintel.com/programs/0205601N.

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Navy RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibits R-2/R-2A/R-3, PE 0205601N project 2189 (PB PB2027).
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_program_element(pe="0205601N")`.

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