# Missile Defense and Defeat Enhancement

**R-2A activity** of project CY50M1 — Missile Defense and Defeat Environment  
**Program element:** 0306250JCY — Cyber Operations Technology Support  
**Component:** Defense-Wide · **Budget Activity:** 7  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0306250JCY/CY50M1/a0  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0306250JCY/CY50M1

## Summary

This activity requests $41.7M in FY2027, 100% of project CY50M1, up 13% on FY2026. The R-2A exhibit describes it across FY2025–FY2027, including what the FY2027 money is planned to buy.

## What the FY2027 request buys

**FY2027 planned work.** $41.686M in FY 2027 funding supports program re‑scoping initiated in 2nd Quarter FY 2025 to address multiple new AORs. Funding focuses on enhancing existing MDDE capabilities to make them more AOR‑agnostic, increasing operational flexibility and maximizing return on investment. Key FY 2027 Efforts: • Deliver MDDE‑1 and MDDE‑3 into new operational platforms by 1st Quarter, expanding the operational utility of validated capabilities. • Deliver a new effects capability (MDDE‑9) to provide additional non‑kinetic options against adversary missile‑related systems. • Expand MDDE‑5 into a new AOR (MDDE‑10) to increase geographic and functional applicability. • Continue execution of the MDDE development pipeline to maintain alignment with USCYBERCOM and Department of War mission imperatives and ensure responsiveness to evolving threat conditions.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** The $4.897M increase supports required enhancements to existing MDDE capabilities to align with USSOCOM priorities and covers inflationary adjustments. This funding preserves development momentum across multiple AORs and ensures continued delivery of operationally relevant non‑kinetic capabilities.

## Before the request year

**FY2026 plans — current year.** $36.789M in funding will support continued advancement of the MDDE development pipeline, maturing non‑kinetic capabilities that directly support USCYBERCOM and Department of War mission imperatives. These investments expand the applicability of MDDE tools and strategies across additional Areas of Responsibility (AORs) as directed, while delivering new operational capabilities aligned with validated opportunities and evolving threat conditions. Key FY 2026 efforts include: • Completion of full mission profile and operational testing for a maritime delivery platform (MDDE 4) to validate its ability to deliver non kinetic effects in contested maritime environments. • Completion of a capability to deny adversary use of critical components (MDDE 5), providing precise, scalable non kinetic options to degrade adversary missile related infrastructure. • Delivery of iterative improvements to a robust platform (MDDE 6) to reduce operational risk and expand geographic applicability across multiple AORs. • Completion of a field assessment in partnership with the U.S. Department of Energy (MDDE 3) to validate operational feasibility and inform integration into Joint Force planning. • Completion of a capability to frustrate deployment of adversary systems (MDDE 7), imposing operational friction and delaying adversary force projection timelines. FY 2026 funding also supports quick‑reaction capability development to meet emerging Department of War priorities and rapidly address evolving threat environments.

**FY2025 accomplishments.** FY 2025 funding will facilitate continued execution of the development pipeline of capabilities, further identifying appropriate mechanisms to support USCYBERCOM and DoD goals and mission imperatives. MDDE will deliver additional non-kinetic capabilities in accordance with identified opportunities and mission goals. MDDE will expand applicability of strategy and tools to support additional AORs as needed and directed. Key efforts include continued development of a mission-ready platform in a production environment that enables full-spectrum cyber operations (MDDE4), adverse effects leveraging platforms for delivery (MDDE5 and MDDE9), a capability to deny adversary use of components (MDDE6), an indication and warning capability designed for deployment in theater (MDDE7), capabilities to frustrate use of adversary communication systems (MDDE8 and MDDE10), iterative improvements to a robust platform to reduce operational risk and improve geographic scope of use (MDDE11), a prototype capability to deny adversary freedom of movement (MDDE12), and a feasibility study to expand MDDE3 into a new AOR (MDDE13). FY 2025 will include the completion of 6 unique efforts (reference MDDE4 through MDDE10 in the schedule below). These efforts respond to vulnerability analysis-identified opportunities.

## Funding

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 42.7 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 36.8 |
| FY2027 | Request | 41.7 |

> Prior, current and budget year only — an R-2A activity carries no five-year plan. It sums exactly into its project in the request year and not necessarily in any other.

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Office of the Secretary of Defense RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibit R-2A, PE 0306250JCY project CY50M1 (PB PB2027). Narrative is the government's own text.
- **No marks, no contractors at this grain** — congressional marks land on the program element and R-3 performers on the project.
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_activity`.

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