# MALE Mission Systems Payload Support

**R-2A activity** of project 3448 — Marine Group 5 UAS Development  
**Program element:** 0603128N — Unmanned Aerial System  
**Component:** U.S. Navy · **Budget Activity:** 4  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603128N/3448/a1  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603128N

## Summary

This activity requests $12.5M in FY2027, 35% of project 3448, up 3.7% on FY2026. The R-2A exhibit describes it across FY2026–FY2027, including what the FY2027 money is planned to buy.

## What the FY2027 request buys

**FY2027 planned work.** FY 2027 will continue program, engineering, logistics and test support for MQ-9A capability and payload development, design work, technical requirements refinement and full integration of sensors into the system.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** FY 2027 increase of $.451 million is due to additional programmatic, engineering and logistics support required for the advancement of the Primary Development (Hardware/Software) of the MDA material solutions and the increase in Payload Capability Development.

## Before the request year

**FY2026 plans — current year.** Program, engineering, logistics and test support for MQ-9A capability and payload development, design work, technical requirements refinement and full integration of sensors into the system.

## Funding

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 20.5 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 12.1 |
| FY2027 | Request | 12.5 |

> 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.

## Other activities in project 3448

- [MALE Primary Hardware/Software Development/Integration](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603128N/3448/a0) — FY2027 19.1
- MALE Developmental and Operational Test — FY2027 4.1

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Navy RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibit R-2A, PE 0603128N project 3448 (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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