# Project MC08 — Cyber Operations

**Program element:** 0603882C — Ballistic Missile Defense Midcourse Defense Segment  
**Project:** MC08  
**Component:** Defense-Wide  
**Appropriation:** 0400 — RDT&E, Defense-Wide  
**Budget Activity:** 4 — Advanced Component Development & Prototypes  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603882C/MC08  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603882C

## Summary

Project MC08 — Cyber Operations requests $67.1M in FY2027, 4.9% of the $1.36B requested for program element 0603882C, up 158% on FY2026. 2 R-2A activities decompose the request. Northrop Grumman is the largest named R-3 performer at $46.1M, 69% of the project's FY2027 R-3 total.

**Markets:** Cyber, C2 & Networks (programs) — matched on the project title only, and no market size is quoted.

## Funding profile

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 22.5 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 26.0 |
| FY2027 | Request | 67.1 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 52.8 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 24.9 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 25.4 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 82.9 |

> Estimate types are not summed. This project is one leaf of PE 0603882C; the PE total is the sum of its projects, never added to them.

## What project MC08 buys

The GMD Cyber Operations project provides cybersecurity and cyber resiliency to maintain and operate all mission and mission support systems. The GMD systems must maintain Network and System Certification and Accreditation for operation on all GMD networks and nodes. Cybersecurity and Cyber Resiliency efforts harden the GMD system against a cyber-attack and reduces system vulnerabilities. The strategy implements cybersecurity and cyber resiliency systems throughout the lifecycle to flow requirements to the Ground Based Interceptor, Next Generation Interceptor, and GMD Weapon System to influence system development. In addition, Cybersecurity and Cyber Resiliency efforts include developmental cyber testing and assessments to reduce cyber vulnerabilities prior to fielding.

**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 | 46.1 | 69% |
| Boeing | 7.5 | 11% |
| Booz Allen | 1.8 | 2.6% |
| JACOBS | 1.4 | 2.1% |

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

## Activities (R-2A) — 2

| Activity | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 | Move | Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cyber Security and Cyber Resiliency | 14.0 | 13.9 | 55.8 | +301% | — |
| Network / System Certification and Accreditation (C&A) | 8.5 | 12.1 | 11.3 | −7% | — |

> 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.

### Cyber Security and Cyber Resiliency

**FY2027 planned work.** - Provide hardware tech refresh, training, and management to ensure protection of Ground-Based Midcourse Defense (GMD) networks and Department of War (DoW) system compliance.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** - Increase from FY 2026 to FY 2027 provides for support of hardware tech refresh, training, and management.

## 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/0603882C.

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Office of the Secretary of Defense RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibits R-2/R-2A/R-3, PE 0603882C project MC08 (PB PB2027).
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_program_element(pe="0603882C")`.

*HitchAI is an independent intelligence service, not affiliated with the U.S. Department of Defense. Budget figures are requests/estimates, not obligations.*