# Element Engineering

**R-2A activity** of project MD08 — Ground Based Midcourse  
**Program element:** 0603882C — Ballistic Missile Defense Midcourse Defense Segment  
**Component:** Defense-Wide · **Budget Activity:** 4  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603882C/MD08/a5  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603882C/MD08

## Summary

This activity requests $303.4M in FY2027, 24% of project MD08, up 52% 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.** - Execute GMD Element testing and performance analysis in support of mixed fleet operations. - Update developmental lab infrastructure incorporating future capabilities.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** Increase from FY 2026 to FY 2027 provides for increased lab hardware required for modeling, simulation, integration testing, discrimination support, and lab infrastructure for mixed fleet testing.

## Before the request year

**FY2026 plans — current year.** - Execute test analyses. - Update developmental lab infrastructure incorporating future capabilities. - Execute risk reduction testing and analysis.

## Funding

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 0.0 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 199.7 |
| FY2027 | Request | 303.4 |

> 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 MD08

- [Ground Systems & Fire Control](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603882C/MD08/a1) — FY2027 778.5
- Program Operations — FY2027 91.7
- Interceptor Fleet Management — FY2027 69.2
- Ground Based Interceptor — FY2027 0.0
- Systems Engineering and Program Management — FY2027 0.0
- GMD Weapon System/GBI Service Life Extension Program (SLEP) — FY2027 0.0

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Office of the Secretary of Defense RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibit R-2A, PE 0603882C project MD08 (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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