# Project MC31 — Engineering Cyber Operations

**Program element:** 0603890C — BMD Enabling Programs  
**Project:** MC31  
**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/0603890C/MC31  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603890C

## Summary

Project MC31 — Engineering Cyber Operations requests $17.7M in FY2027, 1.2% of the $1.46B requested for program element 0603890C, up 2.2% on FY2026. 1 R-2A activity decomposes the request. SYSTEM HIGH is the largest named R-3 performer at $3.0M, 17% 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 | 23.7 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 17.3 |
| FY2027 | Request | 17.7 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 19.9 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 19.6 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 21.0 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 21.5 |

> Estimate types are not summed. This project is one leaf of PE 0603890C; the PE total is the sum of its projects, never added to them.

## What project MC31 buys

Engineering and Cyber Operations provides monitoring and tracking of Cybersecurity mitigations detailed in Information Technology security Plan of Action and Milestones. Activities include preparation of certification and accreditation documentation and accreditation recommendations to the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) Senior Information Assurance Officer/Certification Authority and Designated Approving Authority. Independent Verification and Validation team actions ensure the availability, integrity, authentication, confidentiality and non-repudiation of the MDA mission, test and administrative systems. Activities are necessary to comply with the Federal Information Security Management Act. Engineering and Cyber Operations implements Risk Management Framework system engineering principles as specified within the Department of Defense (DoD) Instruction DoD 8510.01 to acquire, design, test, implement and field technical solutions throughout the systems architecture to ensure sufficient protections exist from a threat and risk-based approach. MDA's goal is to ensure Cybersecurity engineering principles flow into system requirements and design specifications early to provide the most cost benefit and ensure security controls are aligned with the National Institute of Standards and Technology 800-53a security controls as applicable to systems categorized as National Security Systems. Technical Intelligence Cybersecurity provides comprehensive cybersecurity risk reduction functions and services in support of both internal and external MDA stakeholders in order to strengthen confidence in MDA systems. This effort includes working with DIB partners to ensure protection of MDA critical information, and implementation of an Agency-wide Supply Chain Risk Management program. The Trusted Workforce Security program identifies, deters, and mitigates potential insider threats. These Presidentially and Department of War (DoW) mandated efforts include a Counter-Insider Threat Program, a Personnel Security Program and a Special Security Office.

**R-3 lines of work:** Support.

## Named R-3 performers

| Performer | $M | Share of this project's FY2027 R-3 total |
|---|---|---|
| SYSTEM HIGH | 3.0 | 17% |
| NTSI | 2.9 | 17% |
| JACOBS | 2.8 | 16% |
| Mobius Consulting | 1.5 | 8.3% |

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

## Activities (R-2A) — 1

| Activity | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 | Move | Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Information Assurance / Cyber Network Defense | 23.7 | 17.3 | 17.7 | +2% | — |

> 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.

## 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/0603890C.

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Office of the Secretary of Defense RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibits R-2/R-2A/R-3, PE 0603890C project MC31 (PB PB2027).
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_program_element(pe="0603890C")`.

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