# Requirements and Design

**R-2A activity** of project MD24 — System Engineering & Integration  
**Program element:** 0603890C — BMD Enabling Programs  
**Component:** Defense-Wide · **Budget Activity:** 4  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603890C/MD24/a0  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603890C/MD24

## Summary

This activity requests $70.7M in FY2027, 27% of project MD24, up 26% 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.** - Plan and execute Digital Transformation; automate the architecture development lifecycle and systems engineering process leveraging digital tools, cybersecurity, and artificial intelligence/machine learning (AI/ML). - Model engineering processes using model based systems engineering (MBSE); begin integration into the Government Reference Architecture. - Establish a single source of truth through integrated baseline models and automated workflows, reducing rework and accelerating decision-making.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** Increase from FY 2026 to FY 2027 provides for implementation of digital engineering strategies, modernizing the systems engineering processes to drive significant cost and schedule efficiencies.

## Before the request year

**FY2026 plans — current year.** Congressional Add: Digital Engineering Execution Program ($5.000 million): - Conduct planning for digital transformation of architecture and systems engineering processes.

## Funding

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 53.0 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 56.0 |
| FY2027 | Request | 70.7 |

> 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.

## Other activities in project MD24

- [Missile Defense System - Next: Engineering Support and M&S](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603890C/MD24/a8) — FY2027 76.0
- [Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD)](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603890C/MD24/a1) — FY2027 40.9
- System-Level Verification and Assessment — FY2027 39.1
- [Future Concepts and Planning](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603890C/MD24/a4) — FY2027 20.3
- System Engineering, Engineering Analysis and Quick Response Team — FY2027 12.3
- Discrimination — FY2027 4.6
- Manufacturing and Producibility — FY2027 1.3
- Knowledge Centers — FY2027 0.0

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Office of the Secretary of Defense RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibit R-2A, PE 0603890C project MD24 (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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