# Missile Defense System M&S

**R-2A activity** of project MD31 — Modeling & Simulation  
**Program element:** 0603890C — BMD Enabling Programs  
**Component:** Defense-Wide · **Budget Activity:** 4  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603890C/MD31/a2  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603890C/MD31

## Summary

This activity requests $113.2M in FY2027, 81% of project MD31, up 239% on FY2026. The R-2A exhibit describes it across FY2027, including what the FY2027 money is planned to buy.

## What the FY2027 request buys

**FY2027 planned work.** - Define and begin implementation of governance required to develop, employ and sustain the cloud-based Digital M&S capability. - Establish initial digital framework and simulation environment capability as a baseline for performance assessment. - Begin refactoring legacy Frameworks, Core Truth Models and element M&S representations into micro-service structured and containerized capabilities in the Cloud environment. - Initiate development of Element models/representations for inclusion in the cloud-based M&S Enterprise Simulation. - Initiate modifications of threat modeling capabilities in support of future missile defense architectures in the Cloud. - Initiate development and begin integration of M&S framework, representations of new architecture participants, and Core Truth Models required for software integration, test and assessment in the Cloud. - Initiate development and begin implementation of Data Management, Analysis Support, configuration management, and run-execution applications to enable Digital M&S capabilities in the Cloud. - Conduct initial integration and test events in the Cloud to support missile defense capability deliveries and verify the performance of the initial Digital M&S capability.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** Increase from FY 2026 to FY 2027 provides for development of a cloud-based Digital M&S capability to support rapid development, integration, test, and assessment of complex future missile defense architectures.

## Funding

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 31.5 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 33.4 |
| FY2027 | Request | 113.2 |

> 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 MD31

- M&S Improvements — FY2027 15.6
- M&S Requirements, Design Support, Scenario Optimization — FY2027 11.4

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Office of the Secretary of Defense RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibit R-2A, PE 0603890C project MD31 (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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