What project MT23 buys
The Enabling Test project includes Missile Defense System test planning, execution, and post-test analysis and assessment, and the Modeling & Simulation (M&S) tools and framework required to prepare for and execute ground and flight tests. This includes test design, target requirement definition, and collaboration with the Service Operational Test Agencies (OTA) to incorporate operational test requirements into Missile Defense System events. This ensures Missile Defense System tests collect essential System data and confirm proper System operation. It also provides data to anchor system and element models and simulations for use in simulations to characterize System performance across the battle space, including areas where no live-fire-testing is performed. Resources for the planning, design, execution and management of this testing are provided in accordance with the most current version of the Integrated Master Test Plan (IMTP).
- Support
- Test and Evaluation
Project MT23 funding, FY2025–FY2031
Prior years are actuals, the budget year is the request, and the outyears are the FYDP plan. Estimate types are colored and never summed into one figure. Projects carry the full five-year plan; the activities inside them stop at the budget year.
| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 46.7 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 40.8 |
| FY2027 | Request | 48.8 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 49.8 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 50.8 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 51.0 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 51.0 |
1 accomplishment / planned program
The R-2A exhibit — the only level of the budget that describes work that has not happened yet. Activities carry the prior, current and budget year only, no five-year plan. Coverage is partial across the corpus, so count activities, never total them.
FY2026 to FY2027 change Increase from FY 2026 to FY 2027 is aligned with the approved MDA IMTP.
Named performers on project MT23
Performers named in the R-3 exhibit under this project. Share is of the project's whole FY2027 R-3 total — the same denominator the program-element split uses, so the two read on one scale and will not sum to 100% when unnamed or government work is in the mix. Budget-justification contract funding, not obligations.