What project MD09 buys
Aegis Based Defense continues the development of a Sea-Based BMD capability in support of the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) mission to protect the homeland, deployed forces, friends and allies from ballistic missile threats of all ranges and in all stages of flight. - Aegis BMD Technology Design and Insertion: Aegis BMD Technology Design and Insertion enable cross-baseline specification management and capability assessments to ensure consistent application of technical standards, processes, and procedures across the Aegis BMD program. Aegis BMD specific efforts include systems engineering and architecture (process and execution); Modeling and Simulation (M&S); Ship integration; and Quality, safety, and mission assurance. - Aegis BL (BMD) Development Efforts: (1) Aegis BMD 4.X Development: Aegis BL 5.4.1 (BMD 4.2) is a joint effort with the U.S. Navy that refurbishes existing ship Army Navy/Transportable Radar Surveillance and Control-1 (AN/SPY-1) radar arrays with the installation of antenna Low Noise Amplifiers (LNAs). As a result of cost growth and schedule delay, MDA and Navy jointly realigned the LNA program to include hardware and software upgrades with no LNA hardware procurements. The restructured program referred to as BMD 4.1.3, spiral capability for the non-LNA upgrades that began in FY 2024 to include Sea Based Terminal Increment (SBT) 2 Capability Upgrade, Hypersonic Tracking and Reporting, Mission Planner Console update, and Threat Database re-architecture. This capability began delivering to 21 Flight I/II Guided Missile Destroyer (DDG) ships in FY 2025. (2) Aegis BMD 5.X Development: Aegis BL 9 (BMD 5.1.5 and 5.2 (previously BMD 5.1.6)) software spiral aligns with U.S. Navy Aegis BL 9 Capability Package (CP) 2024 and Aegis BL 9.C3. The software spiral provides enhanced detection, track, report, and defeat capabilities of additional medium, intermediate, and long-range threats with increasingly complex engagement scenes and increased raid sizes. Through a series of unique Capability Insertion Packages, BMD 5.X capability spirals provide continuous software updates to the original BMD 5.1.0 5 architecture to incorporate emerging Missile Defense System capabilities, Warfighter improvements, SM-3 software updates, PAC-3 missile integration with system performance enhancements and improved Weapon System performance necessary to pace the threat.
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Project MD09 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 | 385.9 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 360.1 |
| FY2027 | Request | 584.5 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 512.0 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 430.8 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 407.8 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 340.6 |
9 accomplishments / planned programs
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. 4 of them describe FY2027 work in enough detail to have their own page; the rest are shown here in full. Coverage is partial across the corpus, so count activities, never total them.
- Complete integration of Cooperative Engagement Capability into AGS BL to support Joint Integrated Fires Control architecture. - Complete AGS EOC BL Development to enable Combat System Certification in support of the Department's PDI investments in the Indo-Pacific region and the Guam Defense System Joint Program Office Increment 1…
Read the FY2027 plan →Deliver BL 10.0.1 (BMD 6.0.1): - Finalize development and conduct Navy Combat System Certification Panel for Aegis BL 10.0.1 (BMD 6.0.1). - Support FTM-42 and operational test for Initial Operational Capability (IOC) and Operational Capacity List (OCL) determination. Continue Aegis BL 10.1 (BMD 6.1) software development incorporating SBT…
Read the FY2027 plan →- Conduct future concept feasibility analysis aligned to real world event (RWE) observations to increase alignment and delivery of capability addressing warfighter needs in support of all planned defense missions and improve process for Service (e.g. U.S. Navy) collaboration. - Develop a capability using artificial intelligence…
Read the FY2027 plan →- Deliver BMD 5.2.2 (Aegis BL 9.C3.2). - Commence 5.2.3 (Aegis BL BL9.C3.3), which includes close-range ballistic missile defense improvements to include updates to the Mission Planner. - Commence PAC-3 integration with BMD 5.2.4 (Aegis BL 9.C3.4), which includes system performance enhancements with close-range ballistic missiles…
Read the FY2027 plan →The exhibit describes this work once, for project MD09 as a whole, rather than per activity. Read the project justification →
The exhibit describes this work once, for project MD09 as a whole, rather than per activity. Read the project justification →
The exhibit describes this work once, for project MD09 as a whole, rather than per activity. Read the project justification →
FY2027 planned work - Commence RF Link Security Improvements between Aegis BL10 (BMD 6.1) Weapon System and SM-3 Block IIA to enhance missile-to-ship communications.
FY2026 to FY2027 change Increase from FY 2026 to FY 2027 provides the commencement of SM-3 Block IIA RF link missile enhancement within the BL10 (BMD 6.1) Weapon System.
FY2026 plans — current year No funding is requested in FY 2026.
FY2027 planned work - No funding is requested in FY 2027.
FY2026 to FY2027 change Decrease from FY 2026 to FY 2027 reflects the completion of BMD 4.1.3.
FY2026 plans — current year - Achieve OCL approval for BMD 4.1.3.
Named performers on project MD09
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.