# Ballistic Missile Defense Command and Control, Battle Management & Communication — Program Element 0603896C

**Program element:** 0603896C  
**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/0603896C

## Summary

Defense-Wide funding ramps 57% to a $940.0M request in FY2027, sustained across the five-year plan. In the FY2027 defense authorization, the House funded it in full; the Senate funded it in full; House appropriators cut 2.9% (to $912.6M). Lockheed Martin leads the industry work.

## Funding profile

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 567.6 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 597.4 |
| FY2027 | Request | 940.0 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 1,348.3 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 1,241.6 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 1,264.2 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 1,194.9 |

> Estimate types are not summed — the profile mixes actuals, enacted law, the request, and outyear projections.

## Congressional marks (FY2027)

| Stage | Marked ($M) | Change ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| Request | 940.0 | — |
| House NDAA (HASC) | 940.0 | +0.0 |
| Senate NDAA (SASC) | 940.0 | +0.0 |
| House Approps (HAC-D) | 912.6 | −27.4 |

> FY2027 NDAA authorization marks, as of 2026-07-27. Not appropriations or final law.

## Projects (5)

| Project | Title | FY2025 actual | FY2026 enacted | FY2027 request | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MD01 | Command & Control, Battle Management, Communications (C2BMC) | 333.0 | 353.6 | 687.0 | +94% |
| MX01 | Command & Control, Battle Management, Communications (C2BMC) Development Support | 139.6 | 140.6 | 144.9 | +3% |
| MT01 | C2BMC Test | 56.9 | 59.7 | 63.9 | +7% |
| MD40 | Program-Wide Support | 30.0 | 35.2 | 35.9 | +2% |
| MC01 | Cyber Operations | 8.2 | 8.2 | 8.4 | +2% |

> Projects are the summable leaves: the program element total is their sum, never added to it.

### Project MD01 — Command & Control, Battle Management, Communications (C2BMC)

The funds requested in this PE provide both legacy and Global Missile Defense Capability development for the United States, its deployed forces, allies, and partners. The capabilities funded by this budget request are complementary to the architecture funded by the Golden Dome Program's separate budget request and together fulfill the President's Executive Order 14186. The President's January 27, 2025, Executive Order established a goal of protecting the U.S. citizens, safeguarding critical infrastructure, and securing second-strike capability against missile attack from any adversary. This program and budget in addition to the budget requested by the Golden Dome Program Office reflects the changes necessary to protect the U.S. against ballistic, hypersonic, cruise, and other advanced missile threats. C2BMC provides incremental development, deployment, and operational support of C2BMC capabilities required for Missile Defense System planning, situational awareness, sensor management, and engagement coordination. As the integrating element of the Missile Defense System, the C2BMC Program of Record is foundational to all future development and supports annual capability deliveries to support Missile Defense System-Next. C2BMC delivers capabilities incrementally with each software build (named as a Spiral or Capability Build), adding to or enhancing the capability of the previous build. C2BMC incremental delivery of Spiral 8.2 provides critical Homeland Defense for increased Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) battlespace, improved threat tracking using multiple sensors communicating via Link-16, enhanced sensor tasking to meet track quality and discrimination timeliness requirements, Space Domain Awareness (SDA) tasking support, and improved cyber capabilities. Enhanced Homeland Defense also integrates the Ballistic Missile Defense System Overhead Persistent Infrared (OPIR) Architecture (BOA) with the Missile Defense System to enhance system level missile-tracking capabilities through earlier cueing of radars and weapon systems.

**Named R-3 performers** (share of this project's FY2027 R-3 total, so they need not reach 100%)**:** Lockheed Martin (277.1, 40%), Northrop Grumman (30.1, 4.4%), JACOBS (27.7, 4.0%), Mobius Consulting (4.5, 0.7%).

| Activity (R-2A) | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 |
|---|---|---|---|
| C2BMC Development and Deployment | 271.1 | 289.2 | 547.8 |
| C2BMC Communications | 24.5 | 22.6 | 27.1 |
| Guam Defense C2BMC | 37.5 | 41.8 | 65.1 |
| Missile Defense System - Next: JTIFC Upgrades | 0.0 | 0.0 | 47.0 |

> R-2A activities carry the prior, current and budget year only — no five-year plan. Coverage is partial, so count them, never total them.

### Project MX01 — Command & Control, Battle Management, Communications (C2BMC) Development Support

Command and Control, Battle Management and Communications (C2BMC) Development Support provides operations engineering, integrated logistics, warfighter integration, deployment, and disposal of the current operational system and/or systems fielded in United States Strategic Command, United States Northern Command (USNORTHCOM), United States Indo-Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM), United States European Command (USEUCOM), United States Central Command (USCENTCOM), and U.S. Space Command (USSPACECOM) and the operation of the C2BMC Control Center. This activity provides continuous support of the development, deployment, sustainment of the C2BMC training systems, and updates training material to stay current with fielded capabilities.

**Named R-3 performers** (share of this project's FY2027 R-3 total, so they need not reach 100%)**:** Lockheed Martin (112.9, 78%), SONALYSTS (5.2, 3.6%), Northrop Grumman (2.1, 1.5%), MANTECH (1.7, 1.2%).

| Activity (R-2A) | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operations Engineering | 121.4 | 122.9 | 124.4 |
| Concurrent Test, Training, and Operations (CTTO) | 18.2 | 17.7 | 20.5 |

> R-2A activities carry the prior, current and budget year only — no five-year plan. Coverage is partial, so count them, never total them.

### Project MT01 — C2BMC Test

Command and Control, Battle Management and Communications (C2BMC) Test supports system flight and ground testing, wargames, and exercises as detailed in the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) Integrated Master Test Plan (IMTP) to ensure C2BMC capabilities delivered are consistent with the Prioritized Capabilities List and are interoperable with other Missile Defense System components. MDA gains efficiencies and minimizes laboratory resource requirements (footprint, personnel, and hardware) by utilizing the C2BMC Test Facility and the Persistent Infrared Testbed (PIT), formerly Overhead Persistent InfraRed Capabilities Lab (OCL), test infrastructure as the laboratory environment supporting System Test, Development, and Sustainment. For System Ground and Flight Test, the labs are used for pre-test analysis, test execution, and post-test analysis. For Development, the labs are utilized for software verification and validation testing and system integration testing. For Sustainment, the labs are used to assist with root cause determination for issues discovered on the fielded system and validation of any required software patches.

**Named R-3 performers** (share of this project's FY2027 R-3 total, so they need not reach 100%)**:** JACOBS (31.1, 49%), Northrop Grumman (16.0, 25%), Lockheed Martin (15.7, 25%).

| Activity (R-2A) | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Integrated Master Test Plan | 56.9 | 59.7 | 63.9 |

> R-2A activities carry the prior, current and budget year only — no five-year plan. Coverage is partial, so count them, never total them.

### Project MD40 — Program-Wide Support

PWS contains non-headquarters management costs in support of Missile Defense Agency (MDA) functions and activities across the entire Missile Defense System. These functions include Government Civilians and Contract Support Services. This effort provides integrity and oversight of the Missile Defense System as well as supports MDA in the development and evaluation of technologies that will respond to the changing threat. Additionally, PWS includes personnel to support global deployments performing deployment site preparation and activation, and provides facility capabilities for MDA Executing Agent locations worldwide. Other MDA wide costs include: physical and technical security; civilian drug testing; audit readiness; the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) program; legal services and settlements; travel and agency training; office, equipment, vehicle, and warehouse leases; utilities and base operations across multiple geographic locations; commercial and ancillary facility services; management of all facility aspects regardless of lifecycle stage; supplies and maintenance; compliance with statutory environmental requirements; data and unified communications support; materiel and readiness and central property management of equipment; Facilities Sustainment, Restoration and Modernization (FSRM) program (formerly Real Property Maintenance) to keep the Department's inventory of facilities in good working order; and similar operating expenses. PWS is allocated on a pro-rata basis across most Agency PEs and, therefore, fluctuates per PE by FY based on the total Agency budget in that FY.

**Named R-3 performers** (share of this project's FY2027 R-3 total, so they need not reach 100%)**:** Veterans (8.5, 24%).

| Activity (R-2A) | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Program Wide Support | 30.0 | 35.2 | 35.9 |

> R-2A activities carry the prior, current and budget year only — no five-year plan. Coverage is partial, so count them, never total them.

### Project MC01 — Cyber Operations

Command and Control, Battle Management & Communication (C2BMC) Cyber Operations sustain the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) Risk Management Framework (RMF) and Security Controls Assessments/Controls Validation Testing activities, analysis of validation results, risk assessments, and reviews of proposed Program Manager/Information System Security Manager Plan of Action and Milestones (POA&Ms) and Cybersecurity Tools for MDA C2BMC mission systems. Activities in this Project are necessary to comply with the Federal Information Systems Modernization Act.

**Named R-3 performers** (share of this project's FY2027 R-3 total, so they need not reach 100%)**:** Lockheed Martin (6.8, 81%).

| Activity (R-2A) | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Network / System Certification and Accreditation (C&A) | 8.2 | 8.2 | 8.4 |

> R-2A activities carry the prior, current and budget year only — no five-year plan. Coverage is partial, so count them, never total them.

## Where the FY2027 request goes

| Category | Share | $M |
|---|---|---|
| Industry primes | 58% | 548.2 |
| Government labs & warfare centers | 19% | 180.7 |
| Other / unspecified | 22% | 211.0 |

**Top named industry performers:** Lockheed Martin ($412.4M, 44%), JACOBS ($60.1M, 6.4%), Northrop Grumman ($48.2M, 5.1%).

> R-3 exhibit contract funding, not USAspending obligations.

## Mission & acquisition strategy

The funds requested in this PE provide both legacy and Global Missile Defense Capability development for the United States, its deployed forces, allies, and partners. The capabilities funded by this budget request are complementary to the architecture funded by the Golden Dome Program's separate budget request and together fulfill the President's Executive Order 14186. The President's January 27, 2025, Executive Order established a goal of protecting the U.S. citizens, safeguarding critical infrastructure, and securing second-strike capability against missile attack from any adversary.

A sole source C2BMC contract to Lockheed Martin was awarded 1st quarter FY 2012. The current ordering period is through 4th quarter FY 2026. Major team members to Lockheed are Northrop Grumman, Boeing, Raytheon, and General Dynamics. They are charged with the systems engineering, M&S, development, testing, fielding, and cybersecurity development support of the C2BMC system. The sole source C2BMC Follow-on contract was awarded in 3rd quarter FY 2024 to continue support of the C2BMC system. Additionally, other government agencies provide support to include DISA for C2BMC worldwide long-haul communications and various performers for M&S and independent verification and validation.

## Related program elements

- [0603891C — Special Programs - MDA](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603891C) (Defense-Wide)
- [0604010F — Next Generation Adaptive Propulsion (NGAP)](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604010F) (Air Force)
- [0603884C — Ballistic Missile Defense Sensors](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603884C) (Defense-Wide)
- [0604329N — Small Diameter Bomb (SDB)](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604329N) (Navy)

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Office of the Secretary of Defense RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibits R-2/R-3, PE 0603896C (PB PB2027); FY2027 NDAA committee marks (as of 2026-07-27).
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_program_element(pe="0603896C")`.

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