# Missile Defense System - Next: JTIFC Upgrades

**R-2A activity** of project MD01 — Command & Control, Battle Management, Communications (C2BMC)  
**Program element:** 0603896C — Ballistic Missile Defense Command and Control, Battle Management & Communication  
**Component:** Defense-Wide · **Budget Activity:** 4  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603896C/MD01/a3  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603896C/MD01

> **NEW START.** $47.0M requested in FY2027 with no prior-year and no current-year funding.

## Summary

This activity requests $47.0M in FY2027, 6.8% of project MD01 — a new start with no prior-year and no current-year money. 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.** - Advance the Integration of evolutionary JTMC-Bridge development for Missile Defense System-Next capability architectures. - Continue JTIFC acceleration efforts for Combat Identification (ID) / distributed JMAC (JTMC-B v2.0), Engagement Coordination ABMAs (JTMC Bridge v3.0) and EP (JTMC Bridge v4.0.) - Develop and approve JTMC Bridge Standard V3.0 Automated Battle Management Aid / Engagement Coordination. - Develop and approve JTMC Bridge Standard V4.0 Network Electronic Protections. - Develop JTIFC architecture capabilities for integration into Missile Defense System (JTMC Bridge Integration with C2BMC / BOA) and the LAD architectures in support of Missile Defense System-Next capabilities. Includes initial integration and testing. - Initial dJMAC software delivery and dJMAC demonstration with Advanced Threats in the LAD (Initial feature-based Combat ID integration.) - Mature prototype integration of space-based sensor data and AN/TPY-2 Forward Based radars into the LAD designs to include the initial demonstration of JTIFC LAD interface to AN/TPY-2 Forward Base Model. - Update and upgrade the JTIFC hardware-in-the-loop integration lab to support Missile Defense System-Next capability-specific rapid integration, evaluation and refinement of JTIFC capability implementations into Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps Integrated Air and Missile Defense systems with virtualized tactical code representations of those systems (included integration with the Missile Defense System and LADs.) - Develop capability and technology enhancement opportunities for Missile Defense System-Next architecture through Integration of JTIFC Architecture capabilities. - Integrate and support JTIFC testing in the Missile Defense System-Next specific testing events. - Integrate Missile Defense System-Next capabilities epoch phased architectures into Nimble Fire testing environments. - Expand the LAD Architecture with the initial fielding of the JTMC Bridge supporting cross-service kill chains.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** The Increase from FY 2026 to FY 2027 provides for the initial integration, demonstration, and fielding of JTIFC capabilities in Missile Defense System-Next architectures to include but not limited to C2BMC, BOA and LAD interface.

## Before the request year

**FY2026 plans — current year.** - No funding is requested in FY 2026.

## Funding

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 0.0 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 0.0 |
| FY2027 | Request | 47.0 |

> 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 MD01

- [C2BMC Development and Deployment](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603896C/MD01/a0) — FY2027 547.8
- [Guam Defense C2BMC](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603896C/MD01/a2) — FY2027 65.1
- C2BMC Communications — FY2027 27.1

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Office of the Secretary of Defense RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibit R-2A, PE 0603896C project MD01 (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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