# Ballistic Missile Defense Joint Warfighter Support — Program Element 0603898C

**Program element:** 0603898C  
**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/0603898C

## Summary

Defense-Wide requests $50.4M 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 5.5% (to $47.7M). MP SOLUTIONS leads the industry work.

## Funding profile

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 49.2 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 45.5 |
| FY2027 | Request | 50.4 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 49.1 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 50.5 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 52.2 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 52.5 |

> 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 | 50.4 | — |
| House NDAA (HASC) | 50.4 | +0.0 |
| Senate NDAA (SASC) | 50.4 | +0.0 |
| House Approps (HAC-D) | 47.7 | −2.8 |

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

## Projects (4)

| Project | Title | FY2025 actual | FY2026 enacted | FY2027 request | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MT03 | Joint Warfighter Support Test | 25.0 | 23.8 | 25.4 | +7% |
| MD03 | Joint Warfighter Support | 21.5 | 20.0 | 22.9 | +15% |
| MD40 | Program-Wide Support | 2.6 | 1.6 | 1.9 | +21% |
| MC03 | Cyber Operations | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | +5% |

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

### Project MT03 — Joint Warfighter Support Test

Joint Warfighter Support Test provides support to Missile Defense System Wargames and Exercises. Wargames and Exercises: - Support the Warfighter to plan and conduct worldwide Wargames and Exercises supporting Missile Defense System development and fielding. - Enable the Warfighter to define, test, deploy, and employ new missile defense capabilities. - Support Joint Functional Component Commander (JFCC) for Integrated Missile Defense (IMD) Missile Defense System Table Top Exercises (TTX) to facilitate the global missile defense capability and to refine the European capability concept of operations through low-fidelity demonstration Models & Simulation (M&S). - Continue test planning for Wargames and Exercises.

**Named R-3 performers** (share of this project's FY2027 R-3 total, so they need not reach 100%)**:** MP SOLUTIONS (10.7, 42%), JACOBS (5.4, 21%), Marzen (4.6, 18%), Northrop Grumman (0.5, 2.0%).

| Activity (R-2A) | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wargames and Exercises | 20.7 | 20.2 | 22.1 |
| Program, Planning and Operations | 4.3 | 3.6 | 3.3 |

> 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 MD03 — Joint Warfighter Support

There are seven primary functions in Joint Warfighter Support (MD03): (1) Missile Defense Operations Support. (2) Combatant Command Integration. (3) Military Service Integration. (4) Operational Missile Defense System Verification and Validation. (5) Warfighter Training and Education Support. (6) Joint Staff Integration. (7) Reserve Integration. Detailed descriptions and accomplishments are provided in section B. Accomplishments/Planned Program.

**Named R-3 performers** (share of this project's FY2027 R-3 total, so they need not reach 100%)**:** Northrop Grumman (4.8, 21%), STRATEGIC ALLIANCE SOLUTIONS (4.0, 17%), JACOBS (2.5, 11%), Palantir (1.3, 5.7%).

| Activity (R-2A) | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Strategic Warfighter Integration | 21.5 | 20.0 | 22.9 |

> 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%)**:** HUNTSVILLE REHABILITATION FOUNDATION (1.2, 63%).

| Activity (R-2A) | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Program Wide Support | 2.6 | 1.6 | 1.9 |

> 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 MC03 — Cyber Operations

This program verifies and validates that cybersecurity and/or cybersecurity-enabled products (firewalls, data/network encryption devices, routers, Intrusion Detection Systems, etc.) used within the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) infrastructure have a current and Evaluated Assurance Level (EAL) certification and rating. They assure that validated information technology (IT) products are listed on the Department of War (DoW) Approved Products List Integrated Tracking System (APLITS). There is an additional requirement to routinely identify findings and prepare a report with recommendations. This support is required in the IT product evaluation. Activities in the Project are necessary to comply with the Federal Information Systems Modernization Act of 2014.

**Named R-3 performers** (share of this project's FY2027 R-3 total, so they need not reach 100%)**:** Decisive Analytics (0.2, 100%).

| Activity (R-2A) | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Strategic Warfighter Integration Software Assurance Support | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 |

> 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 | 70% | 35.2 |
| Government labs & warfare centers | 23% | 11.4 |
| Other / unspecified | 7.6% | 3.8 |

**Top named industry performers:** MP SOLUTIONS ($10.7M, 21%), JACOBS ($7.9M, 16%), Northrop Grumman ($5.3M, 11%), Marzen ($4.6M, 9.2%), STRATEGIC ALLIANCE SOLUTIONS ($4.0M, 7.9%).

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

## Mission & acquisition strategy

The Joint Warfighter Support Program (JWSP) is the Missile Defense Agency's (MDA's) primary means for providing direct technical support to Combatant Commands (CCMDs), the Military Services, and the Joint Staff on Missile Defense System development, testing, operational support of CCMD Operational Plans (OPLANs), and configuration management. The JWSP performs Force Development functions which enables delivery of Missile Defense System capabilities to Warfighters and ensures their participation in the identification and development of new Missile Defense (MD) capabilities.

The Integrated Research and Development for Enterprise Solutions (IRES) Contract and the Specialized Warfighter Development Contract are the major performing integrated contracts. The acquisition strategy for Strategic Warfighter Integration mission execution is to employ a contract to perform designated integration and sustainment tasks to conduct Missile Defense System RDT&E. Strategic Warfighter Integration is operated by Missile Defense (MD) subject matter experts (SMEs) composed of Government, military, civilian personnel, Contract Support Services, and major defense contractors.

## Related program elements

- [0603904C — Missile Defense Integration and Operations Center (MDIOC)](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603904C) (Defense-Wide)
- [0302019K — Defense Info. Infrastructure Engineering and Integration](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0302019K) (Defense-Wide)
- [0603573N — Advanced Surface Machinery Sys](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603573N) (Navy)
- [0205620N — Surface ASW Cmbt Sys Integr](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0205620N) (Navy)

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Office of the Secretary of Defense RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibits R-2/R-3, PE 0603898C (PB PB2027); FY2027 NDAA committee marks (as of 2026-07-27).
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_program_element(pe="0603898C")`.

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