# Project MD03 — Joint Warfighter Support

**Program element:** 0603898C — Ballistic Missile Defense Joint Warfighter Support  
**Project:** MD03  
**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/MD03  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603898C

## Summary

Project MD03 — Joint Warfighter Support requests $22.9M in FY2027, 46% of the $50.4M requested for program element 0603898C, up 15% on FY2026. 1 R-2A activity decomposes the request. Northrop Grumman is the largest named R-3 performer at $4.8M, 21% of the project's FY2027 R-3 total.

## Funding profile

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 21.5 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 20.0 |
| FY2027 | Request | 22.9 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 21.4 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 21.9 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 23.2 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 23.3 |

> Estimate types are not summed. This project is one leaf of PE 0603898C; the PE total is the sum of its projects, never added to them.

## What project MD03 buys

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.

**R-3 lines of work:** Support.

## Named R-3 performers

| Performer | $M | Share of this project's FY2027 R-3 total |
|---|---|---|
| Northrop Grumman | 4.8 | 21% |
| STRATEGIC ALLIANCE SOLUTIONS | 4.0 | 17% |
| JACOBS | 2.5 | 11% |
| Palantir | 1.3 | 5.7% |

> Budget-justification contract funding, not obligations. Shares need not reach 100% — unnamed and government work is in the denominator.

## Activities (R-2A) — 1

| Activity | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 | Move | Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strategic Warfighter Integration | 21.5 | 20.0 | 22.9 | +15% | — |

> Activities carry the prior, current and budget year only — no five-year plan. In the request year they partition this project exactly; in earlier years they can under-cover it.

## What is NOT on this page

Congressional marks, the R-2 mission description and acquisition strategy, the industry vs government split of the whole request, and related program elements are recorded at **program-element** grain — an NDAA mark lands on a PE, never on a project. They are at https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603898C.

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Office of the Secretary of Defense RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibits R-2/R-2A/R-3, PE 0603898C project MD03 (PB PB2027).
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_program_element(pe="0603898C")`.

*HitchAI is an independent intelligence service, not affiliated with the U.S. Department of Defense. Budget figures are requests/estimates, not obligations.*