# Project MT04 — BMDS Test Program

**Program element:** 0603914C — Ballistic Missile Defense Test  
**Project:** MT04  
**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/0603914C/MT04  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603914C

## Summary

Project MT04 — BMDS Test Program requests $1.02B in FY2027, 96% of the $1.07B requested for program element 0603914C, up 141% on FY2026. 6 R-2A activities decompose the request, 1 new and 1 restarted this cycle. DOT - MARITIME ADMINISTRATION (MARAD) NA is the largest named R-3 performer at $78.3M, 7.7% of the project's FY2027 R-3 total.

## Funding profile

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 334.8 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 424.2 |
| FY2027 | Request | 1,023.4 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 814.3 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 729.9 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 931.4 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 968.9 |

> Estimate types are not summed. This project is one leaf of PE 0603914C; the PE total is the sum of its projects, never added to them.

## What project MT04 buys

The Test Program provides consolidated MDA capabilities and resources to support the management and execution of Missile Defense System and Element-level testing. The MDA Test Program is responsible for all Missile Defense System testing and relies on Missile Defense System Engineering to provide the system test objectives that define the test architecture by developing, updating, coordinating, and assessing the Integrated Master Test Plan (IMTP). The MDA Test Program plans and executes Missile Defense System test events and develops the necessary test policy, test plans, and test infrastructure to conduct an effective test program. The goals of this budget project are to sustain and improve a robust testing program and to enhance Modeling and Simulation (M&S) efforts to provide, in conjunction with flight and ground testing, confidence to the Combatant Commanders that the Missile Defense system works. Activities are grouped into six major areas: Missile Defense System-Next capabilities, Program Planning and Operations, Flight Test, Ground Test, Test Infrastructure, and Engineering & Test Analysis. 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.

**R-3 lines of work:** Support; Test and Evaluation; Management Services.

## Named R-3 performers

| Performer | $M | Share of this project's FY2027 R-3 total |
|---|---|---|
| DOT - MARITIME ADMINISTRATION (MARAD) NA | 78.3 | 7.7% |
| INTEGRATION INNOVATION | 36.8 | 3.6% |
| Corvid | 35.6 | 3.5% |
| MP SOLUTIONS | 31.9 | 3.1% |

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

## Activities (R-2A) — 6

| Activity | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 | Move | Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Test Infrastructure | 120.4 | 204.0 | 331.4 | +62% | [a3](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603914C/MT04/a3) |
| Missile Defense System - Next: PT Upgrade/Recap, PC Recap | 0.0 | 0.0 | 329.0 | new | — |
| Flight Test | 31.9 | 0.0 | 170.1 | restart | [a1](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603914C/MT04/a1) |
| Program Planning and Operations | 114.9 | 106.1 | 91.3 | −14% | [a0](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603914C/MT04/a0) |
| Ground Test | 42.9 | 89.3 | 74.3 | −17% | — |
| Engineering and Test Analysis | 24.6 | 24.9 | 27.4 | +10% | — |

> 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.

### Test Infrastructure

- Tech Refresh, Improvement, and Modernization to meet mission requirements and sustain operations.

Full year-by-year narrative: https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603914C/MT04/a3

### Missile Defense System - Next: PT Upgrade/Recap, PC Recap — NEW START

**FY2027 planned work.** - Pacific Collector recapitalization and radar development.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** - Increase from FY 2026 to FY 2027 provides Pacific Collector recapitalization and radar development in support of the President's Executive Order 14186.

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

### Flight Test — RESTART

- Increase is due to transfers from Aegis BMD Test (0604878C), BMD Sensor Test (0604879C), and BMD Midcourse Defense Segment Test (0604887C) Program Elements (PEs) to the BMD Test PE (0603914C).

Full year-by-year narrative: https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603914C/MT04/a1

### Program Planning and Operations

- The decrease from FY 2026 to FY 2027 reflects reduced OTA support services for sustainment operations, strategic planning, test planning, test execution, data analysis, test analysis, and operational assessment. The reduction of funding for contract services is undertaken in direct support of the President's executive order, which…

Full year-by-year narrative: https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603914C/MT04/a0

### Ground Test

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** - The decrease from FY 2026 to FY 2027 reflects current IMTP requirements.

### Engineering and Test Analysis

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** - Increase from FY 2026 to FY 2027 is based on current IMTP requirements.

## 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/0603914C.

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Office of the Secretary of Defense RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibits R-2/R-2A/R-3, PE 0603914C project MT04 (PB PB2027).
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_program_element(pe="0603914C")`.

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