# Flight Test

**R-2A activity** of project MT04 — BMDS Test Program  
**Program element:** 0603914C — Ballistic Missile Defense Test  
**Component:** Defense-Wide · **Budget Activity:** 4  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603914C/MT04/a1  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603914C/MT04

> **RESTART.** Funded in FY2025 ($31.9M), zeroed in FY2026, $170.1M requested again in FY2027.

## Summary

This activity requests $170.1M in FY2027, 17% of project MT04 — a restart, funded in FY2025 and zeroed in FY2026. 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.** - 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).

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** - Increase from FY 2026 to FY 2027 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). This strategy better positions the Agency to execute the President's Executive Orders 14186 to develop Missile Defense System-Next capabilities to defend the United States from the most catastrophic threat.

## Before the request year

**FY2026 plans — current year.** - No funding is requested in FY 2026 based on the current IMTP requirements.

## Funding

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 31.9 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 0.0 |
| FY2027 | Request | 170.1 |

> 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 MT04

- [Test Infrastructure](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603914C/MT04/a3) — FY2027 331.4
- Missile Defense System - Next: PT Upgrade/Recap, PC Recap — FY2027 329.0
- [Program Planning and Operations](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603914C/MT04/a0) — FY2027 91.3
- Ground Test — FY2027 74.3
- Engineering and Test Analysis — FY2027 27.4

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Office of the Secretary of Defense RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibit R-2A, PE 0603914C project MT04 (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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