# Project MT05 — BMDS Targets Program

**Program element:** 0603915C — Ballistic Missile Defense Targets  
**Project:** MT05  
**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/0603915C/MT05  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603915C

## Summary

Project MT05 — BMDS Targets Program requests $493.8M in FY2027, 95% of the $518.5M requested for program element 0603915C, down 0.3% on FY2026. 7 R-2A activities decompose the request. Northrop Grumman is the largest named R-3 performer at $87.9M, 18% of the project's FY2027 R-3 total.

## Funding profile

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 576.4 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 495.1 |
| FY2027 | Request | 493.8 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 619.7 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 550.9 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 412.3 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 535.6 |

> Estimate types are not summed. This project is one leaf of PE 0603915C; the PE total is the sum of its projects, never added to them.

## What project MT05 buys

The Missile Defense System Targets Program is an integral part of the Missile Defense System. Although Missile Defense System Targets Program is not a component of the fielded Missile Defense System, it supports all of the Missile Defense System programs across the Missile Defense Agency (MDA). The mission of the Missile Defense System Targets Program is to provide an economical and reliable inventory of targets spanning the parametric threat space. These targets enable demonstration of Missile Defense System capabilities in operationally realistic scenarios. The Missile Defense System Targets Program develops and acquires five target types across four target classes. The target classes are Short Range Ballistic Missiles (SRBM), Medium Range Ballistic Missiles (MRBM), Intermediate Range Ballistic Missiles (IRBM), and Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles (ICBM). The target types (Type 1-5) designate the complexity of the target within its class. Type-1 (T1) targets are simple baseline configurations. Type-2 (T2) targets have increased capability or complexity. Type-3 (T3) targets are threat unique configurations. Type-4 (T4) targets are subscale targets. Type-5 (T5) targets are advanced targets including Hypersonic Target Vehicle front end. The Missile Defense System Targets Program develops and provides Modified Ballistic Re-Entry Vehicles (MBRV) and Countermeasures (CM) that can be used across the spectrum of target types and classes. The Missile Defense System Targets Program provides target digital models that enable the MDA weapon system program offices to simulate end to end sensor and interceptor performance during pre-mission analysis. The Missile Defense System Targets Program also provides maintenance, aging surveillance, refurbishment, and routine testing of government furnished equipment boosters and target components. The Missile Defense System Targets Program carefully plans the year of execution to assure the best use of appropriated funds. However, the Missile Defense System Targets Program must be flexible in its execution of the program in order to respond to emerging real-world threats or changes in the intelligence community estimates of when a threat will be deployed.

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

## Named R-3 performers

| Performer | $M | Share of this project's FY2027 R-3 total |
|---|---|---|
| Northrop Grumman | 87.9 | 18% |
| Lockheed Martin | 31.0 | 6.3% |
| STRATEGIC ALLIANCE SOLUTIONS | 4.1 | 0.8% |
| Mobius Consulting | 3.6 | 0.7% |

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

## Activities (R-2A) — 7

| Activity | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 | Move | Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Consumables - Medium Range Ballistic Missiles (MRBM) | 293.6 | 190.2 | 210.1 | +10% | [a1](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603915C/MT05/a1) |
| Consumables - Intermediate Range Ballistic Missiles (IRBM) | 73.5 | 40.3 | 84.1 | +109% | [a2](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603915C/MT05/a2) |
| Program Planning & Operations | 71.6 | 65.6 | 72.7 | +11% | — |
| Resources | 52.0 | 64.2 | 51.8 | −19% | — |
| Flight Test Execution | 14.4 | 33.6 | 43.3 | +29% | [a6](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603915C/MT05/a6) |
| Consumables - Short Range Ballistic Missiles (SRBM) | 16.5 | 40.3 | 26.8 | −34% | [a0](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603915C/MT05/a0) |
| Consumables - Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles (ICBM) | 54.9 | 61.0 | 4.9 | −92% | — |

> 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.

### Consumables - Medium Range Ballistic Missiles (MRBM)

- MRBM T1/T2 - continue manufacture and qualification to support missions in FY 2027 (1 target) and FY 2030 (1 target). - MRBM T5 Advanced Target - continue manufacture and qualification to support missions in FY 2027 (1 target), FY 2028 (1 target), FY 2029 (2 targets), FY 2030 (1 target), and FY 2031 (1 target). - MRBM T4-E - complete…

Full year-by-year narrative: https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603915C/MT05/a1

### Consumables - Intermediate Range Ballistic Missiles (IRBM)

- IRBM T1/T2 - continue manufacture and qualification to support missions in FY 2027 (1 target), FY 2028 (1 target), FY 2029 (3 targets), FY 2030 (1 target), and FY 2031 (2 targets). - Initiate IRBM launch vehicle effects to accommodate MRBV-14 for the current Integrated Master Test Plan.

Full year-by-year narrative: https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603915C/MT05/a2

### Program Planning & Operations

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** - Increase from FY2026 to FY27 provides additional funding for MDA government oversight and management of IMTP activities in support of the Global Missile Defense Capability Development.

### Resources

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** - Decrease from FY 2026 to FY 2027 is due to additional Congressional funding received in FY 2026 for Affordable Air-Breathing Hypersonic Flight Vehicle and High Mach Airbreathing Targets.

**FY2026 plans — current year.** Congressional Adds: - Affordable Air-Breathing Hypersonic Flight Vehicle (+$10 million) continuation of scramjet technology development program for high-speed air vehicles. - High Mach Airbreathing Targets (+$2 million) is new technology development for high-speed ramjet/scramjet powered air vehicles.

### Flight Test Execution

- Conduct final target integration with the test range to accomplish launch operations of one SRBM T4 target with countermeasures and one SRBM T4-G in support of an Aegis BMD using BL 10.0.1 (BMD 6.0.1) SW demonstrating multiple simultaneous engagements in a multi-level IAMD scenario, firing one Standard Missile (SM)-3 Block IB and two…

Full year-by-year narrative: https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603915C/MT05/a6

### Consumables - Short Range Ballistic Missiles (SRBM)

- SRBM T4 - continue manufacture and qualification to support missions in FY 2027 (1 target) and FY 2028 (1 target).

Full year-by-year narrative: https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603915C/MT05/a0

### Consumables - Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles (ICBM)

**FY2027 planned work.** - Maintain the capability to provide ICBM targets.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** Decrease from FY 2026 to FY 2027 reflects the current Integrated Master Test Plan requirements converting planned ICBM missions to IRBM missions.

**FY2026 plans — current year.** - ICBM T1/T2 continue development and manufacturing of Ship Sets 5-9 to support pre-ship readiness reviews and flight tests in FY 2028 (Ship Set 5), in FY 2029 (Ship Set 6), in FY 2030 (Ship Set 7), and beyond the FYDP (Ship Sets 8-9). - MBRV-8 - continue recurring engineering efforts and manufacturing of MBRV-8 front sections to support ICBM flight tests. - MBRV-11 - continue recurring engineering efforts and manufacturing of MBRV-11 front sections to support ICBM flight tests. - Continue SR-119 motor stack development efforts to replace aging C4 motors on ICBM targets, including future Next Generation Interceptor testing. - Continue additional development and manufacturing efforts for ICBM CM, including designs to support future Next Generation Interceptor testing. - Continue development of new re-entry vehicles to meet the evolving ICBM threat, including designs to support future Next Generation Interceptor testing. - Continue manufacturing of ICBM kits, including interstage kits that provide the connection between the SR-119 stage zero motor and the Orion 50 S XLT stage 1 motor required for future ICBM targets, including future Next Generation Interceptor testing.

## 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/0603915C.

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Office of the Secretary of Defense RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibits R-2/R-2A/R-3, PE 0603915C project MT05 (PB PB2027).
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_program_element(pe="0603915C")`.

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