# Flight Test Execution

**R-2A activity** of project MT05 — BMDS Targets Program  
**Program element:** 0603915C — Ballistic Missile Defense Targets  
**Component:** Defense-Wide · **Budget Activity:** 4  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603915C/MT05/a6  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603915C/MT05

## Summary

This activity requests $43.3M in FY2027, 8.8% of project MT05, up 29% on 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.** - 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 SM-6 guided missiles. - Conduct final target integration with the test range to accomplish launch operations of two MRBM T4 targets and one MRBM T4-E in support of an Aegis BMD using BL 10.0.1 (BMD 6.0.1) SW demonstrating Multiple Simultaneous Engagements in an IAMD raid scenario firing two SM-3 Block IB and one SM-3 Block IIA guided missiles. - Conduct final target integration with the test range and Forward Staging Area (FSA) to accomplish launch operations of a MRBM advanced target in support of Aegis SBT using BL 9.2.4 (BMD 5.1.5) SW demonstrating a salvo engagement firing two SM-6 Block IA Upgraded guided missiles against a Hypersonic Glide Vehicle. - Conduct final target integration with the test range and FSA to accomplish launch operations of an MRBM target in support of THAAD Battery 8 using TH 5.x SW demonstrating concurrent control of one Talon Obsolescence Redesigned Interceptor. - Conduct final target integration with the test range and FSA to accomplish launch operations of one SRBM T4 target with countermeasures in support of THAAD using TH 5.x SW and Army/Navy Transportable Radar Surveillance (TM) CX6.0 to detect, track, and discriminate the target and countermeasures to support development of electronic protection.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** Increase from FY 2026 to FY 2027 reflects the new high frequency test strategy documented in the current Integrated Master Test Plan.

## Before the request year

**FY2026 plans — current year.** - Conduct final target integration with the test range and Forward Staging Area to accomplish launch operations of a MRBM target with countermeasures in support of Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) using Baseline (BL) 10.x Software (SW) conducting a data collect and a simulated engagement of a MRBM target with countermeasures. - Conduct final target integration with the test range to accomplish launch operations of a SRBM target with countermeasures in support a Developmental Test (DT) for Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) and the Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD) Battle Command System. - Conduct final target integration with the test range and Forward Staging Area to accomplish launch operations of an IRBM target in support of Aegis BMD using BL 10.0.1 (BMD 6.0.1) SW demonstrating an engagement firing an Standard Missile (SM)-3 Blk IIA guided missile against an IRBM. - Conduct final target integration with the test range and Forward Staging Area to accomplish launch operations of a MRBM advanced target in support of Aegis Sea-Based Terminal (SBT) using BL 9.2.x SW demonstrating a salvo engagement firing two SM-6 Blk IA Upgrade guided missiles against a Hypersonic Glide Vehicle.

## Funding

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 14.4 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 33.6 |
| FY2027 | Request | 43.3 |

> 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 MT05

- [Consumables - Medium Range Ballistic Missiles (MRBM)](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603915C/MT05/a1) — FY2027 210.1
- [Consumables - Intermediate Range Ballistic Missiles (IRBM)](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603915C/MT05/a2) — FY2027 84.1
- Program Planning & Operations — FY2027 72.7
- Resources — FY2027 51.8
- [Consumables - Short Range Ballistic Missiles (SRBM)](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603915C/MT05/a0) — FY2027 26.8
- Consumables - Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles (ICBM) — FY2027 4.9

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Office of the Secretary of Defense RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibit R-2A, PE 0603915C project MT05 (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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