# Guam Defense Development — Program Element 0604102C

**Program element:** 0604102C  
**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/0604102C

## Summary

Defense-Wide funding ramps 66% to a $212.4M request in FY2027, before stepping down 44% across the five-year plan. In the FY2027 defense authorization, the House added 9.4% (to $232.4M); the Senate added 47% (to $312.4M); House appropriators funded it in full. Lockheed Martin leads the industry work, though an unusually large share flows to government labs and warfare centers.

## Funding profile

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 412.0 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 127.7 |
| FY2027 | Request | 212.4 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 214.8 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 200.6 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 123.4 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 119.4 |

> Estimate types are not summed — the profile mixes actuals, enacted law, the request, and outyear projections.

## Congressional marks (FY2027)

| Stage | Marked ($M) | Change ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| Request | 212.4 | — |
| House NDAA (HASC) | 232.4 | +20.0 |
| Senate NDAA (SASC) | 312.4 | +100.0 |
| House Approps (HAC-D) | 212.4 | +0.0 |

> FY2027 NDAA authorization marks, as of 2026-07-27. Not appropriations or final law.

## Projects (3)

| Project | Title | FY2025 actual | FY2026 enacted | FY2027 request | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MD65 | Defense of Guam Development | 393.0 | 114.5 | 204.1 | +78% |
| MD40 | Program Wide Support | 16.0 | 6.0 | 8.3 | +38% |
| MC65 | Cyber Operations | 3.1 | 7.3 | 0.0 | −100% |

> Projects are the summable leaves: the program element total is their sum, never added to it.

### Project MD65 — Defense of Guam Development

This program develops a Missile Defense System for the Defense of Guam against ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missile threats as a high priority mission for the Department of War. The Missile Defense System will form a key part of strategic deterrence and supports the Department's PDI investments in the Indo-Pacific region. In FY 2022, the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) initiated studies and analysis, architecture development and siting analysis. FY 2023 continued architecture development and increased the development and modification of the distributed radar, AGS support, environmental studies, site design, activation and advanced planning. In FY 2024, the program leveraged the results of studies and analysis and continued developing and fielding of distributed land-based launchers, distributed sensors, and integrated communications across Guam. The acquisition approach is to balance costs and associated risks in order to provide increased AWS development for Guam integration, site activation, environmental protection, engineering, and interoperability. FY 2025 continued the advancements of FY 2024, with the completion of an on-island flight experiment in early FY 2025, continued Environmental Studies and Mitigations, and the continued the software development phase of the Aegis and Radar components. FY 2026 commences cybersecurity initiatives for the Command Center, development efforts for operationalizing the Initial Deployment of AGS in the new GDS architecture, continues environmental studies and mitigations, and continues the software development phase for the Aegis components. To defend Guam, the Missile Defense System mission activities are integrating systems from the MDA, U.S. Army (USA), U.S. Navy (USN), and U.S. Army Force. The Missile Defense System will leverage the MDA's S-band Missile Communication Radar (uplink and downlink) system, MDA's AGS, and USA's Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense Sensor to enable a full 360-degree field of view, eliminating blind spots and providing a layered and robust IAMD capability specifically tailored to protect Guam. The AGS employs the distributed Mk-41 Vertical Launching Systems, a single Army/Navy Transportable Radar Surveillance and Control Series 6 (AN/TPY-6) TAU, and Standard Missile uplink and downlink communications to transmit information to and from the missile during its flight.

**Named R-3 performers** (share of this project's FY2027 R-3 total, so they need not reach 100%)**:** Lockheed Martin (74.2, 36%), Northrop Grumman (11.2, 5.5%), TRANSCOM (5.5, 2.7%), BCF SOLUTIONS (1.7, 0.8%).

| Activity (R-2A) | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guam Radar Development and Integration | 203.6 | 0.0 | 19.1 |
| Program Operations | 19.5 | 18.9 | 18.0 |
| Guam Site Environmental, Activation and Advanced Planning | 14.7 | 28.0 | 41.6 |
| Guam Weapon System Engineering | 155.2 | 67.6 | 125.5 |

> R-2A activities carry the prior, current and budget year only — no five-year plan. Coverage is partial, so count them, never total them.

### Project MD40 — Program Wide Support

PWS contains non-headquarters management costs in support of Missile Defense Agency (MDA) functions and activities across the entire Missile Defense System. These functions include Government Civilians and Contract Support Services. This effort provides integrity and oversight of the Missile Defense System as well as supports MDA in the development and evaluation of technologies that will respond to the changing threat. Additionally, PWS includes personnel to support global deployments performing deployment site preparation and activation, and provides facility capabilities for MDA Executing Agent locations worldwide. Other MDA wide costs include: physical and technical security; civilian drug testing; audit readiness; the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) program; legal services and settlements; travel and agency training; office, equipment, vehicle, and warehouse leases; utilities and base operations across multiple geographic locations; commercial and ancillary facility services; management of all facility aspects regardless of lifecycle stage; supplies and maintenance; compliance with statutory environmental requirements; data and unified communications support; materiel and readiness and central property management of equipment; Facilities Sustainment, Restoration and Modernization (FSRM) program (formerly Real Property Maintenance) to keep the Department's inventory of facilities in good working order; and similar operating expenses. PWS is allocated on a pro-rata basis across most Agency PEs and, therefore, fluctuates per PE by FY based on the total Agency budget in that FY.

**Named R-3 performers** (share of this project's FY2027 R-3 total, so they need not reach 100%)**:** STRATEGIC ALLIANCE SOLUTIONS (8.3, 100%).

| Activity (R-2A) | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Program Wide Support | 16.0 | 6.0 | 8.3 |

> R-2A activities carry the prior, current and budget year only — no five-year plan. Coverage is partial, so count them, never total them.

### Project MC65 — Cyber Operations

Guam on-island Cyber team coordinates local network defense activities and assumes responsibility to defend onsite assets from active or imminent cyberspace threats in the event of degraded communication conditions. This Budget Project provides the oversight and inter-Agency/Service coordination for Cyber activities needed for integrating a capability to defend Guam against ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missile attack.

| Activity (R-2A) | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guam Cyber Support | 3.1 | 7.3 | 0.0 |

> R-2A activities carry the prior, current and budget year only — no five-year plan. Coverage is partial, so count them, never total them.

## Where the FY2027 request goes

| Category | Share | $M |
|---|---|---|
| Industry primes | 48% | 101.9 |
| Government labs & warfare centers | 30% | 64.4 |
| Other / unspecified | 22% | 46.0 |

**Top named industry performers:** Lockheed Martin ($74.2M, 35%), Northrop Grumman ($11.2M, 5.3%), STRATEGIC ALLIANCE SOLUTIONS ($8.3M, 3.9%), TRANSCOM ($5.5M, 2.6%).

> R-3 exhibit contract funding, not USAspending obligations.

## Mission & acquisition strategy

This program develops a Missile Defense System for the Defense of Guam against ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missile threats to address the Department of War's priority theater and number one USINDOPACOM regional deterrence priority. The Missile Defense System on Guam will form a key part of strategic deterrence, is a critical component of U.S. Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD) strategy and supports the Department's PDI investments in the Indo-Pacific region. In FY 2022, the MDA initiated studies and analysis, architecture development and siting analysis.

The acquisition strategy for Missile Defense Agency (MDA) Consolidated Support for Assistance Services consists of contract actions to industry for: a) engineering and technical support; b) studies, analyses, and evaluations; and c) management and professional services to MDA functional organizations and program offices. With a focus to achieve Small Business goals, MDA is leveraging existing contracts and will competitively award new contracts to meet MDA's material procurement and support.

## Related program elements

- [0603881C — Ballistic Missile Defense Terminal Defense Segment](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603881C) (Defense-Wide)
- [0604876C — Ballistic Missile Defense Terminal Defense Segment Test](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604876C) (Defense-Wide)
- [0604445F — Wide Area Surveillance](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604445F) (Air Force)
- [0305282F — Joint Fires Network](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0305282F) (Air Force)

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Office of the Secretary of Defense RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibits R-2/R-3, PE 0604102C (PB PB2027); FY2027 NDAA committee marks (as of 2026-07-27).
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_program_element(pe="0604102C")`.

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