# Project 0439 — Standard Missile Improvement

**Program element:** 0604366N — Standard Missile Improvements  
**Project:** 0439  
**Component:** U.S. Navy  
**Appropriation:** 1319 — RDT&E, Navy  
**Budget Activity:** 5 — System Development & Demonstration  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604366N/0439  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604366N

## Summary

Project 0439 — Standard Missile Improvement requests $13.9M in FY2027, 2.6% of the $539.3M requested for program element 0604366N, down 80% on FY2026. 3 R-2A activities decompose the request, 1 new this cycle. RTX / Raytheon is the largest named R-3 performer at $8.8M, 64% of the project's FY2027 R-3 total.

## Funding profile

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 64.2 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 69.3 |
| FY2027 | Request | 13.9 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 12.4 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 11.8 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 10.8 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 11.1 |

> Estimate types are not summed. This project is one leaf of PE 0604366N; the PE total is the sum of its projects, never added to them.

## What project 0439 buys

"Future Combat System Integration S-Band Radar (AMDR-S) for DDG 51 Flight III ships, with other platforms/Combat System baselines, will include requirements review/updates and analysis, verification; technical documentation, design review and working group Subject Matter Expert (SME) support, missile/radar integration, missile test hardware procurement, risk assessment, safety, test and evaluation planning, analysis, and data collection. Deliverables include interface control documents (ICDs) changes, missile specifications changes, and engineering documents updates to support AEGIS Baseline 10 (BL10) Integrated Program Review (IPR) Process Engineering Development Model (EDM) testing; Combat Systems Engineering Development Site (CSEDS), Moorestown, NJ; Combat System/missile integration testing at Pacific Missile Range Facility/Advanced Radar Detection Laboratory (PMRF/ARDEL) Kauai, HI and Sudbury, MA; Waterfront Integration Testing (WIT) and Electromagnetic Environmental Effects (E3) and Hazard of Electromagnetic Radiation to Ordnance (HERO) testing, analysis, and reports for BL10 DDG 51 FLT III FY 2022-2023; Developmental Testing and Operational Testing (DT/OT), analysis, and reports for BL10 DDG 51 FLT III FY 2023-2024 and Integrated Air Missile Defense Testing in FY 2026/2027. The Standard Missile 2 BLK IIIC (SM-2 BLK IIIC) is a transformation from medium range (MR) semi-active to MR ""active"" capability incorporating the SM-6 Blk I active seeker and delivering improved capabilities against the most challenging Air Warfare (AW) threats. The program was designated an Accelerated Acquisition (AA) program by the CNO/ASN RDA on November 14, 2017. The SM-2 BLK IIIC Middle Tier Acquisition (MTA) program (previously known as accelerated acquisition program) delivered Initial Capability in 1Q FY 2023. The SM-2 BLK IIIC plans to transition from an MTA program into a Major Capability Acquisition (MCA) program for SM-2 BLK IIICU upon approval of the Acquisition Program Baseline (APB). The FY 2023 and 2024 funding allows for the SM-2 BLK IIIC program to transition to a SM-2 BLK IIICU program with integration of the electronics unit upgrade and is being conducted in coordination with the international community via FMS cases. The SM-2 BLK IIIC/IIICU is the primary Anti-Air Warfare (AAW) weapon for the FFG 62 class of ships.

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

## Named R-3 performers

| Performer | $M | Share of this project's FY2027 R-3 total |
|---|---|---|
| RTX / Raytheon | 8.8 | 64% |
| Lockheed Martin | 0.6 | 4.3% |
| WSMR | 0.5 | 3.7% |
| COMPTEVFOR | 0.1 | 0.7% |

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

## Activities (R-2A) — 3

| Activity | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 | Move | Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard Missile-2 BLK IIICU TTP | 0.0 | 0.0 | 13.9 | new | — |
| Future Combat System Integration | 1.0 | 1.1 | 0.0 | −100% | — |
| Standard Missile-2 BLK IIIC | 63.2 | 68.2 | 0.0 | −100% | — |

> 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.

### Standard Missile-2 BLK IIICU TTP — NEW START

**FY2027 planned work.** Continue TTP execution through planned LRIP award 1Q FY2029.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** Funding increase from FY 2026 to FY 2027 to support TTP activities.

### Future Combat System Integration

**FY2027 planned work.** Conduct the DDG-125 OT COA-1 Waterfront Integration Test (WIT), Live Fire Event (LFE) and Integrated Air & Missile Defense (IAMD) Fleet Test Missile (FTM) 41 & 43 WIT and LFEs.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** Decrease of $1.121M from FY 2026 to FY 2027 due to FCSI program budget being zeroed.

**FY2026 plans — current year.** Prepare for the DDG-125 OT COA-1 Waterfront Integration Test (WIT), Live Fire Event (LFE) and Integrated Air & Missile Defense (IAMD) Fleet Test Missile (FTM) 41 & 43 WITs and LFEs.

### Standard Missile-2 BLK IIIC

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** Reduction in FY 2027 as the majority of material will be purchased in FY 2026.

**FY2026 plans — current year.** Conduct Critical Design Review (CDR) for IFTS. Continue development and integration Guidance Section and Target Detection Device (TDDU). Begin GS and TDDU Design Verification & Test (DVT). Begin planning for land based flight tests. Begin material procurement support for IT/OT rounds.

## 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/0604366N.

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Navy RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibits R-2/R-2A/R-3, PE 0604366N project 0439 (PB PB2027).
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_program_element(pe="0604366N")`.

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