# Project MD80 — Next Generation Interceptor Development (NGI)

**Program element:** 0604874C — Improved Homeland Defense Interceptors  
**Project:** MD80  
**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/0604874C/MD80  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604874C

## Summary

Project MD80 — Next Generation Interceptor Development (NGI) requests $1.28B in FY2027, 95% of the $1.34B requested for program element 0604874C, down 12% on FY2026. 2 R-2A activities decompose the request. Lockheed Martin is the largest named R-3 performer at $1.16B, 91% of the project's FY2027 R-3 total.

**Markets:** Defense Systems R&D — matched on the project title only, and no market size is quoted.

## Funding profile

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 1,545.8 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 1,457.4 |
| FY2027 | Request | 1,276.6 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 1,802.1 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 1,374.7 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 1,116.7 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 694.9 |

> Estimate types are not summed. This project is one leaf of PE 0604874C; the PE total is the sum of its projects, never added to them.

## What project MD80 buys

The Improved Homeland Defense Interceptors provides the development, integration, and testing of a Next Generation Interceptor AUR consisting of an integrated boost vehicle/multiple kill vehicle payload capable of surviving both natural and hostile environments while countering the allocated threat space. Meeting the United States Northern Command's (USNORTHCOM) Operational Needs for Homeland Defense. The Next Generation Interceptor will provide USNORTHCOM a solution that is lethal across the specified threat space; upgradeable to address future and advancing threats; and fully integrated into the Ground-Based Midcourse Defense (GMD) Weapon System (GWS). The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) issued a Request for Proposal in FY 2020 and competitively awarded two best value contracts on March 24, 2021, for a Next Generation Interceptor acquisition, which covers the development, integration, and testing of an AUR consisting of an integrated boost vehicle/multiple kill vehicle payload. The MDA maintained the competitive environment through Preliminary Design Reviews (PDR) and Knowledge Point (KP) #1 in FY 2024 to reduce technical risk, encourage schedule acceleration, and support the Department's ability to field a system capable of negating the expanding threat. With the PDR/KP #1 data, the MDA selected a single Prime contractor for continued development through a CDR; qualification; integration with the GWS; Peculiar Support Equipment (PSE) to support AUR emplacement and in-silo maintenance; ground cyber and flight testing; and AUR production. The funds requested in this PE provide both legacy and Global Missile Defense Capability development for the United States, its deployed forces, allies, and partners. The capabilities funded by this budget request are complementary to the architecture funded by the Golden Dome Program's separate budget request and together fulfill the President's Executive Order 14186. The President's January 27, 2025, Executive Order established a goal of protecting the U.S. citizens, safeguarding critical infrastructure, and securing second-strike capability against missile attack from any adversary. This program and budget in addition to the budget requested by the Golden Dome Program Office reflects the changes necessary to protect the U.S. against ballistic, hypersonic, cruise, and other advanced missile threats.

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

## Named R-3 performers

| Performer | $M | Share of this project's FY2027 R-3 total |
|---|---|---|
| Lockheed Martin | 1,164.0 | 91% |
| Northrop Grumman | 64.1 | 5.0% |
| STRATEGIC ALLIANCE SOLUTIONS | 0.7 | 0.1% |
| NTSI | 0.3 | 0.0% |

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

## Activities (R-2A) — 2

| Activity | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 | Move | Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Next Generation Interceptor Development (NGI) | 1,523.0 | 1,438.8 | 1,256.6 | −13% | [a0](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604874C/MD80/a0) |
| Program Operations | 22.8 | 18.6 | 20.0 | +7% | — |

> 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.

### Next Generation Interceptor Development (NGI)

- Complete AUR CDR. - Complete generation of evidence for KP #3, which includes live sequence demonstrations, confirmation of AUR supportability, software, and completion of subsystem qualification. - Conduct Stage 1 (S1) and Stage 2 (S2) SRM Qualification Static Fire Tests. - Complete KP # 3, which includes live sequence demonstrations…

Full year-by-year narrative: https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604874C/MD80/a0

## 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/0604874C.

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Office of the Secretary of Defense RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibits R-2/R-2A/R-3, PE 0604874C project MD80 (PB PB2027).
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_program_element(pe="0604874C")`.

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