# Next Generation Interceptor Development (NGI)

**R-2A activity** of project MD80 — Next Generation Interceptor Development (NGI)  
**Program element:** 0604874C — Improved Homeland Defense Interceptors  
**Component:** Defense-Wide · **Budget Activity:** 4  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604874C/MD80/a0  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604874C/MD80

## Summary

This activity requests $1.26B in FY2027, 98% of project MD80, down 13% 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.** - 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, confirmation of AUR supportability, software, and subsystem qualification. - Continue integration of Next Generation Interceptor Computer in the Loop/Hardware in the Loop hardware and software in Government labs to support GMD Weapon System integration and ground/flight testing. - Initiate integrated AUR qualification testing. - Purchase of materials for the first ten (10) AURs. - Development activities to initiate Early Kill Vehicle Flight Experiment Mission other risk reduction activities.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** Decrease from FY 2026 to FY 2027 reflects completion of AUR technical design and transition to integration, test, and initial production activities.

## Before the request year

**FY2026 plans — current year.** - Complete integrated AUR design. - Complete KP #2, which includes sub-assembly qualifications, verification of AUR performance using verified models, and completion of propulsion and sensor performance testing (planned in the FY 2025 President's Budget (PB) request). - Generate evidence for KP #3, which includes live sequence demonstrations, confirmation of AUR supportability, software, and completion of subsystem qualification (planned in the FY 2025 PB25 request). - Complete boost vehicle qualification testing. - Complete payload [Mission Support Vehicle (MSV) and Kill Vehicle (KV)] qualification testing. - Complete payload (MSV and KV) software Formal Qualification Testing. - Deliver and initiate integration of Next Generation Interceptor Computer in the Loop/Hardware in the Loop hardware and software in Government labs to support GMD Weapon System integration and ground/flight testing. - Deliver updated high-fidelity Next Generation Interceptor models and simulations supporting ground testing. - Continue pre-production planning and related logistics life cycle evaluation. - Complete AUR Supportability Demonstrations. - Continue dual-path Stage 1 Solid Rocket Motor (SRM) development. - Conduct Stage 1 (S1) and Stage 2 (S2) SRM Static Fire Tests. - Deliver software to support multiple GMD Integrated Development and Execution. - Deliver software capability release updates. - Deliver updated high-fidelity models and simulations representing the integrated AUR design. - Initiate integrated AUR qualification testing.

## Funding

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 1,523.0 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 1,438.8 |
| FY2027 | Request | 1,256.6 |

> 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 MD80

- Program Operations — FY2027 20.0

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Office of the Secretary of Defense RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibit R-2A, PE 0604874C project MD80 (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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