# Aegis BMD Test — Program Element 0604878C

**Program element:** 0604878C  
**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/0604878C

## Summary

Defense-Wide funding falls 57% to a $62.0M request in FY2027 (down from a FY2026 peak), sustained across the five-year plan. In the FY2027 defense authorization, the House funded it in full; the Senate funded it in full; 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 | 113.9 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 143.6 |
| FY2027 | Request | 62.0 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 106.6 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 69.4 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 69.2 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 70.8 |

> 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 | 62.0 | — |
| House NDAA (HASC) | 62.0 | +0.0 |
| Senate NDAA (SASC) | 62.0 | +0.0 |
| House Approps (HAC-D) | 62.0 | +0.0 |

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

## Projects (2)

| Project | Title | FY2025 actual | FY2026 enacted | FY2027 request | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MT09 | AEGIS BMD Test | 108.3 | 137.8 | 59.6 | −57% |
| MD40 | Program Wide Support | 5.6 | 5.8 | 2.3 | −59% |

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

### Project MT09 — AEGIS BMD Test

The Aegis BMD Test program element is responsible for the planning, design, and execution of developmental and operational flight, ground, and cybersecurity testing of Aegis Based Defense hardware and software to characterize and validate joint deployable Missile Defense and Navy Integrated Air and Missile Defense capability to counter the allocated threats and ensure that these capabilities are operationally effective, suitable, and survivable upon transfer to the warfighter. Aegis Based Defense hardware and software are integrated into existing Aegis Weapon System baselines, Standard Missile (SM)-3 interceptor, and Navy's SM-6 interceptor. MDA works with the Director of Operational Test and Evaluation, the Navy's Operational Test and Evaluation Force, industry partners, and the Navy Warfare Centers in the designing, planning, safety, readiness, execution, data collection, pre-mission and post-mission analysis, and reporting. The system pre-flight predictions provide confidence in test execution by predicting element performance and exercising element interfaces. The system post-flight reconstruction replicates the Missile Defense System configuration, actual environmental conditions, and target dynamics observed in flight to anchor Modeling and Simulation (M&S) results. Aegis BMD participation in Hardware-in-the-Loop and integrated MDA level ground tests supports the operational capability fielding decisions.

**Named R-3 performers** (share of this project's FY2027 R-3 total, so they need not reach 100%)**:** Lockheed Martin (4.5, 7.5%), NAWC/PM (1.5, 2.5%), MDA (0.6, 1.1%).

| Activity (R-2A) | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aegis BMD Flight Test Execution | 60.1 | 86.7 | 0.0 |
| Aegis BMD Ground Test Execution | 17.8 | 28.1 | 22.9 |
| Aegis BMD Test Resources | 22.4 | 15.3 | 28.9 |
| Test Program Operations | 8.1 | 7.8 | 7.8 |

> 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; 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 (1.9, 79%), CACI (0.1, 5.3%).

| Activity (R-2A) | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Program Wide Support | 5.6 | 5.8 | 2.3 |

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

## Where the FY2027 request goes

| Category | Share | $M |
|---|---|---|
| Industry primes | 14% | 8.6 |
| Government labs & warfare centers | 72% | 44.8 |
| Other / unspecified | 14% | 8.5 |

**Top named industry performers:** Lockheed Martin ($4.5M, 7.3%), STRATEGIC ALLIANCE SOLUTIONS ($1.9M, 3.0%), NAWC/PM ($1.5M, 2.4%).

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

## Mission & acquisition strategy

The Aegis Based Defense mission is to deliver an enduring, operationally effective and supportable BMD capability to defend the nation, deployed forces, friends and allies, and to increase this capability by delivering evolutionary improvements as part of Missile Defense System upgrades. The Aegis Based Defense element of the Missile Defense System capitalizes upon and evolves from the existing United States (U.S.) Navy Aegis Weapon System and Standard Missile (SM) infrastructures.

The Aegis Based Defense test acquisition strategy allows for the execution of a comprehensive Missile Defense System test program that supports fielding capabilities to the Warfighter. The Aegis Based Defense Test Program utilizes full and open competition to develop, acquire and deliver test planning artifacts, range safety plans, as well as support for the management and conduct of Aegis Based Defense test events in accordance with the MDA Flight and Ground Test IMTP. This includes contract actions to industry, agreements with Department of War organizations, Federally Funded Research and Development Centers, and University Affiliated Research Centers to plan and execute Aegis Based Defense Flight and Ground Test Program.

## Related program elements

- [0603892C — AEGIS BMD](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603892C) (Defense-Wide)
- [0603160BR — Counter Weapons OF MASS Destruction Advanced Technology Development](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603160BR) (Defense-Wide)
- [0604756N — Ship Self Def (Engage: Hard Kill)](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604756N) (Navy)
- [0603742F — Combat Identification Technology](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603742F) (Air Force)

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Office of the Secretary of Defense RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibits R-2/R-3, PE 0604878C (PB PB2027); FY2027 NDAA committee marks (as of 2026-07-27).
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_program_element(pe="0604878C")`.

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