What project MT09 buys
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.
- Support
- Test and Evaluation
- Management Services
Project MT09 funding, FY2025–FY2031
Prior years are actuals, the budget year is the request, and the outyears are the FYDP plan. Estimate types are colored and never summed into one figure. Projects carry the full five-year plan; the activities inside them stop at the budget year.
| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 108.3 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 137.8 |
| FY2027 | Request | 59.6 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 103.3 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 67.0 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 66.5 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 67.9 |
4 accomplishments / planned programs
The R-2A exhibit — the only level of the budget that describes work that has not happened yet. Activities carry the prior, current and budget year only, no five-year plan. Coverage is partial across the corpus, so count activities, never total them.
FY2026 to FY2027 change Increase from FY 2026 to FY 2027 is in accordance with the current IMTP.
FY2026 to FY2027 change Decrease from FY 2026 to FY 2027 is in accordance with the current IMTP.
The exhibit describes this work once, for project MT09 as a whole, rather than per activity. Read the project justification →
FY2027 planned work - No funding requested in FY 2027.
FY2026 to FY2027 change Decrease from FY 2026 to FY 2027 reflects the Missile Defense System Test Program realignment of MDA's Flight Test Budget from the Aegis BMD Test PE (0604878C) to the BMD Test PE (0603914C). This strategy better positions the Agency to execute the President's Executive Orders 14186 to develop Missile Defense System-Next capabilities to defend the United States from the most catastrophic threat; 14210 to implement the Workforce Optimization; and 14222 to synergize efforts and gain efficiencies. The reduction of funding for contract services is undertaken in direct support of the President's executive order, which prioritizes cost efficiency, transparency, and the consolidation of services…
Named performers on project MT09
Performers named in the R-3 exhibit under this project. Share is of the project's whole FY2027 R-3 total — the same denominator the program-element split uses, so the two read on one scale and will not sum to 100% when unnamed or government work is in the mix. Budget-justification contract funding, not obligations.