# Project MT09 — AEGIS BMD Test

**Program element:** 0604878C — Aegis BMD Test  
**Project:** MT09  
**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/MT09  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604878C

## Summary

Project MT09 — AEGIS BMD Test requests $59.6M in FY2027, 96% of the $62.0M requested for program element 0604878C, down 57% on FY2026. 4 R-2A activities decompose the request. Lockheed Martin is the largest named R-3 performer at $4.5M, 7.5% of the project's FY2027 R-3 total.

## Funding profile

| 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 |

> Estimate types are not summed. This project is one leaf of PE 0604878C; the PE total is the sum of its projects, never added to them.

## 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.

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

## Named R-3 performers

| Performer | $M | Share of this project's FY2027 R-3 total |
|---|---|---|
| Lockheed Martin | 4.5 | 7.5% |
| NAWC/PM | 1.5 | 2.5% |
| MDA | 0.6 | 1.1% |

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

## Activities (R-2A) — 4

| Activity | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 | Move | Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aegis BMD Test Resources | 22.4 | 15.3 | 28.9 | +89% | — |
| Aegis BMD Ground Test Execution | 17.8 | 28.1 | 22.9 | −18% | — |
| Test Program Operations | 8.1 | 7.8 | 7.8 | +0% | — |
| Aegis BMD Flight Test Execution | 60.1 | 86.7 | 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.

### Aegis BMD Test Resources

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** Increase from FY 2026 to FY 2027 is in accordance with the current IMTP.

### Aegis BMD Ground Test Execution

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** Decrease from FY 2026 to FY 2027 is in accordance with the current IMTP.

### Aegis BMD Flight Test Execution

**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. This measure represents a deliberate workforce optimization strategy designed to streamline resources while safeguarding against adverse impacts to modernization initiatives and overall mission effectiveness.

## 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/0604878C.

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Office of the Secretary of Defense RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibits R-2/R-2A/R-3, PE 0604878C project MT09 (PB PB2027).
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_program_element(pe="0604878C")`.

*HitchAI is an independent intelligence service, not affiliated with the U.S. Department of Defense. Budget figures are requests/estimates, not obligations.*