RDT&E Program Element · President's Budget PB2027

Land Based SM-3 (LBSM3)

PE 0604880C·Defense-Wide·Approp. 0400 — RDT&E·BA4 — Advanced Component Development & Prototypes
FY2027 Request
$25.1M
Defense-Wide · RDT&E
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Defense-Wide requests $25.1M in FY2027, 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.

FY2027 Request
$25.1M
▲ 3.3% vs FY2026
FY2026 Enacted
$24.3M
▲ 12% vs FY2025
FY2025 Actual
$21.6M
Prior year

Roll-up of 3 projects. Projects are the summable leaves — the PE total is their sum, never added to it.

For fiscal year 2027, Defense-Wide agencies are requesting $25.1M for Land Based SM-3 (LBSM3) under RDT&E program element 0604880C, up 3.3% over FY2026.

Funding trajectory

Funding profile, 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.

2550021.6FY25ACTUAL24.3FY26ENACTED25.1FY27REQUEST52.5FY2832.3FY2925.8FY3026.5FY31
Actual Enacted Request Outyear (FYDP)
Fiscal YearEstimate TypeAmount ($M)
FY2025Actual21.6
FY2026Enacted24.3
FY2027Request25.1
FY2028Outyear52.5
FY2029Outyear32.3
FY2030Outyear25.8
FY2031Outyear26.5
Where it sits

Acquisition lifecycle

This program is funded in RDT&E Budget Activity 4 — Advanced Component Development & Prototypes.

Complete
Research
BA 1–2
Complete
Advanced Technology
BA 3
Current
Prototyping
BA 4
Later
Development & Fielding
BA 5–7
Inside the program element

3 projects roll up into PE 0604880C

Projects are the summable leaves — the PE total is their sum, never added to it. Program elements and projects carry the full five-year plan; activities stop at the budget year. This PE moves 3% overall, which can hide much larger swings below.

Congressional action

Congressional marks

Committee marks on the FY2027 request. Adds and cuts are reconciled in conference before they become law.

RequestPresident's Budget
$25.1M
House NDAA (HASC)HASC
$25.1M full · +$0
Senate NDAA (SASC)SASC
$25.1M full · +$0
House Approps (HAC-D)HAC_D
$25.1M full · +$0
unresolved as of 2026-07-27. These are FY2027 authorization marks (NDAA); appropriations and the conference agreement may differ.
Who's building it

Where the FY2027 request goes

Performers named in the R-3 exhibit, resolved into industry, government-lab, and unspecified shares. Budget-justification contract funding, not obligations.

Lockheed Martin
$3.2M · 13%
Aegis Weapon System Development - AWS Development- MDA/LM Combat System Engineering, Test Event, and Site Support · CPFF
CACI
$1.0M · 3.8%
Program Wide Support - Staff Operations - SPS · CPFF
Where FY2027 funding flowsShare$M
Industry primes17%4.2
Government labs & warfare centers43%10.9
Other / unspecified40%10.1
FY2027 request100%25.1
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Program detail

Mission & acquisition strategy

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.

Operations and maintenance of AAMDTC, to achieve mission success for testing and weapon system support, is accomplished through three direct contracts with industry, and 22 Statements of Work with 14 Other Government Agencies (OGAs). Supporting MDA testing and weapon system development initiatives requires AAMDTC to be well maintained and keep pace with weapon system upgrades. - Contract #1 - Directed Sole Source to 8(a) Small Business for Mission Critical Support Systems Maintenance. - Contract #2 - Sole Source for Multi-Element Engineering and Integration Team, Special Studies, and Design Documentation. - Contract #3 - Competitive for Aegis Combat System Operations and Maintenance.

Project MD68, MC68, MD40 — AEGIS Ashore
  • Product Development
  • Support
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Sources
FY2027 Office of the Secretary of Defense RDT&E Budget Justification · Exhibits R-2 / R-3 · PE 0604880C (President's Budget PB2027) — and FY2027 NDAA committee marks, as tracked 2026-07-27.
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Markdown twin /programs/0604880C.md · MCP mcp.hitchintel.combudget_get_program_element, budget_get_cong_marks
FY2027 Request
$21.8M
▲ 2.9% vs FY2026
FY2026 Enacted
$21.2M
▲ 13% vs FY2025
FY2025 Actual
$18.7M
Prior year

AEGIS Ashore — one RDT&E project inside PE 0604880C. Congressional marks are recorded on the program element, not on a project.

Project MD68 — AEGIS Ashore — requests $21.8M in FY2027, 87% of the $25.1M requested for program element 0604880C. Year over year it grows 2.9% against FY2026.

Funding trajectory

Project MD68 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.

25018.7FY25ACTUAL21.2FY26ENACTED21.8FY27REQUEST48.5FY2828.7FY2922.3FY3022.9FY31
Actual Enacted Request Outyear (FYDP)
Fiscal YearEstimate TypeAmount ($M)
FY2025Actual18.7
FY2026Enacted21.2
FY2027Request21.8
FY2028Outyear48.5
FY2029Outyear28.7
FY2030Outyear22.3
FY2031Outyear22.9
Inside the project

1 accomplishment / planned program

The R-2A exhibit. Activities carry the prior, current and budget year only — no five-year plan — and they are descriptive: coverage is partial and they do not always add back to the project, so count them, never total them. Opening lines only here — the full year-by-year narrative is on the project page.

FY2025 actual$18.7M
FY2026 enacted$21.2M
FY2027 request$21.8M

- Upgrade AAMDTC hardware in the loop (HWIL) test bed for Aegis Guam Weapon System configuration through ground testing and Objective Quality Evidence (OQE) collection for certification and warfighter acceptance. After initial certification and transition, the HWIL suite will be used for flight testing, operational troubleshooting and…

Read the FY2027 plan →
Project MD68 — every activity in full →
Who's building it

Named performers on project MD68

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.

Lockheed Martin
$3.2M · 15%
Project detail

What project MD68 buys

The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) is responsible for maintaining the Aegis Ashore Missile Defense Test Complex (AAMDTC) at the Pacific Missile Range Facility (PMRF). MDA uses AAMDTC in support of Ground Testing, Aegis Weapon System computer program development testing, fielding (with hardware upgrades), and proof of concept demonstrations. AAMDTC is capable of testing and developing both shore based and sea based Aegis capabilities. In support of European Phased Adaptive Approach Phase III, Aegis Ashore integrates the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) 5.1 and Standard Missile Block IIA capabilities into the Aegis Ashore sites. MDA will provide all upgrades to BMD capability, BMD specific mission equipment, and integration with existing Missile Defense System nodes for all Aegis Ashore sites.

R-3 lines of work
  • Product Development
  • Support
FY2027 Request
$2.3M
▲ 3.6% vs FY2026
FY2026 Enacted
$2.3M
▲ 9.0% vs FY2025
FY2025 Actual
$2.1M
Prior year

Cyber Operations — one RDT&E project inside PE 0604880C. Congressional marks are recorded on the program element, not on a project.

Project MC68 — Cyber Operations — requests $2.3M in FY2027, 9.3% of the $25.1M requested for program element 0604880C. Year over year it grows 3.6% against FY2026.

Funding trajectory

Project MC68 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.

02.1FY25ACTUAL2.3FY26ENACTED2.3FY27REQUEST2.4FY282.4FY292.5FY302.5FY31
Actual Enacted Request Outyear (FYDP)
Fiscal YearEstimate TypeAmount ($M)
FY2025Actual2.1
FY2026Enacted2.3
FY2027Request2.3
FY2028Outyear2.4
FY2029Outyear2.4
FY2030Outyear2.5
FY2031Outyear2.5
Inside the project

1 accomplishment / planned program

The R-2A exhibit. Activities carry the prior, current and budget year only — no five-year plan — and they are descriptive: coverage is partial and they do not always add back to the project, so count them, never total them.

Network / System Certification and Accreditation (C&A)▲ 4%
FY2025 actual$2.1M
FY2026 enacted$2.3M
FY2027 request$2.3M

The exhibit describes this work once, for project MC68 as a whole, rather than per activity. Read the project justification →

Project detail

What project MC68 buys

Sustain Missile Defense Agency (MDA) Risk Management Framework (RMF) and Controls Validation Testing (CVT) activities, analysis of validation results, risk assessments and reviews of proposed Program Manager/Information Assurance Manager Plans of Action and Milestones for MDA Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) mission systems. Maintains the Certification and Accreditation (C&A) data repository, capturing the Department of War RMF documentation (artifacts, validation results, and Information Assurance Risk Assessment results, and Designated Approving Authority (DAA) accreditation decisions) on all MDA Information Systems.

R-3 lines of work
  • Product Development
  • Support
FY2027 Request
$1.0M
▲ 12% vs FY2026
FY2026 Enacted
$0.8M
▼ 0.8% vs FY2025
FY2025 Actual
$0.9M
Prior year

Program-Wide Support — one RDT&E project inside PE 0604880C. Congressional marks are recorded on the program element, not on a project.

Project MD40 — Program-Wide Support — requests $1.0M in FY2027, 3.8% of the $25.1M requested for program element 0604880C. Year over year it grows 12% against FY2026.

Funding trajectory

Project MD40 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.

00.9FY25ACTUAL0.8FY26ENACTED1.0FY27REQUEST1.6FY281.1FY291.0FY301.1FY31
Actual Enacted Request Outyear (FYDP)
Fiscal YearEstimate TypeAmount ($M)
FY2025Actual0.9
FY2026Enacted0.8
FY2027Request1.0
FY2028Outyear1.6
FY2029Outyear1.1
FY2030Outyear1.0
FY2031Outyear1.1
Inside the project

1 accomplishment / planned program

The R-2A exhibit. Activities carry the prior, current and budget year only — no five-year plan — and they are descriptive: coverage is partial and they do not always add back to the project, so count them, never total them.

Program Wide Support▲ 12%
FY2025 actual$0.9M
FY2026 enacted$0.8M
FY2027 request$1.0M

FY2026 to FY2027 change - Increase from FY 2026 to FY 2027 provides the PWS allocation on a pro-rata basis across multiple Agency PEs each FY based on the total Agency budget and, therefore, fluctuates per PE by FY.

Who's building it

Named performers on project MD40

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.

CACI
$1.0M · 100%
Project detail

What project MD40 buys

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 and, therefore, fluctuates per PE by FY based on the total Agency budget in that FY.

R-3 lines of work
  • Support
  • Management Services