# Aegis Weapon System Development

**R-2A activity** of project MD68 — AEGIS Ashore  
**Program element:** 0604880C — Land Based SM-3 (LBSM3)  
**Component:** Defense-Wide · **Budget Activity:** 4  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604880C/MD68/a0  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604880C/MD68

## Summary

This activity requests $21.8M in FY2027, 100% of project MD68, up 2.9% 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.** - 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 employment for the fielded Aegis Guam Weapon System. - Installation of Cooperative Engagement Capability to support Joint Integrated Fires Control architecture.

## Before the request year

**FY2026 plans — current year.** - Update Navigation Sensor System Interface to Global Positioning System Based Positioning, Navigation, and Timing Service. - Update Joint Tactical Terminal to Joint Tactical Terminal - Maritime Evolved.

## Funding

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 18.7 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 21.2 |
| FY2027 | Request | 21.8 |

> 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.

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Office of the Secretary of Defense RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibit R-2A, PE 0604880C project MD68 (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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