# Ballistic Missile Defense Midcourse Defense Segment Test — Program Element 0604887C

**Program element:** 0604887C  
**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/0604887C

## Summary

Defense-Wide funding ramps 40% to a $53.8M request 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. Boeing leads the industry work.

## Funding profile

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 39.8 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 38.3 |
| FY2027 | Request | 53.8 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 90.3 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 90.2 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 217.1 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 56.5 |

> 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 | 53.8 | — |
| House NDAA (HASC) | 53.8 | +0.0 |
| Senate NDAA (SASC) | 53.8 | +0.0 |
| House Approps (HAC-D) | 53.8 | +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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MT08 | Midcourse Test | 38.2 | 36.7 | 51.9 | +41% |
| MD40 | Program Wide Support | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.9 | +20% |

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

### Project MT08 — Midcourse Test

Missile Defense Midcourse Defense Segment Test provides flight, ground, and cyber testing of hardware and software to demonstrate an integrated capability to counter the allocated threats. The hardware and software are tested in an integrated environment with Missile Defense System Sensors; Command and Control, Battle Management, and Communications; United States Northern Command (USNORTHCOM) Warfighters; and national collection assets to assess and demonstrate the ability to defend the United States Homeland. Primary activities include planning, design, and execution of flight tests, ground tests, cyber tests; test resources; and program operations. Flight tests provide the opportunity to test actual hardware and software and to demonstrate Missile Defense System interoperability under operationally realistic conditions. Ground-Based Midcourse Defense Program participates in integrated Missile Defense System ground tests executed in both the Hardware-in-the-Loop (HWIL) lab environment and with deployed operational assets providing integrated performance data supporting hardware and software fielding decisions. The Ground-Based Midcourse Defense Program conducts cyber tests and participates in integrated Missile Defense System level cyber tests executed both in the HWIL lab environment and using operational assets providing performance data supporting cyber, operational resilience, and system survivability assessments. Test resources provide the infrastructure and laboratories to support the Ground Missile Defense (GMD) test program as well as day-to-day operations of the GMD test program to include support for test planning, execution, and post-event reconstruction. Program operations provide for technical and business management support of the test program.

**Named R-3 performers** (share of this project's FY2027 R-3 total, so they need not reach 100%)**:** Boeing (20.6, 40%), RTX / Raytheon (8.6, 16%), MP SOLUTIONS (4.9, 9.4%), Northrop Grumman (3.4, 6.6%).

| Activity (R-2A) | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Resources | 16.5 | 19.7 | 14.4 |
| Ground Test Execution | 11.4 | 7.1 | 26.4 |
| Program Operations | 10.3 | 10.0 | 11.1 |

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

| Activity (R-2A) | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Program Wide Support | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.9 |

> 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 | 70% | 37.4 |
| Government labs & warfare centers | 27% | 14.3 |
| Other / unspecified | 3.8% | 2.0 |

**Top named industry performers:** Boeing ($20.6M, 38%), RTX / Raytheon ($8.6M, 16%), MP SOLUTIONS ($4.9M, 9.0%), Northrop Grumman ($3.4M, 6.3%).

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

## Mission & acquisition strategy

Missile Defense Midcourse Defense Segment Test provides flight, ground, and cyber testing of hardware and software to demonstrate an integrated capability to counter the allocated threats. The hardware and software are tested in an integrated environment with Missile Defense System Sensors; Command and Control, Battle Management, and Communications; United States Northern Command (USNORTHCOM) Warfighters; and national collection assets to assess and demonstrate the ability to defend the United States Homeland. Primary activities include planning, design, and execution of flight tests, ground tests, cyber tests; test resources; and program operations.

The GMD program will continue to execute testing, development, and evolutionary acquisition through incremental development. The GMD acquisition strategy ensures GMD products are upgraded to improve GMD Weapon System performance to meet Warfighter requirements and defeat the allocated threats. This acquisition approach reduces obsolescence risk, provides incremental capability improvements, and allows decision makers to make informed trades between cost, schedule, and performance while rapidly delivering improved operational and technological capabilities.

## Related program elements

- [0603882C — Ballistic Missile Defense Midcourse Defense Segment](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603882C) (Defense-Wide)
- [0604874C — Improved Homeland Defense Interceptors](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604874C) (Defense-Wide)
- [0102326F — R/SAOC Modernization](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0102326F) (Air Force)
- [0603635M — Marine Corps Grnd Cmbt/Supt Sys](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603635M) (Navy)

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Office of the Secretary of Defense RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibits R-2/R-3, PE 0604887C (PB PB2027); FY2027 NDAA committee marks (as of 2026-07-27).
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_program_element(pe="0604887C")`.

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