# Resources

**R-2A activity** of project MT08 — Midcourse Test  
**Program element:** 0604887C — Ballistic Missile Defense Midcourse Defense Segment Test  
**Component:** Defense-Wide · **Budget Activity:** 4  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604887C/MT08/a0  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604887C/MT08

## Summary

This activity requests $14.4M in FY2027, 28% of project MT08, down 27% 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.** - Continue laboratory test infrastructure planning to integrate and test the upgraded Ground-Based Midcourse Defense Program hardware and software in support of flight, ground, and cyber testing. - Continue testing infrastructure and coordination for flight test range support from VSFB for future flight testing. - Continue testing infrastructure and coordination of the test communications support to integrate in VSFB, MDIOC, FGA, and PMRF for future, and significantly more complex, testing. - Continue integration of Computer in the Loop and/or HWIL hardware and software in Government labs to support integration, ground and flight testing.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** Decrease from Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 to FY 2027 is in accordance with the Integrated Master Test Plan requirements. The Missile Defense System Test Program realigned the Missile Defense Agency's (MDA) Flight Test Budget from Program Element (PE) Ballistic Missile Defense Test 0603914C to PE Ballistic Missile Defense Midcourse Defense Segment Test 0604887C.

## Before the request year

**FY2026 plans — current year.** - Continue laboratory test infrastructure planning to integrate and test the upgraded Ground-Based Midcourse Defense Program hardware and software in support of flight, ground, and cyber testing. - Continue testing infrastructure and coordination for flight test range support from VSFB for future flight testing. - Continue testing infrastructure and coordination of the test communications support to integrate in VSFB, MDIOC, FGA, and PMRF for future, and significantly more complex, testing. - Initiate integration of Computer in the Loop and/or HWIL hardware and software in Government labs to support integration, ground and flight testing.

## Funding

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 16.5 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 19.7 |
| FY2027 | Request | 14.4 |

> 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.

## Other activities in project MT08

- Ground Test Execution — FY2027 26.4
- Program Operations — FY2027 11.1

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Office of the Secretary of Defense RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibit R-2A, PE 0604887C project MT08 (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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