# Test

**R-2A activity** of project 655238 — GROUND BASED STRATEGIC DETERRENT (GBSD)  
**Program element:** 0605238F — Ground BASED Strategic Deterrent (GBSD)  
**Component:** U.S. Air Force · **Budget Activity:** 5  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605238F/655238/a5  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605238F

## Summary

This activity requests $409.8M in FY2027, 9.1% of project 655238, up 111% 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.** Increase efforts to develop, modernize, and expand test capabilities for the weapon system across all stages of testing, including technical maturity, developmental, operational, and live fire test and evaluation. The emphasis is on identifying and filling capability gaps, particularly for development of a host site and logistics for the Broad Ocean Area Terminal Area Scoring Test Capability (BOA TASTC), specialized ground-test sites, test facilities, and robust impact scoring systems particularly for high-sea states and continued execution of associated operations. Increase efforts to modernize instrumentation networks at key test ranges, such as Vandenberg Space Force Base, Reagan Test Site, and the Pacific Missile Range Facility. Improve information systems and cybersecurity infrastructure to ensure seamless and secure data management and collaboration. Increase efforts to conduct strategic planning, resource allocation, and risk reduction activities for ground and flight test activities. Continue to conduct development of comprehensive ground and flight test strategies, to include pad launch and government-led tests. Increase efforts to mature a collaborative test environment, leveraging the expertise of organizations like Air Force Research Lab, Arnold Engineering and Development Complex, Air Force Operational Test & Evaluation Center, Joint Interoperability Test Command, and the Air Force Institute of Technology. Continue to refine technical requirements, and construct/outfit specialized labs and test facilities. Continue to develop and execute a robust developmental test program, encompassing flight tests, cyber testing, environmental testing, and an evaluation of modeling and simulation products. Continue to plan for future testing of a secondary and leverage the industrial base to increase test throughput at specialized sites.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** Funding increased due to the risk reduction / parallel path efforts identified through the program restructure activities, TMRR efforts to achieve MS-B, and the EMD prime contract schedule incentive fee identified in the "Omni-Mod” contract framework.

## Before the request year

**FY2026 plans — current year.** Develop, modernize, and expand test capabilities for the weapon system across all stages of testing, including technical maturity, developmental, operational, and live fire test and evaluation. The emphasis is on identifying and filling capability gaps, particularly for development of a host site and logistics for the Broad Ocean Area Terminal Area Scoring Test Capability (BOA TASTC), specialized ground-test sites, test facilities, and robust impact scoring systems particularly for high-sea states and continued execution of associated operations. Modernize instrumentation networks at key test ranges, such as Vandenberg Space Force Base, Reagan Test Site, and the Pacific Missile Range Facility. Improve information systems and cybersecurity infrastructure to ensure seamless and secure data management and collaboration. Conduct strategic planning, resource allocation, and risk reduction activities for ground and flight test activities. Conduct development of comprehensive ground and flight test strategies, to include pad launch and government-led tests. Mature a collaborative test environment, leveraging the expertise of organizations like Air Force Research Lab, Arnold Engineering and Development Complex, Air Force Operational Test & Evaluation Center, Joint Interoperability Test Command, and the Air Force Institute of Technology. Refine technical requirements, and construct/outfit specialized labs and test facilities. Develop and execute a robust developmental test program, encompassing flight tests, cyber testing, environmental testing, and an evaluation of modeling and simulation products. Plan for future testing of a secondary and leverage the industrial base to increase test throughput at specialized sites.

## Funding

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 136.5 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 193.9 |
| FY2027 | Request | 409.8 |

> 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.

## Other activities in project 655238

- [Flight Systems](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605238F/655238/a0) — FY2027 1,452.8
- [Command & Launch](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605238F/655238/a1) — FY2027 981.7
- [Systems Engineering](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605238F/655238/a4) — FY2027 783.0
- [Government Support](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605238F/655238/a6) — FY2027 433.6
- [Software](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605238F/655238/a3) — FY2027 292.7
- [Infrastructure & Deployment](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605238F/655238/a2) — FY2027 167.8

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Air Force RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibit R-2A, PE 0605238F project 655238 (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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