# Multi-Mission Maritime Aircraft (MMA) (P-8A) — Program Element 0605500N

**Program element:** 0605500N  
**Component:** U.S. Navy  
**Appropriation:** 1319 — RDT&E, Navy  
**Budget Activity:** 5 — System Development & Demonstration  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605500N

## Summary

U.S. Navy funding ramps 112% to a $87.2M request in FY2027. In the FY2027 defense authorization, the House funded it in full; the Senate funded it in full; House appropriators funded it in full. BAE Systems leads the industry work.

## Funding profile

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 33.0 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 41.1 |
| FY2027 | Request | 87.2 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 107.2 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 84.6 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 55.0 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 56.0 |

> 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 | 87.2 | — |
| House NDAA (HASC) | 87.2 | +0.0 |
| Senate NDAA (SASC) | 87.2 | +0.0 |
| House Approps (HAC-D) | 87.2 | +0.0 |

> FY2027 NDAA authorization marks, as of 2026-07-27. Not appropriations or final law.

## Projects (1)

| Project | Title | FY2025 actual | FY2026 enacted | FY2027 request | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3368 | P-8 Improvements | 33.0 | 41.1 | 87.2 | +112% |

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

### Project 3368 — P-8 Improvements

The P-8A MMA program's Assured Maritime Dominance Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW), Anti-Surface Warfare (ASuW), and Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) activities include a sequence of Rapid Capability Insertions (RCI) and rapid development efforts to respond to evolving threats and adversary capabilities, which will retain cost effectiveness for winning major combat operations. In order to pace the threat, these efforts will incorporate incremental software and/or hardware improvements that increase/exceed the current performance envelope, to include reliability/maintainability improvements, obsolescence, periodic technology insertion, urgent operational needs, correction of deficiencies and flight safety issues to existing sensor capabilities, communications systems, mission systems, airframe and engine component systems, weapons capabilities, training systems and Tactical Operations Center (TOC) /Tacmobile support to build on the P-8A capability baseline. These planned and emergent requirements will be prioritized through either the Navy Integration and interoperability (I&I) aligned Capability Prioritization Process (CPP), P-8A Capability Roadmap and/or through Fleet identification of an Urgent Operational Need. The CPP process is supported by detailed analysis and the maturations of developing technologies. Assured Maritime Dominance activities include principal mission lethality, survivability against kinetic and non-kinetic threats, and capability persistence in high-level threat environments. Rapid Development efforts increase lethality through optimization of kill-chain software systems, employment of LRASM, and other weapon systems and Airborne Weapon Simulator capabilities. RCI4 capabilities include kill-chain/gap analysis, ASW Enhancements, common weapons synchronization, and Airborne Weapon Simulator continuation. RCI5 capabilities increase P-8A survivability through Radio Frequency Counter Measure (RFCM) Self Protection Pod/Advanced Survivability Pod (ASP) Certification, P-8A Survivability Assurance and distributed sensor network improvements.

**Named R-3 performers** (share of this project's FY2027 R-3 total, so they need not reach 100%)**:** BAE Systems (39.0, 45%), Boeing (20.7, 24%), NAWCAD (4.6, 5.2%), RBC (0.7, 0.8%).

| Activity (R-2A) | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Perform technology demonstrations and analyses of proposed new capabilities | 32.3 | 40.0 | 81.9 |
| Conduct technical, cost, risk, test, and logistics analysis of proposed technologies | 0.7 | 1.1 | 5.2 |

> 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 | 75% | 65.0 |
| Other / unspecified | 25% | 22.2 |

**Top named industry performers:** BAE Systems ($39.0M, 45%), Boeing ($20.7M, 24%), NAWCAD ($4.6M, 5.2%).

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

## Mission & acquisition strategy

The P-8A Multi-mission Maritime Aircraft (MMA) program was initiated in response to the Joint Requirements Oversight Council (JROC) validated Mission Needs Statement, "Broad Area Maritime and Littoral Armed Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance" and the requirements for the program are defined in the P-8A Capability Production Document #791-88-09, validated and approved on 22 June 2009. A successful Critical Design Review was completed in June 2007. In August 2007 the Design Readiness Review was conducted and resulted in approval to obligate funding for the fabrication of the Stage II flight test aircraft. The first flight of P-8A occurred on 25 Apr 2009.

The P-8A acquisition strategy is designed to deliver the required capabilities while introducing additional competition throughout the program. Government Lead Capability Integrator (LCI) control over the designs and information promote cost-effectiveness, rapid capability fielding, and reduced acquisition and life-cycle costs. Additionally, technologies for P-8 modernization improvements are compartmentalized and delivered independently of one another as a series of ECPs, without risk to the overall program schedule or procurement cost.

## Related program elements

- [0605504N — Multi-Mission Maritime (MMA) Inc III](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605504N) (Navy)
- [0207418F — TACP Support](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0207418F) (Air Force)
- [0207457F — Air Force Special Warfare (SPECWAR)](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0207457F) (Air Force)
- [1203610K — Teleport Program](https://hitchintel.com/programs/1203610K) (Defense-Wide)

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Navy RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibits R-2/R-3, PE 0605500N (PB PB2027); FY2027 NDAA committee marks (as of 2026-07-27).
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_program_element(pe="0605500N")`.

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