What project 2278 buys
Marine Corps Air Defense Weapons Systems includes multiple Commandant of the Marine Corps (CMC) Force Design priority items. It supports the Low Altitude Air Defense (LAAD) Battalion's mission of Short Range Air Defense (SHORAD) and provides the Marine Air Ground Task Force (MAGTF) to include; maneuver forces, bases, posts and stations, the necessary force protection to defeat the full spectrum of threats associated with the Marine Corps Low Altitude Air Defense mission, to include hostile aerial threats from Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) and manned fixed wing/rotary wing aircraft. With the proliferation of both military and commercial UAS and platforms, the program is pursuing and acquiring more lethal and survivable air defense weapons systems platforms; such as JLTV's with armored protection and better maneuverability than a HMMWV, providing increased Counter-UAS (C-UAS) and FW/RW capabilities now and continually spiraling out increasing capability for the foreseeable future. Based on an Urgent Universal Need Statement (UUNS), a Joint Urgent Operational Need (JUON), and a Joint Emergent Operational Need (JEON) the Marine Corps has aggressively pursued CUAS solutions in support of deployed Marines and critical facilities. The development of these solutions has been leveraged heavily by the MADIS onto two Joint Light Tactical Vehicles (JLTV). MADIS is an ACAT II Program of Record that initiated at MS B in 3Q FY 2021 and achieved MS C in 3Q FY 2023 and began fielding in 1Q FY 2025. Marine Air Defense Integrated System Family of Systems (MADIS FoS): MADIS FoS provides the Marine Corps with an organic, upgradable, and state of the art capability to protect MAGTF maneuver forces, installations and other designated defended assets from Fixed/Rotary Wing (FW/RW) aircraft and Unmanned Aircraft Systems. The MAGTF is at increased risk of lethal air attack and fires coordination from next generation aircraft as well as significant advances from small UAS (sUAS) threats due to their rapid development and proliferation by the commercial sector, which has increased their nefarious use by both state and non-state actors. To address these threats, the MADIS FoS consists of mission tailored variants designed for sustained operations ashore, afloat, and aboard installations.
- Product Development
- Support
- Test and Evaluation
- Management Services
Project 2278 funding, FY2025–FY2031
Prior years are actuals, the budget year is the request, and the outyears are the FYDP plan. Estimate types are colored and never summed into one figure. Projects carry the full five-year plan; the activities inside them stop at the budget year.
| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 65.0 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 22.6 |
| FY2027 | Request | 111.2 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 39.2 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 32.2 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 31.4 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 32.0 |
18 accomplishments / planned programs
The R-2A exhibit — the only level of the budget that describes work that has not happened yet. Activities carry the prior, current and budget year only, no five-year plan. 5 of them describe FY2027 work in enough detail to have their own page; the rest are shown here in full. Coverage is partial across the corpus, so count activities, never total them.
-Initiates the integration of a new Electronic Warfare (EW) solution. This solution is required to satisfy non-kinetic defeat requirements and enable ease of new technology insertion and optimization of specific capabilities by fleet users dependent on threat set. -Initiates the development of hardware/software upgrades and added…
Read the FY2027 plan →-Initiates the procurement of hardware in support of integration of a new Electronic Warfare (EW) solution -Initiates the purchase of hardware in support of development, integration, and testing of the new Loitering High Power Microwave (HPM) solution. -Initiates the purchase of enhanced Optic and Radar for increase detection range and…
Read the FY2027 plan →-Continues integration testing of product enhancements, to include Unmanned Ground Vehicles (UGVs), with CES and subsequent integration with MADIS. UGV integration can reduce operator workload and increase effectiveness of the MADIS platoon via attritable effector platforms. -Initiate purchase of multiples variants of UGVs to support…
Read the FY2027 plan →-Initiates the integration testing of a new Electronic Warfare (EW) solution to include evaluation and assessment of placement, obstructions, cabling, grounding, and bonding. -Initiates the testing of hardware/software upgrades and added capabilities that increase overall system survivability through resilient scalable architecture…
Read the FY2027 plan →-Conduct evaluation of multiple sensor and effector solutions to support purchase of test assets. -Conduct live fire testing of the integrated sensor and effector capability. -Conduct ballistic testing of developmental ammunition against hard targets in consideration of dual use or multi use effectiveness.
Read the FY2027 plan →FY2027 planned work -Initiates development of ammunition for improved CUAS kinetic kill when firing through standard issue weapons. -Initiates integration of sensor hardware and software with effector capabilities. -Initiates model based systems engineering.
FY2026 to FY2027 change Increase from FY 2026 to FY 2027 required to develop additional capability for self-defense weapon system designed to detect, track, identify, and defeat Groups 1 and 2 UAS. Development of this capability is critical for Organic small units that do not have LAAD capabilities due to their distributed locations, size, or mission.
FY2027 planned work -Initiates purchase of test assets to include hardware with RF detection, alert handheld, directional jammer, enhanced optics, and developmental ammunition.
FY2026 to FY2027 change Increase from FY 2026 to FY 2027 is due to the purchase of test assets to provide self-defense weapon system designed to detect, track, identify, and defeat Groups 1 and 2 UAS.
FY2027 planned work -Initiates engineering and logistics support for hardware purchased in support of a new electronic warfare (EW) solution as well as multi-mode programmable ammunition (MMPA) integration
FY2026 to FY2027 change Increase from FY 2026 to FY 2027 for necessary engineering and logistics support to ensure the successful integration of a new Electronic Warfare (EW) solution and Multi-Mode Programmable Ammunition (MMPA). This is required to deliver advanced non-kinetic effects, increase lethality against unmanned systems, and reduce the overall logistical footprint
FY2026 plans — current year -Continues engineering and logistics support for components purchased to improve system performance and counter the evolving threat.
FY2027 planned work -Continues evaluation of I-CsUAS capabilities to maintain pace with evolving threats and new technologies
FY2026 to FY2027 change Decrease from FY 2026 to FY 2027 is due to reduced level of effort required as the capability is procured and fielded.
FY2026 plans — current year -Continues evaluation of I-CsUAS capabilities to maintain pace with evolving threats and new technologies
FY2027 planned work -Completes the engineering and logistics efforts to support Developmental Testing (DT). This ensures USMC advocacy during the US Army's planned development of a Stinger Missile replacement.
FY2026 to FY2027 change Decrease from FY 2026 to FY 2027 due to completion of developmental test in support of the development of a Stinger Missile replacement.
FY2026 plans — current year -Continues the purchase of prototype missiles and targets for Operational Assessment (OA) -Continues the engineering and logistics efforts to support Developmental Testing (DT). This ensures USMC advocacy during the US Army's planned development of a Stinger Missile replacement.
FY2027 planned work -Initiates engineering, cyber security, information assurance, and safety required to support the integration of Unmanned Ground Vehicles (UGVs) with CES and subsequent integration into MADIS
FY2026 to FY2027 change Increase from FY 2026 to FY 2027 due to inflation.
FY2026 plans — current year -Completes logistics supportability to include MADIS CES Level of Repair Analysis (LoRA), provisioning conferences, updates of manpower and training plan and manpower task lists. -Completes engineering, cyber security, information assurance, and safety required in support of MADIS CES developmental test
FY2027 planned work -Continues C-UAS kinetic defeat system integration with an on the move ULTV capability
FY2026 to FY2027 change Decrease from FY 2026 to FY 2027 due to the increased component maturity as previously purchased enhancements are integrated, which requires fewer component purchases and associated SIL integration efforts
FY2026 plans — current year -Continues purchase of components that increase system performance and support countering the rapidly evolving UAS threat. Components include Position-Navigation-Time, Kinetic Effector, and Passive Sensor components. These components improve the fidelity of target data, accuracy for the integrated weapons, probability of kill, and increase the acquisition of UAS threats in denied environments -Completes integration of a System Integration Lab (SIL) required to independently verify software, cyber requirements, and development of engineering change proposals. -Initiates improvements of systems communication architecture to increase distributed operations capability and mission flexibility…
FY2027 planned work -Completes testing of a C-UAS kinetic defeat system integrated with an on the move ULTV capability
FY2026 to FY2027 change FY 2026 to FY 2027 decrease due to completion of testing of a C-UAS kinetic defeat system integrated on a ULTV.
FY2026 plans — current year -Continues testing of components purchased to improve the fidelity of target data, accuracy for the integrated weapons, probability of kill, and increase the acquisition of UAS threats in denied environments. -Initiates testing of the System Integration Labs (SIL) components required to independently verify software, cyber requirements, and development of engineering change proposals -Initiates testing of Machine Learning product enhancements to improve operator decision making and decrease user fatigue -Initiates testing of a C-UAS kinetic defeat system integrated with an on the move ULTV capability
FY2027 planned work -Funds travel in support of the integration of multiple technologies that increase overall survivability
FY2026 to FY2027 change Increase from FY 2026 to FY 2027 due to inflation
FY2026 plans — current year -Funds travel in support of the development and testing of the MADIS Gunnery Training System
FY2026 to FY2027 change FY 2026 to FY 2027 decrease due to the completion of development and shift into testing of CES solutions to maintain pace with evolving UAS threat.
FY2026 plans — current year -Completes the design for integration of CES hardware onto the MADIS required prior to developmental testing of prototypes. -Initiates product enhancements to the CES solutions to maintain pace with the evolving UAS threat environment
FY2026 to FY2027 change Decrease from FY 2026 to FY 2027 due to the completion of support required for purchase and test of enhanced hardware and software in support of L-MADIS.
FY2026 plans — current year -Continues engineering and logistics efforts to support the purchase and testing of components to enhance the L-MADIS and continue to counter the evolving threat
FY2026 to FY2027 change Decrease from FY 2026 to FY 2027 due the completion of travel to support enhanced hardware and software integration into the L-MADIS
FY2026 plans — current year -Continues travel to support testing of components purchased to improve system performance and support countering the evolving threat
Named performers on project 2278
Performers named in the R-3 exhibit under this project. Share is of the project's whole FY2027 R-3 total — the same denominator the program-element split uses, so the two read on one scale and will not sum to 100% when unnamed or government work is in the mix. Budget-justification contract funding, not obligations.