# MADIS CES-INCREASED LETHALITY: Test and Evaluation

**R-2A activity** of project 2278 — Air Defense Weapons System  
**Program element:** 0605520M — Marine CORPS AIR Defense Weapons SYS  
**Component:** U.S. Navy · **Budget Activity:** 7  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605520M/2278/a7  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605520M/2278

## Summary

This activity requests $16.2M in FY2027, 15% of project 2278, up 2010% 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.** -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 integrating and testing. UGVs have potential to fill gaps in manpower within the LAAD community as capabilities increase and scope expands.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** Increase from FY 2026 to FY 2027 funds the procurement and continued integration of various Unmanned Ground Vehicle (UGV) variants. This is required to increase the platoon's operational effectiveness by providing attritable effector platforms that can reduce operator workload and address critical manpower gaps.

## Before the request year

**FY2026 plans — current year.** -Completes contractor testing prior to government acceptance -Initiates testing of product enhancements, to include the integration of Unmanned Ground Vehicles (UGVs), to the CES solutions to maintain pace with the evolving UAS threat environment

## Funding

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 3.1 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 0.8 |
| FY2027 | Request | 16.2 |

> 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 2278

- [MADIS: Product Development](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605520M/2278/a0) — FY2027 23.4
- [MADIS: Hardware/Software ECPs](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605520M/2278/a1) — FY2027 18.9
- [MADIS: Test and Evaluation](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605520M/2278/a3) — FY2027 15.8
- [O-CsUAS: Test and Evaluation](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605520M/2278/a10) — FY2027 13.5
- O-CsUAS: Product Development — FY2027 8.1
- O-CsUAS: Hardware — FY2027 5.0
- MADIS: Support Costs — FY2027 2.8
- I-CsUAS: Test & Evaluation — FY2027 2.1
- NGSRI: Test & Evaluation — FY2027 2.0
- MADIS CES- INCREASED LETHALITY: Support — FY2027 1.5
- L-MADIS: Product Development — FY2027 0.9
- L-MADIS: Test and Evaluation — FY2027 0.8
- MADIS: Management Services — FY2027 0.2
- MADIS CES - INCREASED LETHALITY: Product Development — FY2027 0.0
- L-MADIS: Support Costs — FY2027 0.0
- L-MADIS: Management Services — FY2027 0.0
- I-CsUAS: Support — FY2027 0.0

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Navy RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibit R-2A, PE 0605520M project 2278 (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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