# Project 2578 — GBAD: Medium Range Intercept Capability (MRIC)

**Program element:** 0605520M — Marine CORPS AIR Defense Weapons SYS  
**Project:** 2578  
**Component:** U.S. Navy  
**Appropriation:** 1319 — RDT&E, Navy  
**Budget Activity:** 7 — Operational System Development  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605520M/2578  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605520M

## Summary

Project 2578 — GBAD: Medium Range Intercept Capability (MRIC) requests $21.8M in FY2027, 16% of the $133.0M requested for program element 0605520M, down 35% on FY2026. 3 R-2A activities decompose the request. MCSC is the largest named R-3 performer at $11.5M, 53% of the project's FY2027 R-3 total.

## Funding profile

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 3.8 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 33.5 |
| FY2027 | Request | 21.8 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 11.2 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 3.9 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 1.4 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 1.4 |

> Estimate types are not summed. This project is one leaf of PE 0605520M; the PE total is the sum of its projects, never added to them.

## What project 2578 buys

The Medium Range Intercept Capability (MRIC) is a CMC Force Design program providing the Marine Corps Expeditionary Force Commander a capability to defend forward deployed forces primarily against threat cruise missiles; secondarily against UAS and other aerial threats that enter the MRIC's Weapons Engagement Zone (WEZ). MRIC is designed as a system-of-systems and will be integrated with Marine Corps organic Command and Control (C2) and Joint Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD) architecture. The program will enhance the expeditionary force ground-based air defense (GBAD) capability to rapidly prosecute aerial threats and expand layered defense of the Expeditionary and Naval Forces. The MRIC prototype firing exercises were completed 4Q FY 2022 and informed the decision point in 1Q FY2023 to certify for deployment. The certification efforts occurred FY 2023 through FY 2024 and led to a successful decision for prototype deployment 3Q FY 2025. This effort informs the investment to meet the Force Design requirements to field an MRIC Battery to each of the three LAAD Battalions.

**R-3 lines of work:** Product Development; Support; Test and Evaluation.

## Named R-3 performers

| Performer | $M | Share of this project's FY2027 R-3 total |
|---|---|---|
| MCSC | 11.5 | 53% |
| WSMR | 8.3 | 38% |

> Budget-justification contract funding, not obligations. Shares need not reach 100% — unnamed and government work is in the denominator.

## Activities (R-2A) — 3

| Activity | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 | Move | Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Medium Range Intercept Capability (MRIC) Test and Evaluation | 2.3 | 5.5 | 12.4 | +125% | [a0](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605520M/2578/a0) |
| Medium Range Intercept Capability (MRIC) Product Development | 0.0 | 25.2 | 5.3 | −79% | — |
| Medium Range Intercept Capability (MRIC) Support | 1.5 | 2.8 | 4.1 | +48% | — |

> Activities carry the prior, current and budget year only — no five-year plan. In the request year they partition this project exactly; in earlier years they can under-cover it.

### Medium Range Intercept Capability (MRIC) Test and Evaluation

-Initiates digital integration and live fire events to confirm MRIC system performance post baseline merge for Ground/Air Task Oriented Radar (G/ATOR) and Common Aviation Command and Control System (CAC2S). -Initiates the purchase of test assets, test planning, and testing such as basic safety series, Hazards of Electromagnetic Radiation…

Full year-by-year narrative: https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605520M/2578/a0

### Medium Range Intercept Capability (MRIC) Product Development

**FY2027 planned work.** -Completes software integration efforts to enable full interoperability between the MRIC system and the associated G/ATOR system and Common Aviation Command and Control System (CAC2S). -Initiates design verification for United States compliant components for production missiles.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** Decrease due to completion of prototype improvements and shift into procurement as well as completion of the efforts into integrate MRIC into the CAC2S and G/ATOR baselines.

**FY2026 plans — current year.** -Initiated software integration efforts to enable full interoperability between the MRIC system and the associated G/ATOR system and Common Aviation Command and Control System (CAC2S). -Initiated and completed prototype improvements such launcher mobility/transportability hardening and improvement, missile magazine loader/reloader development and materiel solutions for proper ammunition handling at the tactical unit, and power generation and distribution improvements. -Initiated the design for United States compliant components for production missiles.

### Medium Range Intercept Capability (MRIC) Support

**FY2027 planned work.** -Continues the engineering and logistics support required for integration of engineering change proposals resulting from technology advances and deployment of the prototype -Initiates efforts by the Israeli Missile Defense Organization (IMDO) to conduct cyber security updates as well as software support activities as MRIC continues to move towards inclusion in the G/ATOR and CAC2S baseline.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** The increase is due to the initiation of efforts by the Israeli Missile Defense Organization (IMDO) to conduct cyber security updates as well as software support activities as MRIC continues to integrate improved hardware.

**FY2026 plans — current year.** -Continued the engineering and logistics support required for integration of engineering change proposals resulting from technology advances and deployment of the prototype. -Initiated the training requirements analysis to ensure Marines within MRIC units receive appropriate training at the schoolhouse.

## What is NOT on this page

Congressional marks, the R-2 mission description and acquisition strategy, the industry vs government split of the whole request, and related program elements are recorded at **program-element** grain — an NDAA mark lands on a PE, never on a project. They are at https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605520M.

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Navy RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibits R-2/R-2A/R-3, PE 0605520M project 2578 (PB PB2027).
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_program_element(pe="0605520M")`.

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