# Medium Range Intercept Capability (MRIC) Test and Evaluation

**R-2A activity** of project 2578 — GBAD: Medium Range Intercept Capability (MRIC)  
**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/2578/a0  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605520M/2578

## Summary

This activity requests $12.4M in FY2027, 57% of project 2578, up 125% 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.** -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 to Ordnance (HERO), Electrostatic Discharge (ESD), and live fire in support of domestically produced missiles.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** Increase due to procurement of test assets and initiation of test planning, and testing such as basic safety series, Hazards of Electromagnetic Radiation to Ordnance (HERO), Electrostatic Discharge (ESD), and live fire in support of domestically produced missiles.

## Before the request year

**FY2026 plans — current year.** -Initiated integration testing of Engineering Change Proposals (ECPs) required as technology advances and the prototype system is deployed. -Initiated testing of prototype improvements such as launcher mobility/transportability hardening, missile magazine loader/reloader and materiel solutions for ammunition handling at the tactical unit as well as power generation and distribution improvements.

## Funding

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 2.3 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 5.5 |
| FY2027 | Request | 12.4 |

> 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 2578

- Medium Range Intercept Capability (MRIC) Product Development — FY2027 5.3
- Medium Range Intercept Capability (MRIC) Support — FY2027 4.1

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Navy RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibit R-2A, PE 0605520M project 2578 (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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