# Project DJ6 — Effector Product Improvement

**Program element:** 0607865A — Patriot Product Improvement  
**Project:** DJ6  
**Component:** U.S. Army  
**Appropriation:** 2040 — RDT&E, Army  
**Budget Activity:** 7 — Operational System Development  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0607865A/DJ6  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0607865A

## Summary

Project DJ6 — Effector Product Improvement requests $161.4M in FY2027, 74% of the $219.0M requested for program element 0607865A, up 31% on FY2026. 1 R-2A activity decomposes the request. RSA, AL is the largest named R-3 performer at $29.3M, 18% of the project's FY2027 R-3 total.

## Funding profile

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 83.1 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 123.1 |
| FY2027 | Request | 161.4 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 165.2 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 165.5 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 237.8 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 240.2 |

> Estimate types are not summed. This project is one leaf of PE 0607865A; the PE total is the sum of its projects, never added to them.

## What project DJ6 buys

The Effector Product Improvement (DJ6) upgrades lower tier effectors (interceptors, fire control and M903 launching stations) to address operational lessons learned, enhancements to joint force interoperability and communications, and other system performance improvements to provide overmatch capability against the emerging threat. DJ6 PIP activities support enduring components of the system as legacy PATRIOT Ground Equipment is sunset with fielding of Integrated Battle Command System (IBCS). As components, software, and hardware improvements are developed, there is a continuing need for system level modeling, simulation, integration and testing. Modeling and Simulation (M&S) allow for performance assessment against specific threats in a manner that is not practical to demonstrate with live fire flight tests alone due to cost, target availability, and range constraints. Flight testing is periodically required for M&S validation as well as satisfying ATEC/DOTE requirements of segment improvements. FY 2027 funding will support test and development of improvements to currently fielded PATRIOT Family of Missiles (PFoM) and M903 launching stations to keep pace with current and emerging threats, support Guam Defense Systems specific efforts, and support Integrated Fires Control development and testing for the Army's Integrated Air and Missile Defense. -U.S. Government Program Management of DJ6 PIP efforts supporting system interceptors, launching stations, and associated materiel. -The AMD Effector Survivability effort enhances PAC-3 Missile segment effectiveness in a highly contested battlespace. Threat evolution and challenges include increased maneuverability, adversary quantities, electronic attack (EA) and use of hypersonics which continue to expand and complicate the ability to maintain defensive overmatch. The funding will deliver incremental software builds throughout the PAC-3 Missile segment, decreasing overall susceptibility and erosion of US capability to overmatch theater-level threats -PAC-3 Software Development Against Threat supports improved missile capability to counter current and emerging electronic attack threats. -Integrated PAC-3 Fire Control Development provides funding to support PAC-3 Fire Control and Link on ELES (LoE) development for integration with IBCS to enable Army Integrated Air and Missile Defense Modernization.

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

## Named R-3 performers

| Performer | $M | Share of this project's FY2027 R-3 total |
|---|---|---|
| RSA, AL | 29.3 | 18% |
| RTX / Raytheon | 17.7 | 11% |
| RDEC and OGAs | 10.7 | 6.6% |

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

## Activities (R-2A) — 1

| Activity | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 | Move | Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Effector Product Improvement | 83.1 | 123.1 | 161.4 | +31% | [a0](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0607865A/DJ6/a0) |

> 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.

### Effector Product Improvement

-Continue program development through system level modeling, simulation, integration and test support to address emerging threats -Continue test program to include utilization of targets/threat simulators, flight simulator and modeling efforts to maintain effectiveness -Continue supporting Integrated Fires and current force PATRIOT…

Full year-by-year narrative: https://hitchintel.com/programs/0607865A/DJ6/a0

## 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/0607865A.

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Army RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibits R-2/R-2A/R-3, PE 0607865A project DJ6 (PB PB2027).
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_program_element(pe="0607865A")`.

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