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RDT&E Program Element · President's Budget PB2027

Management HQ - MDA

PE 0901598C·Defense-Wide·Approp. 0400 — RDT&E·BA6 — RDT&E Management Support
FY2027 Request
$31.9M
Defense-Wide · RDT&E
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Defense-Wide requests $31.9M in FY2027, sustained across the five-year plan. In the FY2027 defense authorization, the House funded it in full; the Senate funded it in full; House appropriators funded it in full.

FY2027 Request
$31.9M
▲ 11% vs FY2026
FY2026 Enacted
$28.7M
▼ 11% vs FY2025
FY2025 Actual
$32.2M
Prior year

For fiscal year 2027, Defense-Wide agencies are requesting $31.9M for Management HQ - MDA under RDT&E program element 0901598C, up 11% over FY2026.

Funding trajectory

Funding profile, 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.

25032.2FY25ACTUAL28.7FY26ENACTED31.9FY27REQUEST32.8FY2834.0FY2935.2FY3036.4FY31
Actual Enacted Request Outyear (FYDP)
Fiscal YearEstimate TypeAmount ($M)
FY2025Actual32.2
FY2026Enacted28.7
FY2027Request31.9
FY2028Outyear32.8
FY2029Outyear34.0
FY2030Outyear35.2
FY2031Outyear36.4
Where it sits

Acquisition lifecycle

This program is funded in RDT&E Budget Activity 6 — RDT&E Management Support.

Complete
Research
BA 1–2
Complete
Advanced Technology
BA 3
Complete
Prototyping
BA 4
Current
Development & Fielding
BA 5–7
Inside the program element

1 project rolls up into PE 0901598C

Projects are the summable leaves — the PE total is their sum, never added to it. Program elements and projects carry the full five-year plan; activities stop at the budget year. This PE moves 11% overall, which can hide much larger swings below.

Project MD38

Management Headquarters

$31.9MFY2027 request ▲ 11%
FY2025 actual$32.2M
FY2026 enacted$28.7M
FY2027 request$31.9M

The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) Headquarters provides oversight, direction and control over MDA's acquisition programs and fielded systems. The MDA Headquarters staff functions (government salaries, government travel, and contract support services) support the mission and operations of the world-wide MDA mission.

Accomplishments / planned programs (R-2A) — prior, current and budget year only
MHA Civilian Salaries▲ 17%
FY2025 actual$22.3M
FY2026 enacted$19.0M
FY2027 request$22.3M

FY2026 to FY2027 change - Increase from FY 2026 to FY 2027 provides the PWS allocation on a pro-rata basis across multiple Agency PE's each FY based on the total Agency budget and, therefore, fluctuates per PE by FY.

MHA Travel▼ 51%
FY2025 actual$0.9M
FY2026 enacted$0.7M
FY2027 request$0.3M

FY2026 to FY2027 change - Decrease from FY 2026 to FY 2027 due to reduction in travel budget(s), prorated across all OPR travel budgets.

MHA Contract Services▲ 2%
FY2025 actual$8.9M
FY2026 enacted$9.1M
FY2027 request$9.3M

FY2026 to FY2027 change - Increase from FY 2026 to FY 2027 provides the PWS allocation on a pro-rata basis across multiple Agency PE's each FY based on the total Agency budget and, therefore, fluctuates per PE by FY.

Congressional action

Congressional marks

Committee marks on the FY2027 request. Adds and cuts are reconciled in conference before they become law.

RequestPresident's Budget
$31.9M
House NDAA (HASC)HASC
$31.9M full · +$0
Senate NDAA (SASC)SASC
$31.9M full · +$0
House Approps (HAC-D)HAC_D
$31.9M full · +$0
unresolved as of 2026-07-27. These are FY2027 authorization marks (NDAA); appropriations and the conference agreement may differ.
Program detail

Mission & acquisition strategy

As prescribed by Department of Defense Instruction 5100.73 Major Headquarters Activities (MHA), the Missile Defense Agency's (MDA) MHA Program Element supports the operation of MDA and funds government civilian salaries and benefits, travel, contract support services, and operations of non-fielded activities. MHA provides executive leadership planning; develops centralized agency policy; prepares and defends annual budget submissions; responds to external inquiries; and implements Secretary of War and Presidential priorities.

Project MD38 — Management Headquarters
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Sources
FY2027 Office of the Secretary of Defense RDT&E Budget Justification · Exhibits R-2 / R-3 · PE 0901598C (President's Budget PB2027) — and FY2027 NDAA committee marks, as tracked 2026-07-27.
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