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Fiscal Receipts

Ballistic Missile Defense Targets

MDARDT&EPartial Reconciliation0603915C
What it is
Ballistic Missile Defense Targets (0603915C) is a MDA research & development line funded in the Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide account. Its J-book detail breaks the line into 3 projects.
What changed
+$88.0M FY25→26 R-1 TOA · PB2026
Who gets it
No award linkage at high confidence.

Budget Figures

FY24 Actuals
$617.7MR-1 TOA · PB2026
FY25 Total
$606.0MR-1 TOA · PB2026
FY26 Request
$693.9MR-1 TOA · PB2026
25.8% reconciliation

$514.9M discretionary + $179.0M one-time reconciliation. Discretionary change vs FY2025 enacted: -15.0%.

FY25→26 Change
+$88.0MR-1 TOA · PB2026

Two official figures, one label— reconciled below

Fiscal Receipts uses P-1/R-1 workbook total obligation authority (TOA) as the headline figure sitewide. The workbook TOA includes budget rows (such as advance procurement) that the R-2/P-40 J-book program line excludes. How the two bases relate →

FY26 Request · $693.9M TOA − $514.9M J-book line = 179.0M (693.9514.9 = 179.0)

Figures in the sentence are rounded for reading; the parenthesised arithmetic is the same subtraction in USD millions, at the precision where it closes.

FY2026 award data is a partial year — USASpending awards are reported on a rolling basis and the fiscal year does not close until September 30. why partial FY2026 data? →

Budget Trajectory
The program's 3 summary figures for FY24 to FY26, plotted in fiscal-year order so the direction of travel is readable at a glance: this line ends higher than it starts. The points are the summary cards above, not a separate derivation; the table beside the chart carries each figure with its own citation.
The program's 3 summary figures for FY24 to FY26, plotted in fiscal-year order so the direction of travel is readable at a glance: this line ends higher than it starts. The points are the summary cards above, not a separate derivation; the table beside the chart carries each figure with its own citation.FY24: $617.7MFY25: $606.0MFY26: $693.9MFY24FY25FY26
Budget trajectory: one row per fiscal year, carrying the summary figure the sparkline plots. Every figure opens its own citation.
Fiscal yearAmount
FY24$617.7M
FY25$606.0M
FY26$693.9M

All series figures: R-1 TOA · PB2026

Decade view — P-1/R-1 workbook TOA basis, shown compact in $B/$M (the workbook records USD thousands); each figure cites its own President's Budget edition
12 fiscal years of this program as published (FY2015–FY2026): a line through the actuals (filled dots), with the enacted (hollow circles) and request (diamonds) markers each edition reported. Read it for direction, not for precision — this program's actuals line rises across the span. The grid below is the same data as text, one cited figure per cell.
12 fiscal years of this program as published (FY2015–FY2026): a line through the actuals (filled dots), with the enacted (hollow circles) and request (diamonds) markers each edition reported. Read it for direction, not for precision — this program's actuals line rises across the span. The grid below is the same data as text, one cited figure per cell.FY2015 actuals — PB2017 editionFY2016 actuals — PB2018 editionFY2017 actuals — PB2019 editionFY2018 actuals — PB2020 editionFY2019 actuals — PB2021 editionFY2020 actuals — PB2022 editionFY2021 actuals — PB2023 editionFY2022 actuals — PB2024 editionFY2023 actuals — PB2025 editionFY2024 actuals — PB2026 editionFY2016 enacted — PB2017 editionFY2017 enacted — PB2018 editionFY2018 enacted — PB2019 editionFY2019 enacted — PB2020 editionFY2020 enacted — PB2021 editionFY2021 enacted — PB2022 editionFY2022 enacted — PB2023 editionFY2023 enacted — PB2024 editionFY2024 enacted — PB2025 editionFY2025 enacted — PB2026 editionFY2017 request — PB2017 editionFY2018 request — PB2018 editionFY2019 request — PB2019 editionFY2020 request — PB2020 editionFY2021 request — PB2021 editionFY2022 request — PB2022 editionFY2023 request — PB2023 editionFY2024 request — PB2024 editionFY2025 request — PB2025 editionFY2026 request — PB2026 editionFY15FY18FY20FY22FY24FY26

The vertical scale does not start at zero: the baseline sits just below this program’s smallest year, so a low point on this line is not a small amount. Read the shape for direction and the grid below for the figures.

● actuals (line)  ·  ○ enacted  ·  ◇ request — gaps are editions the program is absent from, never interpolated.

Decade series values by fiscal year and President's Budget edition: one row per series (actuals, enacted, request), one column per fiscal year. Every figure opens its own citation.
SeriesFY15FY16FY17FY18FY19FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25FY26
Actuals$447.4M$517.6M$521.8M$512.8M$561.3M$545.8M$534.3M$560.4M$572.4M$617.7M
Enacted$527.6M$563.6M$460.1M$561.4M$542.9M$536.1M$560.5M$579.1M$570.3M$606.0M
Request$563.6M$410.4M$517.9M$554.2M$536.1M$553.3M$559.5M$570.3M$604.7M$693.9M

blank = series not published for this year; – = absent from that edition.

Asked vs spent: the PB2018 book requested $410.4M for FY2018; the PB2020 book reported $512.8M as actual total obligation authority — $102.4M above the request. 512.8410.4 = 102.4 USD millions — the compact figures above are rounded for reading.

Program Lineage

No predecessor/successor lineage was recorded for this program element — no FY-to-FY transfer into or out of this line was stated in the ingested J-books, and none was inferred from the program structure.

Description

Mission Ballistic Missile Defense Targets

The Missile Defense System Targets Program provides centrally managed targets and countermeasures development and procurement for a cost effective, integrated system-level approach to Missile Defense System testing. Based on engineering assessments of threat intelligence data, the Missile Defense System Targets Program develops, builds, and supports the launch of Short Range Ballistic Missile (Less than 1000 Kilometer Range) targets, Medium Range Ballistic Missile (1000-3000 Kilometer Range) targets, Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile (3000-5500 Kilometer Range) targets, Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (Greater than 5500 Kilometer Range) targets, and Multi-Class Components to test, verify, and validate the performance of the Missile Defense System against threats. The Missile Defense System Targets Program provides an economical and reliable inventory of targets, which are representative of feasible future threats and supports demonstration of the capability of the evolving layered Missile Defense System in a simultaneous test and operations threat environment.

Mission Cyber Operations

Cybersecurity Operations sustains Missile Defense Agency (MDA) Targets and Countermeasures (TC) Risk Management Framework (RMF) standards, Computer Network Defense (CND) Local Control Center, and Controls Validation Testing (CVT) activities. TC cybersecurity operations maintain the Authorization and Accreditation Enterprise Mission Assurance Support Service (eMASS) repository, capturing the RMF documentation (artifacts, validation results, and Cybersecurity Risk Assessment results, Authorization Official accreditation decisions, and Plans of Action and Milestones (POA&Ms) on all MDA TC information systems non-compliance activities). The TC Cybersecurity operations support the monitoring and tracking of Cybersecurity mitigations detailed in the cybersecurity POA&Ms within eMASS. The CND Local Control Center validates Assured Compliance Assessment Solution vulnerabilities, Endpoint Security Solution compliance, ArcSight deployment, and ensures distribution and tracking of Cybersecurity Tasking Orders for the entire TC cybersecurity portfolio. The Independent Verification and Validation group testing ensures the integrity and compliance of the MDA TC cybersecurity compliance for all TC cybersecurity portfolio. These validation activities include the analysis of validation results from compliance monitoring, risk assessments and reviews of proposed Program Manager/Information Systems Security Manager POA&Ms for the MDA Targets and Countermeasures program. Activities in the Project are necessary to comply with the Federal Information Security Management Act, Department of Defense (DoD), and MDA cybersecurity standards/requirements.

Mission Program Wide Support

PWS contains non-headquarters management costs in support of Missile Defense Agency (MDA) functions and activities across the entire Missile Defense System. These functions include Government Civilians and Contract Support Services. This effort provides integrity and oversight of the Missile Defense System as well as supports MDA in the development and evaluation of technologies that will respond to the changing threat. Additionally, PWS includes personnel to support global deployments performing deployment site preparation and activation, and provides facility capabilities for MDA Executing Agent locations worldwide. Other MDA wide costs include: physical and technical security; civilian drug testing; audit readiness; the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) program; legal services and settlements; travel and agency training; office, equipment, vehicle, and warehouse leases; utilities and base operations across multiple geographic locations; commercial and ancillary facility services; management of all facility aspects regardless of lifecycle stage; supplies and maintenance; compliance with statutory environmental requirements; data and unified communications support; materiel and readiness and central property management of equipment; Facilities Sustainment, Restoration and Modernization (FSRM) program (formerly Real Property Maintenance) to keep the Department's inventory of facilities in good working order; and similar operating expenses. PWS is allocated on a pro-rata basis across most Agency PEs; therefore, fluctuates per PE by FY based on the total Agency budget in that FY.

Mission BMDS Targets Program

The mission of the Missile Defense System Targets Program is to provide an economical and reliable inventory of targets that are representative of feasible future threats. These targets enable demonstration of Missile Defense System capabilities in operationally realistic scenarios. The Missile Defense System Targets Program develops and acquires five target types across four target classes. The classes include: Short Range Ballistic Missiles (SRBM), Medium Range Ballistic Missiles (MRBM), Intermediate Range Ballistic Missiles (IRBM), and Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles (ICBM). The target types (Type 1-5) designate the complexity of the target within its class. Type-1 (T1) targets are simple baseline configurations. Type-2 (T2) targets have increased capability or complexity. Type-3 (T3) targets have unique configurations. Type-4 (T4) targets are subscale targets. Type-5 (T5) targets are advanced targets. The Missile Defense System Targets Program develops and provides Modified Ballistic Re-Entry Vehicles (MBRV) and Countermeasures that can be used across the spectrum of target types and classes. The Missile Defense System Targets Program provides target digital models that enable the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) weapon system program offices to simulate end to end sensor and interceptor performance during pre-mission analysis. The Missile Defense System Targets Program also provides maintenance, aging surveillance, refurbishment, and routine testing of government furnished equipment boosters and target components. The Missile Defense System Targets Program carefully plans the year of execution to assure the best use of appropriated funds. However, the Missile Defense System Targets Program must be flexible in its execution of the program in order to respond to emerging real world threats or changes in the intelligence community estimates of when a threat will be deployed. The Missile Defense System Targets Program must also work with missile defense systems engineers on a continuing basis to align the targets program to the Missile Defense System need to demonstrate capabilities as reflected in the Missile Defense System IMTP. The Missile Defense System Targets Program makes every effort to reduce instability in contracts, production base and budget while managing in this dynamic work environment. The Missile Defense System Targets Program develops and builds targets and countermeasures at multiple locations including: Orlando, FL; Huntsville, AL; and Chandler, AZ. Storage and maintenance facilities are also located throughout the country including: Huntsville, AL; White Sands, NM; Ogden, UT; Tooele, UT; and Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, FL. The Missile Defense System Targets Program consists of four major areas: Consumables, Program Planning and Operations, Resources, and Flight Test Execution.

Justification

Accomplishments & Planned Programs (9)

Network / System Certification and Accreditation (C&A)

The Network/Systems C&A project sustains the MDA DoD RMF and CVT activities, analysis of validation results, risk assessments and reviews of proposed Program Manager/Information Assurance Manager POA&Ms for MDA Ballistic Missile Defense Test Program mission systems. It maintains the C&A eMASS data repository, capturing the RMF documentation (artifacts, validation results, and Information Assurance Risk Assessment results, and Designated Approving Authority accreditation decisions) and POA&M on all MDA information systems. Specific and/or unique accomplishments to each FY are as follows:

Program Wide Support

PWS contains non-headquarters management costs in support of MDA functions and activities across the entire Missile Defense System. These functions include Government Civilians and Contract Support Services. This effort provides integrity and oversight of the Missile Defense System as well as supports MDA in the development and evaluation of technologies that will respond to the changing threat. Additionally, PWS includes personnel to support global deployments performing deployment site preparation and activation, and provides facility capabilities for MDA Executing Agent locations worldwide. Other MDA wide costs include: physical and technical security; civilian drug testing; audit readiness; the STEM program; legal services and settlements; travel and agency training; office, equipment, vehicle, and warehouse leases; utilities and base operations across multiple geographic locations; commercial and ancillary facility services; management of all facility aspects regardless of lifecycle stage; supplies and maintenance; compliance with statutory environmental requirements; data and unified communications support; materiel and readiness and central property management of equipment; the FSRM program to keep the Department's inventory of facilities in good working order; and similar operating expenses. PWS is allocated on a pro-rata basis across most Agency PEs; therefore, fluctuates per PE by FY based on the total Agency budget in that FY. Specific and/or unique accomplishments to each FY are as follows:

Consumables - Short Range Ballistic Missiles (SRBM)

Consumables include SRBM target hardware development and manufacturing. Target development includes non-recurring engineering, MBRVs, Countermeasures, and launch support equipment for Missile Defense System flight testing as required by the Missile Defense System IMTP. Target development provides air and ground launch capabilities to maximize flexibility in MDA test design. Development activities include requirements decomposition, design, modeling and simulation, qualification testing, characterization, missionization, and mission analysis. The Missile Defense System Targets Program Office manages target configuration, component interface specifications, range integration, reliability, mission assurance, and costs. The Missile Defense System Targets Program ensures target designs are producible, reliable, and affordable. Target manufacturing includes the build of targets and target components that are required to execute the Missile Defense System IMTP. Manufacturing includes government furnished equipment and new component acquisition, assembly, and integration. Also included are target characterization, quality and mission assurance, transportation, and logistics support. The Missile Defense System Targets Program delivers fully assembled and integrated targets to the Missile Defense System Test Program. Future revisions to the IMTP will likely affect target types and quantities noted in the Planned Accomplishments. Specific and/or unique planned accomplishments to each FY are as follows:

Consumables - Medium Range Ballistic Missiles (MRBM)

MRBM target hardware development and manufacturing is consistent with the Description found in the Consumables-SRBM section. Specific and/or unique planned accomplishments to each FY are as follows:

Consumables - Intermediate Range Ballistic Missiles (IRBM)

IRBM target hardware development and manufacturing is consistent with the Description found in the Consumables-SRBM section. Specific and/or unique planned accomplishments to each FY are as follows:

Consumables - Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles (ICBM)

ICBM target hardware development and manufacturing is consistent with the Description found in the Consumables-SRBM section. Specific and/or unique planned accomplishments to each FY are as follows:

Program Planning & Operations

Program Planning and Operations provides for government management of the Missile Defense System Targets Program. Included in this effort is program and business management, program administration, technical and testing oversight, verification of hardware and software development, and government manpower and infrastructure to develop, test and sustain the Missile Defense System Targets Program Office system and components. Other Government Agency (OGA) and Federally Funded Research and Development Research Centers (FFRDC) are used for highly specialized skill sets not available internally to Targets for specific time periods. Recurring yearly planned accomplishments include the following: - Provide technical and business management support activities, financial management, cost and schedule performance analysis cost estimation and analysis, and integration activities. - Provide program oversight, subcontract management, quality assurance, verification of hardware and software development, and technical and testing oversight. - Ensure Missile Defense System Targets Program compliance with internal and external direction, policies, and regulations. - Conduct Internal Program Plans that align with the MDA approved IMTP. - Provide program and technical management of target launch operations activities to include oversight of mission planning, range coordination, and mission requirements. Specific and/or unique planned accomplishments to each FY are as follows:

Resources

Missile Defense System Targets Program Resources consist of two sub-elements: Systems Engineering/Program Management and Logistics. Systems Engineering/Program Management provides technical direction to meet Target Program requirements while balancing cost, schedule, performance, and risk. It conducts functional requirements allocation to product lines, defines product line specifications/interfaces, performs configuration and data management, and follows guidelines for design reviews. It performs target system analysis to verify system performance, defines target program baselines, controls flight test configurations, and conducts pre and post-flight analysis. It identifies treaty and environmental issues and develops plans for issue resolution. It provides Quality, Safety, and Mission Assurance operations to ensure compliance with MDA requirements for design, test, manufacturing, quality, safety and reliability to ensure high quality products are delivered for test events. It also includes Single Stimulation Framework/Objective Simulation Framework compatible Modeling and Simulation (M&S) execution and improvements to evolve M&S capability; trajectory analyses; signature analyses and characterization; studies to assess alternative target and platform solutions; assessments of risk management; and design approval of government furnished equipment. Specific Systems Engineering Planned Accomplishments include: - Continue Program Management and Business Operations for target components to provide a framework for overall management of the Missile Defense System Targets Program. - Continue providing classified network connections to OGAs so their subject matter experts can be used to support Target requirements. - Continue analyses of future target Launch Vehicles, Re-Entry Vehicles, and launch platforms to ensure they are threat representative and that the Agency is making use of available technology in our future designs. - Continue performing Pedigree Reviews to ensure high probability of mission success. - Continue information technology and classified network support to ensure sensitive target information is not compromised. - Continue Software Independent Verification and Validation to provide risk reduction of flight missions for target systems under development. Missile Defense System Targets Program Logistics support provides target storage, aging surveillance, and transportation of target hardware in support of Missile Defense System testing. Also included are integrated logistics support for facilities, inventory maintenance, spare parts, aging surveillance, disposal, special testing for rocket motor propellants, and other hazardous material handling. This task manages and oversees accountability of all government furnished equipment and contractor acquired property. Logistics also provides common support equipment for launch vehicles, MBRVs, countermeasures, and all up integrated target rounds. It also supports launch site activations through the transportation of support equipment to various test sites. Specific Targets Logistics Planned Accomplishments include: - Continue Multi-Class Inventory storage, aging surveillance, maintenance of existing assets, and transportation support that ensured availability of MBRV and ground support equipment. - Conduct disposal actions of inert assets. Specific and/or unique planned accomplishments to each FY are as follows:

Flight Test Execution

Flight Test Execution is performed by the Target Launch Operations group. This group conducts target mission planning, coordinates target range and mission requirements, and provides target technical information to the MDA's General Counsel to support treaty approvals. The Target Launch Operations Group is the primary link between the target developer and the Missile Defense System test community, incorporating target system constraints into the Missile Defense System mission countdown and launch constraints. Specific and/or unique planned accomplishments to each FY are as follows:

Budget Line Items(workbook-cited)

P-1/R-1 workbook Total Obligation Authority basis (USD thousands) · PB2026.

Exhibit R-1

AccountOrgTypeAmount
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-WideMDAFY24 Actuals$617.7M
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-WideMDAFY25 Enacted$606.0M
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-WideMDAFY25 Total$606.0M
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-WideMDAFY26 Disc. Request$514.9M
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-WideMDAFY26 Reconciliation$179.0M
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-WideMDAFY26 Total$693.9M

Budget Details(R-2/P-40 facts)

J-book detail basis (R-2/P-40, USD millions) · PB2026 — a different accounting basis from the P-1/R-1 workbook TOA above; where the two disagree, the reconciliation strip under Budget Figures shows both.

Wider than this screen — swipe the table sideways for the remaining fiscal-year columns.

ProjectAll Prior YearsFY24 ActualsFY25 TotalFY26 BaseFY26 Request
Program Element$5.51B$617.7M$606.0M$514.9M$514.9M
MC05: Cyber Operations$13.0M$2.33M$1.77M$1.99M$1.99M
MD40: Program Wide Support$130.7M$32.8M$23.3M$17.8M$17.8M
MT05: BMDS Targets Program$5.37B$582.6M$580.9M$495.1M$495.1M

No follow-the-dollar view — this program's awards haven't been crosswalked at high confidence (flows cover 17 of 1,741 programs). why coverage is partial? →

Awards

No awards are linked to this program element at high confidence — the budget→award crosswalk only asserts links it can defend, and this line has none yet.

Lobbying Mentions

11 mentions from the Senate LDA disclosure database.

BAE SYSTEMS INCBallistic|Missile2026matched 2+ title words

National Defense Authorization Act, 2027 (HR XXXX/S XXXX); provisions regarding R&D - Navy, US Marine Corps, Air…

GENERAL ATOMICSMissile|Targets2026matched 2+ title words

H.R.7148 - Making further consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, and for other…

GENERAL ATOMICSMissile|Targets2025matched 2+ title words

H.R.1 - One Big Beautiful Bill Act as it pertains to Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) and UAS Foreign Military…

GENERAL ATOMICSMissile|Targets2025matched 2+ title words

H.R.1968 - Making further continuing appropriations and other extensions for the fiscal year ending September 30…

GENERAL ATOMICSMissile|Targets2025matched 2+ title words

H.R.5371 - Making continuing appropriations and extensions for fiscal year 2026, and for other purposes as it pertains…

GENERAL ATOMICSMissile|Targets2025matched 2+ title words

H.R.1 - One Big Beautiful Bill Act as it pertains to Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) and UAS Foreign Military…

BAE SYSTEMS INCBallistic|Missile2024matched 2+ title words

Department of Defense Appropriations Act of 2024 (HR 4365/S 2587; PL 118-47) and Further Consolidated Appropriations…

GENERAL ATOMICSMissile|Targets2024matched 2+ title words

H.R.10545 - Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025, and for other…

GENERAL ATOMICSMissile|Targets2024matched 2+ title words

H.R.8771 - Making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs for the fiscal…

GENERAL ATOMICSMissile|Targets2024matched 2+ title words

H.R.2882 - Making further consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other…

GENERAL ATOMICSMissile|Targets2024matched 2+ title words

H.R.8771 - Making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs for the fiscal…

Oversight

Department-level designation (not specific to this program)

GAO lists 5 high-risk areas for DOD as a whole. That designation covers the department, not Ballistic Missile Defense Targets — no program-specific GAO finding for this line is in the ingested data. See the DOD oversight record.

No research dossier for this program — dossiers cover 50 of 1,741 programs, the largest fully J-book-detailed lines by FY2026 requested dollars. why no dossier here? →