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Hypersonic Defense
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Budget figures
$200.6M discretionary + $247.0M one-time reconciliation. Discretionary change vs FY2025 enacted: +10.1%.
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 that the R-2/P-40 J-book program line excludes — advance procurement in an ordinary year, and in FY2026 the one-time reconciliation appropriation as well. Each row below names the one it is. How the two bases relate →
FY26 Request · $447.6M TOA − $200.6M J-book line = 247.0M (447.6 − 200.6 = 247.0) — $247.0M of one-time FY2026 reconciliation money accounts for this gap — not advance procurement
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 reports awards on a rolling basis, and this corpus runs through 2026-09-04. why partial FY2026 data? →
Budget trajectory
| Fiscal year | Amount |
|---|---|
| FY24 | $229.0M |
| FY25 | $182.3M |
| FY26 | $447.6M |
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
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.
| Series | FY16 | FY17 | FY18 | FY19 | FY20 | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 | FY26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Actuals | $0 | $0 | $63.0M | $132.6M | $386.5M | $267.6M | $281.9M | $513.3M | $229.0M | ||
| Enacted | – | $0 | $75.3M | $130.9M | $390.2M | $272.6M | $287.8M | $518.0M | $209.0M | $182.3M | |
| Request | – | $75.3M | $120.4M | $157.4M | $206.8M | $247.9M | $225.5M | $209.0M | $182.3M | $447.6M |
blank = series not published for this year; – = absent from that edition.
Asked vs spent: the PB2023 book requested $225.5M for FY2023; the PB2025 book reported $513.3M as actual total obligation authority — $287.8M above the request. 513.3 − 225.5 = 287.8 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 — Hypersonic Defense
Strategic competitors and both homeland and regional adversaries are heavily investing in offensive and defensive hypersonic capabilities, and currently have operational hypersonic strike and defensive systems deployed. These are challenging realities of the emerging missile threat environment that United States (U.S.) Missile Defense policy, strategy, and capabilities must address. These adversaries continue to expand the capability and capacity of their offensive and defensive hypersonic missile inventories for both strategic and regional hypersonic missiles. Near Peer/Peer nations have also demonstrated hypersonic missiles in recent flight tests. The Hypersonic Defense program element includes: execution of the systems engineering activities; upgrade of existing systems; investment in new technologies; and development of new regional defensive capabilities and maturation for delivery in 2032. The Missile Defense Agency's Hypersonic Missile Defense strategy includes leveraging existing systems, delivering an initial regional layered defense capability, and increasing defense capabilities in the future. Activities enabling this strategy are as follows: - Develop a regional Glide Phase Interceptor capability to engage hypersonic threats during the glide phase of flight and other threats in multi-mission areas. The Preliminary Design Review is planned in FY 2028, Kill Vehicle (KV) demonstration in 2029 and delivery of 12 tactical missiles in 2032. - Conduct early analysis and requirement to integrate into Golden Dome communications architecture. - Integrate existing overhead sensors such as the Hypersonic and Ballistic Tracking Space Sensor, as well as new technologies. - Execute systems engineering for Hypersonic Defense including architecture analysis, technology prioritization, requirements development, planning and analysis. - Partner with the Services and other agencies to leverage work on common technologies, test infrastructure, weapon development, testing, and war-gaming. - Cooperatively develop the Glide Phase Interceptor with Japan. Rapidly evolving rogue and peer missile threats have led to a change in national defense policy. The President's January 27, 2025, Executive Order established a goal of protecting the U.S. citizens, safeguarding critical infrastructure, and securing second-strike capability against missile attack from any adversary. The Missile Defense Agency is responding with speed and intensity to deliver next-generation missile defenses to protect the U.S. against ballistic, hypersonic, cruise, and other advanced missile threats. This program submission reflects changes necessary to meet this evolving mission space.
Mission — Hypersonic Defense
Strategic competitors and both homeland and regional adversaries are heavily investing in hypersonics, both offense and defense, and currently have operational hypersonic strike and defensive systems deployed. These are challenging realities of the emerging missile threat environment that United States Missile Defense policy, strategy, and capabilities must address. These adversaries continue to expand the capability and capacity of their offensive and defensive hypersonic missile inventories for both strategic and regional hypersonic missiles. Near Peer/Peer nations have also demonstrated hypersonic missiles in flight tests. The HD program element includes executing systems engineering activities, upgrading existing systems, investing in new technologies and maturation, and developing new regional defensive capabilities. Missile Defense Agency's (MDA) counter hypersonic threats strategy includes leveraging existing systems, delivering an initial regional layered defense capability, and increasing defense capabilities in the future. Activities enabling this strategy are the following: - Develop a regional Glide Phase Intercept capability to engage hypersonic threats during the glide phase of flight and other threats of multi-mission areas. - Develop requirements to integrate into Golden Dome communication architecture. - Execute systems engineering for HD, including architecture analysis, technology prioritization, requirements development, planning, and analysis. - Partner with the Services and other agencies to leverage work on common technologies, test infrastructure, weapon development, testing, and war-gaming. - Cooperatively develop the Glide Phase Interceptor with Japan.
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 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; 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 fiscal year based on the total Agency budget in that fiscal year.
Justification
Accomplishments & Planned Programs (2)
Regional Hypersonic Missile Defense Capability
Develop and deliver a defensive capability to engage and defeat regional hypersonic threats during the glide phase of flight using the proven Aegis Weapon System as the point of departure for missile employment. This will provide an additional layer of regional hypersonic defense from an Aegis ship, virtualized Aegis platform, or other fire control solution; which also complements the Sea-Based Terminal capability by extending the battlespace. The defensive capability includes the development of a Glide Phase Interceptor missile that reduces the operational seam currently used by hypersonic threats to fly between air defense and ballistic missile defense systems. The effort also includes updates to the Aegis Weapon System for planning, tracking and conducting remote engagements against hypersonic threats within the Missile Defense System as well as conducting studies and advancing hypersonic capability to legacy Aegis Weapon Systems and future launch and fire control systems. It also includes urgently producing and fielding hypersonic defense capabilities. These capabilities developed based on the starting point of the proven Aegis Weapon System will be adaptable to non ship-based platforms as they are developed. This accomplishment will perform Systems Engineering, architecture analysis, modeling and simulation (M&S), advanced hypersonic technology development, and integrate the new capability into the Missile Defense System. Recurring accomplishments: Regional Glide Phase Interceptor Missile - Development of feasibility data which supports missile subassembly requirement development. - Conduct missile legacy component assessments to support the initial concept design that will house and use the legacy components. Mission Assurance data is required to justify the operating environments the legacy components will be in and any modifications necessary to support the Glide Phase Interceptor mission. - Conduct element-level M&S development to lay the foundation of the design and ensure early subassembly design concepts support integrated missile performance to the Glide Phase Interceptor requirements. - Continue development and maturation of Critical Technology Elements across limited areas of the all up round. - Execute design activities for hardware, software, support systems, human interfaces, cybersecurity, and mechanical and electrical interfaces. - Purchase limited materials to support proof of design and design verification testing in support of establishing the preliminary interceptor design. - Conduct hypersonic threat development and lethality development. - Conducted international cooperative development through agreements between United States and Japan. - Explore capability against multi-mission threats. - Integrate Glide Phase Intercept into Golden Dome communication architecture. Aegis Weapon System - Mature design concepts and models as needed to incorporate and evolve ship board Aegis Weapon System upgrades and interceptor integration activities for hypersonic engagements. - Conduct interoperability planning of Aegis Weapon System Regional Glide Phase capability with the Missile Defense System. - Continue and finalize development activities to detect, track and conduct a lethal engagement of Hypersonic Targets. - Execute development, execution and risk reduction activities to include Search & Track and Glide Phase Interceptor engagement software builds to support planned flight tests and additional test of opportunity options. - Explore capability against multi-mission threats. - Conduct interoperability planning of Glide Phase Intercept capability with the Next Generation Missile Defense System. Disruptive Technology for Future Architecture - Improve seeker performance and testing capability in relevant environments. - Mature high performance on-demand and relightable propulsion technology. - Continue development of advanced technology concepts and component technology maturation to counter the evolving threats. Engineering Enablers - Align system requirements to element specifications to include functional, interface, performance, and design suitability requirements. - Perform HD lethality range testing and material characterization. - Provide limited test analysis and M&S framework development. 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 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 fiscal year based on the total Agency budget in that fiscal year. Specific and/or unique 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
| Account | Org | Type | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide | MDA | FY24 Actuals | $229.0M |
| Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide | MDA | FY25 Enacted | $182.3M |
| Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide | MDA | FY25 Total | $182.3M |
| Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide | MDA | FY26 Disc. Request | $200.6M |
| Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide | MDA | FY26 Reconciliation | $247.0M |
| Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide | MDA | FY26 Total | $447.6M |
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.
| Project | All Prior Years | FY24 Actuals | FY25 Total | FY26 Base | FY26 Request |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Program Element | $1.69B | $229.0M | $182.3M | $200.6M | $200.6M |
| MD29: Hypersonic Defense | $1.65B | $210.5M | $175.3M | $185.2M | $185.2M |
| MD40: Program Wide Support | $38.8M | $18.5M | $7.02M | $15.5M | $15.5M |
Follow the dollar
No follow-the-dollar view — this program's awards haven't been crosswalked at high confidence (flows cover 312 of 1,938 programs). why coverage is partial? →
Related awards
Award linkage is shown for 32 of 200 profiled companies — high- and medium-confidence USAspending matches, each row labeled; medium is the weaker evidence. why partial award coverage? →
Rows marked medium rest on evidence weaker than a program-level match, and of more than one kind. An account-based row, where the award drew from the same appropriation account as this program, is an association, not evidence that this program paid for the contract. Where the evidence is instead an FPDS acquisition-program tag or a subaward description, the program is established but which of its budget lines paid is not. An announcement link a recorded review did not leave standing is medium too. Only high rows rest on the contract naming this program with a recorded review upholding it and no recorded rejection or refutation applying.
| Recipient | PIID | Confidence |
|---|---|---|
| TORCH TECHNOLOGIES INC | W31P4Q20F0424 | medium |
| TORCH TECHNOLOGIES INC | W31P4Q20F0543 | medium |
Contractor concentration
No concentration index is published for this line. This line's high-confidence links do not clear the floor for a published concentration index — at least 3 awards across 2 contractor families holding positive obligations, with positive net linked dollars. An index below that floor is a fact about the sample, not about the market. Whatever further links this line carries are medium-confidence, and what each medium evidence path does and does not establish is set out in the methodology. Both bases are in the downloadable warehouse.
Lobbying mentions
No Senate LDA lobbying filing in the tracked data mentions this program element by code or alias.
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 Hypersonic Defense. No program-specific GAO finding for this line is in the ingested data. See the DOD oversight record.
Program dossier
No research dossier for this program — dossiers cover 50 of 1,938 programs, the largest fully J-book-detailed lines by FY2026 requested dollars. why no dossier here? →
Primary sources
Open any budget figure for its exact receipt. Verified line items lead with the highlighted government PDF; original spreadsheets download with their budget edition and exhibit in the filename.
Budget totals · TOA sources
FY2026 Department of Defense Budget: RDT&E Programs (R-1) · comptroller.war.gov
Exhibit R-1 · J956
Complete workbook · unchanged saved copy. Saves as PB2026_DoD_R-1_Research-Development-Test-Evaluation.xlsx.
FY2018 Department of Defense Budget: RDT&E Programs (R-1) · comptroller.war.gov
Exhibit R-1 · J881
Complete workbook · unchanged saved copy. Saves as PB2018_DoD_R-1_Research-Development-Test-Evaluation.xlsx.
FY2019 Department of Defense Budget: RDT&E Programs (R-1) · comptroller.war.gov
Exhibit R-1 · J907
Complete workbook · unchanged saved copy. Saves as PB2019_DoD_R-1_Research-Development-Test-Evaluation.xlsx.
FY2020 Department of Defense Budget: RDT&E Programs (R-1) · comptroller.war.gov
Exhibit R-1 · J900
Complete workbook · unchanged saved copy. Saves as PB2020_DoD_R-1_Research-Development-Test-Evaluation.xlsx.
FY2021 Department of Defense Budget: RDT&E Programs (R-1) · comptroller.war.gov
Exhibit R-1 · J966
Complete workbook · unchanged saved copy. Saves as PB2021_DoD_R-1_Research-Development-Test-Evaluation.xlsx.
FY2022 Department of Defense Budget: RDT&E Programs (R-1) · comptroller.war.gov
Exhibit R-1 · J944
Complete workbook · unchanged saved copy. Saves as PB2022_DoD_R-1_Research-Development-Test-Evaluation.xlsx.
FY2023 Department of Defense Budget: RDT&E Programs (R-1) · comptroller.war.gov
Exhibit R-1 · J916
Complete workbook · unchanged saved copy. Saves as PB2023_DoD_R-1_Research-Development-Test-Evaluation.xlsx.
FY2024 Department of Defense Budget: RDT&E Programs (R-1) · comptroller.war.gov
Exhibit R-1 · J910
Complete workbook · unchanged saved copy. Saves as PB2024_DoD_R-1_Research-Development-Test-Evaluation.xlsx.
FY2025 Department of Defense Budget: RDT&E Programs (R-1) · comptroller.war.gov
Exhibit R-1 · J933
Complete workbook · unchanged saved copy. Saves as PB2025_DoD_R-1_Research-Development-Test-Evaluation.xlsx.
Detailed budget justification
The related TOA spreadsheets above use a different accounting basis from R-2/P-40 detail. Their amounts are not assumed to match these detailed sources.
RDTE Vol2 MDA RDTE PB26 Justification Book · comptroller.war.gov
PDF page 752