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Ballistic Missile Defense Terminal Defense Segment Test

MDARDT&EPartial Reconciliation0604876C
What it is
Ballistic Missile Defense Terminal Defense Segment Test (0604876C) 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 2 projects.
What changed
+$12.1M FY25→26 R-1 TOA · PB2026
Who gets it
No award linkage at high confidence.

Budget Figures

FY24 Actuals
$16.7MR-1 TOA · PB2026
FY25 Total
$25.7MR-1 TOA · PB2026
FY26 Request
$37.8MR-1 TOA · PB2026
FY25→26 Change
+$12.1MR-1 TOA · PB2026

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: $16.7MFY25: $25.7MFY26: $37.8MFY24FY25FY26
Budget trajectory: one row per fiscal year, carrying the summary figure the sparkline plots. Every figure opens its own citation.
Fiscal yearAmount
FY24$16.7M
FY25$25.7M
FY26$37.8M

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 falls 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 falls 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$109.4M$21.0M$57.6M$35.7M$58.0M$24.8M$1.00M$32.7M$67.8M$16.7M
Enacted$26.2M$63.4M$36.2M$61.0M$25.1M$1.00M$32.7M$69.8M$47.6M$25.7M
Request$63.4M$36.2M$61.0M$25.1M$7.77M$32.7M$69.8M$47.6M$25.7M$37.8M

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

Asked vs spent: the PB2024 book requested $47.6M for FY2024; the PB2026 book reported $16.7M as actual total obligation authority — $30.9M below the request. 16.747.6 = -30.9 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 Terminal Defense Segment Test

Ballistic Missile Defense Terminal Defense Segment Test provides the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) program's participation in Missile Defense System Flight Tests and Ground Tests in accordance with the IMTP. THAAD Test coordinates with Operational Test Agencies, conducts pretest planning, coordination and analysis, conducts flight test operations, performs post-flight test reporting, and performs data distribution and storage.

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 THAAD Test

Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) Test conducts Missile Defense System Flight Tests and Ground Tests with other Missile Defense System elements (such as Army Navy / Transportable Radar Surveillance and Control (AN/TPY-2), Missile Defense System Command, Control, Battle Management, and Communication (C2BMC), Phased Array Tracking Intercept of Target (PATRIOT), and Aegis) in accordance with the IMTP. THAAD Test coordinates with Operational Test Agencies, conducts all pre and post flight test, ground test, testing of cyber security enhancements, and wargames and exercises requirements.

Justification

Accomplishments & Planned Programs (5)

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:

Flight Test Execution

Performs all requirements to support flight test execution such as mission planning, pre-flight integration testing, conduct of readiness reviews, test asset transportation, flight test execution and data collection, post flight test reporting and data distribution in accordance with the IMTP. Specific and/or unique planned accomplishments to each FY are as follows:

Ground Test Execution

Ground Test (GT) Execution includes: - THAAD participation in Missile Defense System GT operational scenario events to validate THAAD's ability to conduct coordinated engagements with Aegis and PATRIOT operating with C2BMC and AN/TPY-2. - Pre-mission planning, pre- and post-mission analyses, reporting, and execution to support Missile Defense System Ground and Flight Test campaigns. - GT of element hardware and software prior to hardware-in-the-loop testing to enable an efficient, continuous, capacity-based GT environment. - Continued performance assessments to evaluate system performance and interoperability within the Missile Defense System. - Participation in Wargames and Exercises that support the Combatant Commands with modeling and simulations and subject matter expertise during exercise events. Continue to assist in developing/refining Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures and Pre-Planned Responses to incorporate in future events. Demonstrate THAAD capability to the warfighter community in the Integrated Air and Missile Defense environment. Specific and/or unique planned accomplishments to each FY are as follows:

Resources

Resources includes: - On-site range support for THAAD maintenance, repair, and pre-mission analysis to ensure THAAD test asset readiness. - Data management, facilities operations, and post-test reporting in support of Missile Defense System tests to ensure data collection and readiness for mission execution. - Performance Assessments to evaluate system performance and interoperability within the Missile Defense System. Specific and/or unique planned accomplishments to each FY are as follows:

Test Program Operations

Program Operations provides strategic planning, program integration, acquisition, engineering, financial management, internal reviews and audits, and program assessments for THAAD Test Activities. 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$16.7M
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-WideMDAFY25 Enacted$25.7M
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-WideMDAFY25 Total$25.7M
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-WideMDAFY26 Disc. Request$37.8M
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-WideMDAFY26 Total$37.8M

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$404.9M$16.7M$25.7M$37.8M$37.8M
MD40: Program Wide Support$19.6M$1.69M$988.0K$1.30M$1.30M
MT07: THAAD Test$385.3M$15.0M$24.7M$36.5M$36.5M

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

2 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…

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…

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 Terminal Defense Segment Test — 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? →