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Land-Based SM-3 (LBSM3)

MDARDT&EPartial Reconciliation0604880C
What it is
Land-Based SM-3 (LBSM3) (0604880C) 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
+$2.33M FY25→26 R-1 TOA · PB2026
Who gets it
No award linkage at high confidence.

Budget Figures

FY24 Actuals
$21.1MR-1 TOA · PB2026
FY25 Total
$22.2MR-1 TOA · PB2026
FY26 Request
$24.6MR-1 TOA · PB2026
FY25→26 Change
+$2.33MR-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: $21.1MFY25: $22.2MFY26: $24.6MFY24FY25FY26
Budget trajectory: one row per fiscal year, carrying the summary figure the sparkline plots. Every figure opens its own citation.
Fiscal yearAmount
FY24$21.1M
FY25$22.2M
FY26$24.6M

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
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$121.4M$29.3M$40.5M$29.7M$25.2M$36.9M$52.8M$42.2M$23.3M$21.1M
Enacted$35.0M$43.3M$30.5M$27.7M$38.4M$56.6M$43.2M$27.7M$22.2M$22.2M
Request$43.3M$30.5M$27.7M$38.4M$56.6M$43.2M$27.7M$22.2M$22.2M$24.6M

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

Asked vs spent: the PB2023 book requested $27.7M for FY2023; the PB2025 book reported $23.3M as actual total obligation authority — $4.40M below the request. 23.327.7 = -4.4 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 Land Based SM-3 (LBSM3)

This program supports development of the Land-Based Standard Missile-3 capability, Aegis Ashore. On 17 September 2009, the President announced an overarching plan to provide regional missile defense to United States (U.S.) deployed forces, allies, and partners in Europe called the European Phased Adaptive Approach (EPAA). The EPAA policy specifically defines a timeline to deploy a mix of afloat and land-based Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) capabilities. Aegis Ashore represents one of these land-based capabilities. Aegis Ashore is a key component of EPAA Phases II (Romania) and III (Poland) and provides Aegis BMD capability against short to intermediate-range ballistic missiles in an ashore configuration. Aegis Ashore provides sophisticated engagement strategies and can adapt to threat updates within each sites designated area of responsibility. Aegis Ashore re-hosts the required BMD components of a U.S. Navy Destroyer, including: Army/Navy Surface Radar Surveillance and Control Radar; Vertical Launch System, Computing Infrastructure; Command and Control; Communications; Computers and Intelligence Systems; and Operator Consoles. Aegis Ashore Missile Defense Test Complex operates as a test asset that continues to inform Aegis Weapon System and Aegis Combat System developmental efforts, integration of hardware and software upgrades and modernization efforts, and analyzing real time anomalies experienced in testing and in operational scenarios.

Mission Cyber Operations

Sustain Missile Defense Agency (MDA) Department of Defense Information Assurance Certification and Accreditation Program (DIACAP) and Controls Validation Testing (CVT) activities, analysis of validation results, risk assessments and reviews of proposed Program Manager/Information Assurance Manager Plans of Action and Milestones for MDA Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) mission systems. It maintains the Certification and Accreditation (C&A) data repository, capturing the DIACAP documentation (artifacts, validation results, and Information Assurance Risk Assessment results, and Designated Approving Authority (DAA) accreditation decisions) on all MDA Information Systems.

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 AEGIS Ashore

Missile Defense Agency (MDA) is responsible for maintaining the Aegis Ashore Missile Defense Test Complex (AAMDTC) at the Pacific Missile Range Facility (PMRF). MDA uses AAMDTC in support of Ground Testing, Aegis Weapon System computer program development testing, fielding (with hardware upgrades), and proof of concept demonstrations. AAMDTC is capable of testing and developing both shore based and sea based Aegis capabilities. In support of European Phased Adaptive Approach Phase III, Aegis Ashore integrates the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) 5.1 and Standard Missile Block IIA capabilities into the Aegis Ashore sites. MDA will provide all upgrades to BMD capability, BMD specific mission equipment, and integration with existing Missile Defense System nodes for all Aegis Ashore sites.

Justification

Accomplishments & Planned Programs (3)

Network / System Certification and Accreditation (C&A)

Monitor and track cybersecurity mitigation detailed in Information Technology Security Guidance. Activities include preparation of C&A documentation and accreditation recommendations to the MDA Senior Information Assurance Officer /Certification Authority and DAA. Independent Verification and Validation team actions ensure the availability, integrity, authentication, confidentiality and non-repudiation of the MDA mission, test and administrative systems. Activities in the Project are necessary to comply with the Federal Information Systems Management Act. Recurring Accomplishments: - Provide Cybersecurity engineering and architecture requirements planning for Aegis BMD systems. - Coordinate the development and implementation of Aegis BMD Risk Management Framework (RMF) accreditation packages. - Conduct regular CVT of Aegis BMD systems and provide a Risk Assessment Report to mitigate cybersecurity deficiencies. - Conduct annual cybersecurity reviews on the Aegis BMD systems to assess compliance in implementing and maintaining RMF controls. - Implement hardware/software to conduct continuous daily monitoring. - Conduct monthly reviews of systems through the Enterprise Mission Assurance Support Services (eMass) System. - Provide daily management of eMass. Specific and/or unique accomplishments to each Fiscal Year (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:

Aegis Weapon System Development

Operations of the AAMDTC at the PMRF in Hawaii. Develop and test Aegis BMD capability improvements and support advanced radar and combat system studies and engineering analysis to achieve compliance with the MDA's High Altitude Electromagnetic Pulse (HEMP) technical requirement and subsequent Defense Threat Reduction Agency/ United States Strategic Command/ European Command certification. Recurring Accomplishments: - Determine the minimum hardware refresh of element components and spares that ensure the test capability at AAMDTC remains current to support warfighter needs. - Provide system engineering, technical, and logistics support for the AAMDTC facility and tactical elements to ensure appropriate system adaptation, readiness, availability, and effectiveness. - Operations of the AAMDTC Weapons System, Computing Infrastructure; Computing Infrastructure; Command and Control; Communications; Computers and Intelligence (C4I), Vertical Launch Systems, and other equipment to ensure the existing system is ready to support Missile Defense System testing. Specific and/or unique accomplishments to each Fiscal Year (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$21.1M
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-WideMDAFY25 Enacted$22.2M
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-WideMDAFY25 Total$22.2M
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-WideMDAFY26 Disc. Request$24.6M
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-WideMDAFY26 Total$24.6M

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.

ProjectAll Prior YearsFY24 ActualsFY25 TotalFY26 BaseFY26 Request
Program Element$1.31B$21.1M$22.2M$24.6M$24.6M
MC68: Cyber Operations$11.9M$1.84M$1.24M$2.29M$2.29M
MD40: Program-Wide Support$18.3M$614.0K$855.0K$848.0K$848.0K
MD68: AEGIS Ashore$1.28B$18.7M$20.1M$21.4M$21.4M

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

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 Land-Based SM-3 (LBSM3) — 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? →