Aegis: Cost, Contracts & Timeline

Timeline15

Dec 1969Contract awardConfirmed
RCA receives Aegis engineering development contract
RCA was contracted to design and develop Aegis Mk 7 Engineering Development Model 1. This dates the contract rather than a public unveiling.
Nov 1973MilestoneConfirmed
Engineering model undergoes sailor-operated land test
Sailors operated and maintained the engineering model during a two-day land-based FAST CRUISE operational test before its transfer to USS Norton Sound.
May 16, 1974MilestoneConfirmed
Aegis engineering model intercepts drone targets at sea
Aegis EDM-1 aboard USS Norton Sound intercepted two drone aircraft targets during its initial missile engagement. Earlier land tests prevent treating this as the first hardware test.
1983FieldedConfirmed
First Aegis ship enters service
USS Ticonderoga was commissioned and deployed in 1983; no public-unveil date is established here.
1993ExportConfirmed
Japan joins the Aegis fleet
Japan’s Self-Defense Forces became an Aegis operator in 1993; the source supports year precision.
2008ExportConfirmed
Republic of Korea joins the Aegis fleet
South Korea joined the international Aegis fleet with the commissioning of Sejong the Great.
May 9, 2012MilestoneConfirmed
Aegis BMD 4.0.1 completes first successful intercept
USS Lake Erie completed the first successful live-fire intercept by the second-generation Aegis BMD 4.0.1 system with an SM-3 Block IB. The event date uses Hawaii local time.
Nov 6, 2014MilestoneConfirmed
Baseline 9.C1 demonstrates integrated air and missile defense
USS John Paul Jones used Baseline 9.C1 in the first live-fire test of Aegis IAMD Radar Priority Mode, engaging ballistic and cruise-missile targets nearly simultaneously.
Dec 9, 2015MilestoneConfirmed
Aegis Ashore completes first intercept test
The land-based Aegis test complex in Hawaii conducted its first intercept flight test. The event occurred December 9 Hawaii time; the release was published December 10.
2016FieldedConfirmed
Aegis Ashore enters service in Romania
The U.S. Aegis Ashore installation in Deveselu became operational in 2016. It is a U.S. deployment hosted in Romania, not a Romanian export sale.
Nov 16, 2020MilestoneConfirmed
Aegis BMD demonstrates intercept of ICBM-class test target
USS John Finn and an SM-3 Block IIA intercepted an ICBM-representative target in the FTM-44 developmental test near Hawaii. This records a demonstration, not a declaration of operational capability.
Jul 10, 2024MilestoneConfirmed
NATO announces Poland Aegis Ashore site mission-ready
NATO announced that the U.S. Aegis Ashore site in Redzikowo was operational and available to defend the Alliance. The date records NATO’s announcement, not an inferred first operational day.
Dec 10, 2024MilestoneConfirmed
Aegis Guam completes first local ballistic intercept test
The Aegis Guam configuration participated in FEM-02, intercepting a ballistic test target. This was a developmental demonstration supporting the future Guam Defense System.
Mar 24, 2025MilestoneConfirmed
Stellar Banshee demonstrates tracking and simulated engagement
USS Pinckney tested Sea Based Terminal Increment 3 in FTX-40 against a hypersonic representative target. The engagement was simulated; this entry does not record a live intercept.
Mar 19, 2026MilestoneConfirmed
Japan ASEV integration completes two live-target tracking events
JFTX-01 events on March 17 and 19 tested SPY-7 integrated with the Aegis Weapon System. Both ended in virtual engagements; the date records completion of this two-event test.

Program and variant milestones. Dates show only the precision the sources give.

Variants1

Aegis Ashore
Fielded

Variants
System	Type	Maturity
Aegis Ashore	Other	Fielded

Variants of this program. Their unit costs, quantities and operating costs are in the cost table below.

Cost to the GovernmentFY2027 request $1.29B

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Cost figures
Measure	Variant	Amount	Source
Program totals · 4
Aegis BMD annual RDT&E referenceR-1 PE0603892C Aegis BMD. Annual appropriation scope, not lifetime development cost. FY2026 includes the listed reconciliation spend plan; FY2027 includes discretionary and mandatory requests where present. Shared program scope; cannot be attributed solely to this product.	Aegis Ashore	$927.87M / yrNominal $; source budget basis	FY2027 R-1: Research, Development, Test & Evaluation Department of Defense Comptroller · Apr 2026 · figure FY2027 total request · PB2027
CBO modeled complete site acquisitionHypothetical site with launchers, interceptors and support equipment. Different scope from the deckhouse-and-radar headline; not the cost paid for either European site.	Aegis Ashore	$3.945BConstant 2026 $ · modeled	Costs of a Notional National Missile Defense System (2026 testimony) Congressional Budget Office · figure CBO 2026 notional architecture
R&D program total¹	All	Not established	—
R&D program total¹	Aegis Ashore	Not established	—
Unit costs · 3
Contract unit priceNavy contract to Lockheed Martin to produce three Aegis Weapon Systems for the 60th-62nd Arleigh Burke-class destroyers: $208.7M / 3 = $69.57M per shipset (Aegis Weapon System production only; excludes shipyard integration and missiles).	All	$69.567MThen-year $ · 3 units	U.S. Navy Awards $208.7 Million to Lockheed Martin for Three Aegis Weapon Systems Lockheed Martin · Jan 31, 2005
CBO modeled deckhouse + SPY-6 radarCBO Table 3 includes deckhouse and radar only. It does not price the complete site or the existing SPY-1-based European configuration. Modeled acquisition cost, not an actual contract, paid price or approved purchase.	Aegis Ashore	$650MConstant 2026 $ · modeled	Costs of a Notional National Missile Defense System (2026 testimony) Congressional Budget Office · figure CBO 2026 notional architecture
Comparable unit priceNo comparable standalone unit price was established; package or contract totals are shown separately.	All	Not established	—
Quantities · 4
European U.S. sitesRomania and Poland; excludes the Hawaii test facility. Site count, not interceptor inventory or foreign ownership.	Aegis Ashore	2U.S. only; stated source scope	Aegis Ashore Poland completes first maintenance availability U.S. Navy / NAVSEA · 2024
U.S. inventoryA current U.S. inventory was not established. Annual procurement, cumulative deliveries and production capacity are not a stockpile count.	All	Not established	—
U.S. procurement quantity²	All	Not established	—
U.S. procurement quantity²	Aegis Ashore	Not established	—
Operating costs · 2
CBO modeled full-site annual O&SHypothetical complete site, not observed spending at Romania or Poland. Broader scope than the headline deckhouse-and-radar estimate.	Aegis Ashore	$169M / yrConstant 2026 $ · modeled	Costs of a Notional National Missile Defense System (2026 testimony) Congressional Budget Office · figure CBO 2026 notional architecture
Annual operations & supportA complete, system-specific annual operating and support cost was not established. Procurement, replacement rounds and contract support are different measures.	All	Not established	—

Program totals · 4

Aegis BMD annual RDT&E referenceR-1 PE0603892C Aegis BMD. Annual appropriation scope, not lifetime development cost. FY2026 includes the listed reconciliation spend plan; FY2027 includes discretionary and mandatory requests where present. Shared program scope; cannot be attributed solely to this product.
Aegis Ashore
FY2027 R-1: Research, Development, Test & Evaluation Department of Defense Comptroller · Apr 2026 · figure FY2027 total request · PB2027
$927.87M / yrNominal $; source budget basis
CBO modeled complete site acquisitionHypothetical site with launchers, interceptors and support equipment. Different scope from the deckhouse-and-radar headline; not the cost paid for either European site.
Aegis Ashore
Costs of a Notional National Missile Defense System (2026 testimony) Congressional Budget Office · figure CBO 2026 notional architecture
$3.945BConstant 2026 $ · modeled
R&D program total¹
Source not recorded
Not established
R&D program total¹
Aegis Ashore
Source not recorded
Not established

Unit costs · 3

Contract unit priceNavy contract to Lockheed Martin to produce three Aegis Weapon Systems for the 60th-62nd Arleigh Burke-class destroyers: $208.7M / 3 = $69.57M per shipset (Aegis Weapon System production only; excludes shipyard integration and missiles).
U.S. Navy Awards $208.7 Million to Lockheed Martin for Three Aegis Weapon Systems Lockheed Martin · Jan 31, 2005
$69.567MThen-year $ · 3 units
CBO modeled deckhouse + SPY-6 radarCBO Table 3 includes deckhouse and radar only. It does not price the complete site or the existing SPY-1-based European configuration. Modeled acquisition cost, not an actual contract, paid price or approved purchase.
Aegis Ashore
Costs of a Notional National Missile Defense System (2026 testimony) Congressional Budget Office · figure CBO 2026 notional architecture
$650MConstant 2026 $ · modeled
Comparable unit priceNo comparable standalone unit price was established; package or contract totals are shown separately.
Source not recorded
Not established

Quantities · 4

European U.S. sitesRomania and Poland; excludes the Hawaii test facility. Site count, not interceptor inventory or foreign ownership.
Aegis Ashore
Aegis Ashore Poland completes first maintenance availability U.S. Navy / NAVSEA · 2024
2U.S. only; stated source scope
U.S. inventoryA current U.S. inventory was not established. Annual procurement, cumulative deliveries and production capacity are not a stockpile count.
Source not recorded
Not established
U.S. procurement quantity²
Source not recorded
Not established
U.S. procurement quantity²
Aegis Ashore
Source not recorded
Not established

Operating costs · 2

CBO modeled full-site annual O&SHypothetical complete site, not observed spending at Romania or Poland. Broader scope than the headline deckhouse-and-radar estimate.
Aegis Ashore
Costs of a Notional National Missile Defense System (2026 testimony) Congressional Budget Office · figure CBO 2026 notional architecture
$169M / yrConstant 2026 $ · modeled
Annual operations & supportA complete, system-specific annual operating and support cost was not established. Procurement, replacement rounds and contract support are different measures.
Source not recorded
Not established

¹A lifetime program R&D total was not established. Development contracts and shared program budgets are not substituted for that total.

²No comparable U.S. procurement quantity was established in this review.

Earlier observations · 4

Superseded estimates and prices, each in its original scope and dollar basis.

Earlier cost observations
Measure	Variant	Amount	Source
Aegis BMD engineering contract ceilingTen-year mixed engineering and sustainment scope; not lifetime R&D or obligated spending.	All	$2.968BNominal $; source budget basis	Contracts for July 1, 2025: Aegis BMD engineering agent U.S. Department of Defense · figure Jul 1, 2025
Aegis BMD annual RDT&E reference¹	Aegis Ashore	$653.64M / yrNominal $; source budget basis	FY2027 R-1: Research, Development, Test & Evaluation Department of Defense Comptroller · Apr 2026 · figure FY2025 actual · PB2027
Aegis BMD annual RDT&E reference¹	Aegis Ashore	$550.988M / yrNominal $; source budget basis	FY2027 R-1: Research, Development, Test & Evaluation Department of Defense Comptroller · Apr 2026 · figure FY2026 total enacted / spend plan · PB2027
Aegis BMD annual RDT&E reference¹	Aegis Ashore	$927.87M / yrNominal $; source budget basis	FY2027 R-1: Research, Development, Test & Evaluation Department of Defense Comptroller · Apr 2026 · figure FY2027 total request · PB2027

Aegis BMD engineering contract ceilingTen-year mixed engineering and sustainment scope; not lifetime R&D or obligated spending.
Contracts for July 1, 2025: Aegis BMD engineering agent U.S. Department of Defense · figure Jul 1, 2025
$2.968BNominal $; source budget basis
Aegis BMD annual RDT&E reference¹
Aegis Ashore
FY2027 R-1: Research, Development, Test & Evaluation Department of Defense Comptroller · Apr 2026 · figure FY2025 actual · PB2027
$653.64M / yrNominal $; source budget basis
Aegis BMD annual RDT&E reference¹
Aegis Ashore
FY2027 R-1: Research, Development, Test & Evaluation Department of Defense Comptroller · Apr 2026 · figure FY2026 total enacted / spend plan · PB2027
$550.988M / yrNominal $; source budget basis
Aegis BMD annual RDT&E reference¹
Aegis Ashore
FY2027 R-1: Research, Development, Test & Evaluation Department of Defense Comptroller · Apr 2026 · figure FY2027 total request · PB2027
$927.87M / yrNominal $; source budget basis

¹R-1 PE0603892C Aegis BMD. Annual appropriation scope, not lifetime development cost. FY2026 includes the listed reconciliation spend plan; FY2027 includes discretionary and mandatory requests where present. Shared program scope; cannot be attributed solely to this product.

Budget by fiscal year
Fiscal year	Appropriation	Request	Enacted	Qty	Budget line	Source
FY2027	RDT&E	$1.29B	—	—	—	Program Acquisition Cost by Weapon System: Fiscal Year 2027 Budget Request Office of the Under Secretary of War (Comptroller) · Apr 21, 2026
FY2026	RDT&E	$1.34B	$886M	—	—	Program Acquisition Cost by Weapon System: Fiscal Year 2027 Budget Request Office of the Under Secretary of War (Comptroller) · Apr 21, 2026
FY2025	RDT&E	—	$984M	—	—	Program Acquisition Cost by Weapon System: Fiscal Year 2026 Budget Request Office of the Under Secretary of War (Comptroller)

The combat system has no single universal configuration price

The award covers several ship and shore variants and multiple kinds of engineering work. It cannot be divided into a comparable shipset price, or classified entirely as R&D.

Contracts for July 1, 2025: Aegis BMD engineering agent U.S. Department of Defense

A future SPY-6 model is not an existing-site price

CBO models a new architecture with different equipment and a complete site budget. The European site count comes from Navy reporting and is kept separate from this hypothetical cost scenario.

Costs of a Notional National Missile Defense System (2026 testimony) Congressional Budget Office · +1 more

Contracts & purchasing · 1

Ceilings, options and purchase agreements are not spending and are never added together. Obligations are under Contracts.

Contracts and purchasing
Buyer → seller	Status	Value	Qty	Source
Missile Defense Agency → Lockheed MartinAegis BMD combat-system engineering agent: design, development, integration, sustainment and software across ships and shore variants. Maximum ordering capacity, not a system unit price.	Ten-year IDIQ ceiling	$2.968B	—	Contracts for July 1, 2025: Aegis BMD engineering agent U.S. Department of Defense · figure Jul 1, 2025

International buyers · 2

International buyers
Country	Variant	Qty	Status	Source
RomaniaHosts a U.S. Aegis Ashore site; not recorded as a foreign purchase of the system.	Aegis Ashore	1	Host nation · U.S. system	Aegis Ashore Poland completes first maintenance availability U.S. Navy / NAVSEA · 2024
PolandHosts a U.S. Aegis Ashore site; not recorded as a foreign purchase of the system.	Aegis Ashore	1	Host nation · U.S. system	Aegis Ashore Poland completes first maintenance availability U.S. Navy / NAVSEA · 2024

Open research: Current U.S. inventory and complete annual operating-and-support costs require additional public evidence. Buyer records are selected examples, not a complete global order book.

What the government budgets and pays for this program, from budget justification books, appropriations, acquisition reports and contract announcements. Each figure states its dollar basis. What contractors were obligated is under Contracts.

Contracts$7.62B obligated since FY2008

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Contractors6

Lockheed Martin$6.88B 90%
RTX$415M 5.5%
HII$246M 3.2%
General Dynamics$81.2M 1.1%
Northrop Grumman$411K 0.0%

Awards33

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								Conf.
RTX	AEGIS BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE ENGINEERING SUPPORT	U.S. Navy	Delivery Order	Jun 26, 2026	$80K	$437K	Aegis	Reported
RTX	SPECIALIZED TOOLING AND ESSENTIAL EQUIPMENT FOR LOGISTICS (STEEL)	Missile Defense Agency	Delivery Order	Jun 23, 2026	$13.2M	$25.7M	Aegis	Reported
Serco Inc.	SD N00024-09-R-3180	U.S. Navy	Delivery Order	Sep 22, 2021	−$328K	$0	Aegis	Reported
Lockheed Martin	AEGIS COMBAT SYSTEM ENGINEERING AGENT (CSEA) ADVANCED CAPABILITY BUILD 16 (ACB 16), TECHNOLOGY INSERTION 16 (TI 16), FUTURE ACB/TI, BASELINE MAINTENANCE, TRAINING, AND STUDIES	U.S. Navy	Definitive Contract	Mar 4, 2013	$1.81B	$1.91B	Aegis	Reported
RTX	FPA MODULATOR TRANSFORMER REPAIR	U.S. Navy	Delivery Order	Aug 10, 2012	$318K	$318K	Aegis	Reported
RTX	AEGIS ASHORE CABLE ASSEMBLIES	U.S. Navy	Delivery Order	Mar 30, 2012	$495K	$495K	Aegis	Reported
Lockheed Martin	MATERIAL FOR SUPPORT OF THE AEGIS	U.S. Navy	Delivery Order	Jul 26, 2011	$13.6M	—	Aegis	Reported
RTX	TECHNICAL LOGISTICS SUPPORT SERVICES	U.S. Navy	Delivery Order	Jul 19, 2011	$128K	—	Aegis	Reported
RTX	CCA, 7253277	U.S. Navy	Delivery Order	Jun 22, 2011	$26K	$26K	Aegis	Reported
RTX	TECHNICAL LOGISTIC SUPPORT SERVICES	U.S. Navy	Delivery Order	Jun 15, 2011	$348K	—	Aegis	Reported
RTX	LOW PASS FILTERS FOR CSEDS	U.S. Navy	Delivery Order	Jun 14, 2011	$24K	$24K	Aegis	Reported
RTX	ORDALT KITS	U.S. Navy	Delivery Order	Mar 31, 2011	$27.1M	—	Aegis	Reported
General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems	PRODUCTION READINESS REVIEW	U.S. Navy	Definitive Contract	Sep 29, 2010	$51.0M	$1.0M	Aegis	Reported
General Dynamics Mission Systems	MANUFACTURER OF SPG62 REFLECTORS	U.S. Navy	Delivery Order	Aug 24, 2010	$743K	$743K	Aegis	Reported
Lockheed Martin	AEGIS ASHORE ENGINEERING AGENT	Missile Defense Agency	Definitive Contract	Aug 13, 2010	$361M	$375M	Aegis	Reported
Lockheed Martin	MATERIAL FOR SUPPORT OF THE AEGIS	U.S. Navy	Delivery Order	Aug 10, 2010	$12.6M	—	Aegis	Reported
Bath Iron Works	ENGINEERING, ADVANCE PLANNING, AND MANAGEMENT SUPPORT SERVICES	U.S. Navy	Delivery Order	Jul 22, 2010	$8.3M	—	Aegis	Reported
RTX	STAMOS ORDALT KITS (70699) FOR CG 55, 60, 62, AND DDG 53	U.S. Navy	Delivery Order	Apr 6, 2010	$21.9M	$21.9M	Aegis	Reported
Bath Iron Works	PROVIDE ENGINEERING, ADVANCE PLANNING,	U.S. Navy	Delivery Order	Nov 19, 2009	$9.0M	—	Aegis	Reported
General Dynamics Mission Systems	MANUFACTURE OF SPG62 REFLECTORS	U.S. Navy	Delivery Order	Oct 29, 2009	$633K	$633K	Aegis	Reported
Lockheed Martin	AEGIS BMD INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT	Missile Defense Agency	Definitive Contract	Oct 21, 2009	$3.09B	$97.9M	Aegis	Reported
RTX	ADVANCED PROCUREMENT OF LONG LEAD MATERIALS, NON-RECURRING ENGINEERING AND CRITICAL WORK CENTER EFFORTS IN SUPPORT OF PRODUCTION OF THE DDG 113 AWS SHIP SET.	U.S. Navy	Definitive Contract	Sep 23, 2009	$335M	$319M	Aegis	Reported
Lockheed Martin	MATERIAL AND OTHER DIRECT COSTS (ODCS) IN SUPPORT OF ENGINEERING SERVICES LINE ITEMS	U.S. Navy	Definitive Contract	Sep 21, 2009	$488M	$491M	Aegis	Reported
Lockheed Martin	MATERIAL FOR SUPPORT OF THE AEGIS	U.S. Navy	Delivery Order	Aug 10, 2009	$9.7M	—	Aegis	Reported
RTX	AN/SPY-1 RADAY TRANSMITTER	U.S. Navy	Delivery Order	May 11, 2009	$8.0M	—	Aegis	Reported
Lockheed Martin	PSEA I,D,S&S YEAR ONE RDT&E	U.S. Navy	Definitive Contract	Jan 9, 2009	$1.08B	$1.12B	Aegis	Reported
Lockheed Martin	MATERIAL FOR SUPPORT OF THE AEGIS	U.S. Navy	Delivery Order	Aug 10, 2008	$7.5M	$12.1M	Aegis	Reported
General Dynamics Mission Systems	ENGINEERING SERVICES - TECHNICAL REFRESH	U.S. Navy	Definitive Contract	Jul 9, 2008	$11.6M	$12.7M	Aegis	Reported
Lockheed Martin	MATERIAL FOR SUPPORT OF THE AEGIS	U.S. Navy	Delivery Order	May 1, 2008	$3.3M	—	Aegis	Reported
Lockheed Martin	AEGIS WEAPON SYSTEM MK 7 MOD () AWD TAS::17 1804::TAS	U.S. Navy	Definitive Contract	Feb 14, 2008	−$1.4M	$263M	Aegis	Reported
RTX	AN/SPS-73 RADAR PROGRAM	U.S. Navy	Definitive Contract	Feb 8, 2008	$9.1M	—	Aegis	Reported
Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation	SUPPORT SERVICES FOR ABMD PROGRAM	U.S. Navy	Delivery Order	Feb 8, 2008	$411K	$411K	Aegis	Reported
Ingalls Shipbuilding	CONTRACT AWARD	U.S. Navy	Definitive Contract	Oct 16, 2007	$246M	—	Aegis	Reported

Obligations are signed USAspending prime-contract actions coded to this program, FY2008 to date, credited to the company that received each action. Obligations are money committed, not company revenue.