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AN/TPY-2 forward-based X-band radar equipment at a test site.

Program · United States · Missile Defense Agency

AN/TPY-2 Radar

X-band radar for ballistic missile detection, tracking, and discrimination.

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Awarded
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Across linked awards

Cost to the Government

Program totals · 3

  • BMD Sensors annual RDT&E referenceR-1 PE0603884C BMD Sensors. 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.
    FY2027 R-1: Research, Development, Test & Evaluation Department of Defense Comptroller · Apr 2026 · figure FY2027 total request · PB2027
    $865.42M / yrNominal $; source budget basis
  • Radar modification procurement requestMD11 program funding for modification work; no new radar procurement quantity in this line.
    $36.53MNominal $; source budget basis
  • R&D program totalA lifetime program R&D total was not established. Development contracts and shared program budgets are not substituted for that total.
    Source not recorded
    Not established

Unit costs · 1

Quantities · 2

Operating costs · 3

1Dedicated organic depot support line; excludes broader operations, personnel and other support. Not full annual ownership cost.

Earlier observations · 4

Superseded estimates and prices, each in its original scope and dollar basis.

Program totals · 3

Unit costs · 1

1R-1 PE0603884C BMD Sensors. 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.

Support counts and export completions use different scopes

The U.S. budget’s 13-radar support scope must not be combined with a Saudi production announcement as if both measured U.S. operational inventory. Broad BMD Sensors R&D is not attributed solely to AN/TPY-2.

International buyers · 1
International buyers
CountryQtyStatusSource
Saudi ArabiaCompletion of the first Saudi radar; not the entire Saudi order or proof of operational fielding.1First radar completed · manufacturer announcementFirst Saudi AN/TPY-2 radar completed, September 25, 2024 RTX / Raytheon · figure Sep 25, 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.