The FY2027 President's Budget requests $38.7M for Light Enforcement Platform, within Homeland Security's Procurement, Construction, and Improvements account. That is up 113% on the FY2026 figure of $18.2M, which is a continuing-resolution annualized figure, not an enacted appropriation.
FY2025–FY2027
| Fiscal year | Basis | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | enacted | $18.2M |
| FY2026 | CR annualized | $18.2M |
| FY2027 | request | $38.7M |
The prior-year column is a CR annualized figure — the rate a continuing resolution funds at, not an enacted appropriation. The two are different numbers and are not interchangeable. Bases are separate columns and are never summed into one figure.
Homeland Security discretionary budget authority
From the OMB Public Budget Database — clean, summable, and the figure to cite for an agency total. It is the whole of Homeland Security's discretionary request, not a total of the parsed lines above, and this page never adds the two together.
What this funds
The Light Enforcement Platform (LEP) rotary-wing (RW) and fixed-wing (FW) fleet is a versatile fleet used for a variety of missions ranging from tactical response and investigative surveillance to disaster relief and support to special security events. Replacing aging, non-standardized legacy RW helicopters and FW aircraft with modern configurations enhances operational safety, reduce maintenance costs, and support enforcement outcomes such as sustained or increased apprehensions, arrests, drug seizures, weapon seizures, and rescues. The FY 2027 Budget includes $38.7M to fund three LEP aircraft replacements: two RW missionized Airbus H125 helicopters and associated supporting equipment, and one FW missionized single engine aircraft. This investment directly supports the Administration's January 2025 Executive Order 14165 - Securing Our Borders by advancing CBP's operational control of the U.S. borders. CBP operates 90 light RW helicopters (of which 52 require replacement) and 26 light FW aircraft (of which, 23 require replacement). The FY 2025 Full-Year CR and the FY 2026 Annualized CR both funded two aircraft replacements (for a total of four) and the Working Families Tax Cut Act (Pub. Law 119-21) funded an additional ten replacements, leaving 40 RW and 23 FW in need of replacement. The oldest helicopters operate only 40-54 percent of the time; however, the new H125 model raises readiness to approximately 74 percent, significantly improving mission effectiveness. Replacing aging, non-standardized aircraft with modern models modernization sustains enforcement outcomes, maintains operational readiness, improves operator safety, and enhances operational effectiveness. ' Deliver LEP RW #1 and complete operational test and evaluation.
Extracted from Customs and Border Protection, p. 8. Verbatim; nothing here is paraphrased.
Contracts funded by this line
6 linked contracts. These are obligations — lifetime awarded money — and they are not comparable to the request above and are never added to it. No total is shown: an award linked to several lines is counted in full on each, so the sum would not be a fact.
| Contract | Vendor | Confidence | Obligated |
|---|---|---|---|
| 70B02C26F00000290 last action FY2026 | DAVENPORT AVIATION INC | Medium confidence | $95.5M |
| 70B02C23F00000959 last action FY2026 | DAVENPORT AVIATION INC | Medium confidence | $52.3M |
| N6449824F3023 last action FY2025 | NOBLIS MSD LLC | Medium confidence | $5.2M |
| HR00112430416 last action FY2026 | HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE CO | Medium confidence | $2.6M |
| FA489019PA006 last action FY2019 | CRYSTAL GROUP, INC | Medium confidence | $1.0M |
| 697DCK23C00367 last action FY2026 | MATAI SERVICES, LLC | Medium confidence | $0.1M |
Confidence mix · 6 medium
Linked contracts are a floor, not a census. Coverage is bounded by how distinctively a program is named and, for performer links, to RDT&E and Procurement — O&M and military construction publish no performers. Budget figures are FY2027 request dollars; contract figures are obligations. The two measure different things and must never be summed together.
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