The FY2027 President's Budget requests — for Long Range Command and Control Aircraft, within Homeland Security's Procurement, Construction, and Improvements account.
FY2025–FY2026
| Fiscal year | Basis | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | enacted | $68.5M |
| FY2026 | CR annualized | $68.5M |
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 Aircraft PPA funds the recapitalization and sustainment of the USCG's fleet of fixed and rotary-wing aircraft, including Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) to fulfill unmanned air surveillance and reconnaissance capability requirements. The USCG's fleet of fixed and rotary-wing aircraft supported within this program collectively perform all USCG missions in the offshore, coastal, and inland areas of responsibility. The land-based fixed-wing aircraft fleet includes the HC-144B, C-27J and HC-130J aircraft, which provide medium- and long-range surveillance capabilities and enable the USCG to conduct airborne surveillance, detection, classification, and identification of vessels and other aircraft. The USCG's fleet of rotary-wing aircraft includes the MH-60 and MH-65 medium-range and short-range recovery helicopters, which provide vertical lift and shipboard capabilities. The following investments are included within the Aircraft PPA: HC-144 Conversion/Sustainment: This investment funds initial activities to replace specific structural components and update equipment to extend the usable service life of each airframe by an estimated 22,000 hours per airframe.
Extracted from United States Coast Guard, p. 6. Verbatim; nothing here is paraphrased.
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