# Project 1707 — MH-60 Development

**Program element:** 0604216N — Multi-Mission Helicopter Upgrade Dev  
**Project:** 1707  
**Component:** U.S. Navy  
**Appropriation:** 1319 — RDT&E, Navy  
**Budget Activity:** 5 — System Development & Demonstration  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604216N/1707  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604216N

## Summary

Project 1707 — MH-60 Development requests $56.4M in FY2027, 63% of the $88.9M requested for program element 0604216N, down 13% on FY2026. 3 R-2A activities decompose the request. Lockheed Martin is the largest named R-3 performer at $26.3M, 47% of the project's FY2027 R-3 total.

## Funding profile

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 59.1 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 64.8 |
| FY2027 | Request | 56.4 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 43.3 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 39.1 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 33.3 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 34.2 |

> Estimate types are not summed. This project is one leaf of PE 0604216N; the PE total is the sum of its projects, never added to them.

## What project 1707 buys

The MH-60R/S program pursues upgrades and enhancements that pace the rapidly evolving threat and improve safety-of-flight for its pilots and aircrew. These efforts include improvements to existing sensors, network capabilities, weapon systems, avionics, communications, and navigation systems as well as integration of modern precision guided air-to-ground and air-to-air missiles, fixed-forward and crew-served weapons, the Sensor Operator Console, data-fusion capability, and cUAS. The program is continuously evaluating Diminishing Manufacturing Sources and Material Shortages (DMSMS) and making incremental improvements to various airframe, flight safety, mission systems, training systems and mission-planning systems. The program will continue development of architecture to support integration of secure, over-the-horizon communications in addition to modern en route navigation and terminal approach systems. MH-60R/S research and development initiatives include targeted improvements of the platform's cybersecurity posture, continued development of federated systems to rapidly field new capabilities, and development of Air Launched Effects (ALE). FY 2027 budget request funds the following: 1. System Configuration (SC) capability increases, Modernized Tactical Networks (to include Enhanced Throughput (ET) and Tactical Targeting Network Technology (i.e. mesh networks)), Radar Hardware and Software enhancements in support of Minotaur Family of Systems (MFoS), DMSMS solutions for the Air Vehicle, Mission Systems and Avionics, to include MH-60 Displays, Embedded Global Positioning System(GPS)/Inertial Navigation System (INS), Beyond Line of Sight (BLOS) data transfer, Radar technical refresh, Airborne Low Frequency Sonar (ALFS), Common Datalink (CDL), Interface Unit Automatic Data Processing (IUADP) and Advanced Flight Control Computer obsolescence redesign. Obsolescence issues are expected to impact MH-60 readiness/availability beginning in FY27 and may require interim solutions until the MH-60 SLM development and fielding is completed. 2. Integration of the updated Link 16 Advanced Capabilities software and Tactical Networking (i.e. mesh network) to enable over-the-horizon targeting, enhance target sorting, and serve as a force multiplier in network enabled and long-range maritime targeting weapon engagements. 3.

**R-3 lines of work:** Product Development; Support; Test and Evaluation; Management Services.

## Named R-3 performers

| Performer | $M | Share of this project's FY2027 R-3 total |
|---|---|---|
| Lockheed Martin | 26.3 | 47% |
| NAWC AD | 7.0 | 12% |

> Budget-justification contract funding, not obligations. Shares need not reach 100% — unnamed and government work is in the denominator.

## Activities (R-2A) — 3

| Activity | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 | Move | Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avionics H/W and S/W Development | 48.9 | 54.6 | 46.4 | −15% | [a0](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604216N/1707/a0) |
| Test and Evaluation | 6.5 | 6.5 | 6.5 | +0% | — |
| Engineering and Logistics | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.5 | −7% | — |

> Activities carry the prior, current and budget year only — no five-year plan. In the request year they partition this project exactly; in earlier years they can under-cover it.

### Avionics H/W and S/W Development

Continue activities for System Configuration development. Continue integration and testing of the interim EGI solution for M-code. Continue development efforts for MH-60 Air Vehicle, Avionics and Mission Systems DMSMS solutions to include AFCC, Radar, Acoustic Processor (AP) and Software Defined Sonobuoy Receiver (SDSR), and CDL…

Full year-by-year narrative: https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604216N/1707/a0

### Test and Evaluation

**FY2027 planned work.** Continue System Configuration testing (SC28 and SC30), Avionics Obsolescence, MIDS JTRS Advanced Capabilities, and Radar Tech Refresh in support of Minotaur test and evaluation activities. Obsolescence Solution test and evaluation planning. Continue federated system testing. Identify and develop test infrastructure and support building initial test development requirements for SLM efforts.

**FY2026 plans — current year.** Continue System Configuration testing (SC26 and SC28), Avionics Obsolescence, MIDS JTRS Advanced Capabilities Enhanced Throughput (ET), and Radar Tech Refresh in support of Minotaur test and evaluation activities. Obsolescence Solution test and evaluation planning. Continue Radar Tech Refresh in support of Minotaur and federated system testing.

### Engineering and Logistics

**FY2027 planned work.** Continue to provide MH-60 engineering support, integrated logistics support, government furnished equipment, support equipment, program management, contract support services, and travel to support Radar Tech Refresh, System Configuration activities, CDL, AFCC, Acoustics, CMPC, and Tactical Data Links, to include data review, deficiency identification and correction, and capability fielding plans. Continue requirements definition, solution analysis and initial design efforts for Mission Systems, Avionics and Air Vehicle obsolescence mitigation efforts and Radar upgrades in support of MFoS capabilities and third-party applications. Continue MH-60 Cyber Engineering and Mid-Life Block Upgrade Architectural analyses and requirements definition. Continue Systems Engineering and Logistics Support in support of MIDS JTRS Advanced Capabilities and future System Configuration efforts. Continue to support the software development of the federated systems to address emergent threats and evolving cyber and system security requirements.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** Decrease of $0.264M reflects the realignment of funds for higher Navy priority requirements.

**FY2026 plans — current year.** Continue to provide MH-60 engineering support, integrated logistics support, government furnished equipment, support equipment, program management, contract support services, and travel to support Radar Tech Refresh, System Configuration activities, and Tactical Data Links, to include data review, deficiency identification and correction, and capability fielding plans. Continue requirements definition, solution analysis and initial design efforts for Mission Systems, Avionics and Air Vehicle obsolescence mitigation efforts and Radar upgrades in support of MFoS capabilities and third-party applications. Continue MH-60 Cyber Engineering and Mid-Life Block Upgrade Architectural analyses and requirements definition. Continue Systems Engineering and Logistics Support in support of MIDS JTRS Advanced Capabilities and future System Configuration efforts. Continue agile development and integration activities for Collaborative Mission Planning Continuum (CMPC).

## What is NOT on this page

Congressional marks, the R-2 mission description and acquisition strategy, the industry vs government split of the whole request, and related program elements are recorded at **program-element** grain — an NDAA mark lands on a PE, never on a project. They are at https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604216N.

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Navy RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibits R-2/R-2A/R-3, PE 0604216N project 1707 (PB PB2027).
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_program_element(pe="0604216N")`.

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