What project 1709 buys
Under SLM, the MH-60 program will develop an open agile architecture that resolves multiple obsolescence issues within the flight critical avionics, and mission systems that can rapidly respond to emerging threats and fleet requirements ensuring the MH-60 continues to be a relevant, supportable, and cost-effective platform. FY 2027 budget request funds the following: 1. Initiate development of acquisition documentation for TALON Middle-Tier-of-Acquisition prototypes 2. Refine the TALON System Model for both the Flight Critical Avionics Segment (FCAS) and the Mission Systems and Weapon Segment (MSWS) 3. Award initial contract for the preliminary design of the FCAS and Digital Backbone (DBB) 4. Identify and develop test infrastructure and support building initial test development requirements for SLM efforts 5. FY 2027 funds lay the groundwork for multiple contract awards (including OTAs) in FY 2028
- Product Development
- Support
- Test and Evaluation
- Management Services
Project 1709 funding, FY2025–FY2031
Prior years are actuals, the budget year is the request, and the outyears are the FYDP plan. Estimate types are colored and never summed into one figure. Projects carry the full five-year plan; the activities inside them stop at the budget year.
| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 0.0 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 0.0 |
| FY2027 | Request | 32.5 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 172.2 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 140.7 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 162.5 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 117.0 |
1 accomplishment / planned program
The R-2A exhibit — the only level of the budget that describes work that has not happened yet. Activities carry the prior, current and budget year only, no five-year plan. Coverage is partial across the corpus, so count activities, never total them.
FY2027 planned work Develop the preliminary design of the TALON FCAS and DBB segments through award of initial contract. Establish government support for SLM requirements. Initiate development of acquisition documentation for TALON MTA efforts. Identify and develop test infrastructure and support building initial test development requirements for SLM efforts.
FY2026 to FY2027 change FY 2027 commences TALON development efforts under PU 1709.
Named performers on project 1709
Performers named in the R-3 exhibit under this project. Share is of the project's whole FY2027 R-3 total — the same denominator the program-element split uses, so the two read on one scale and will not sum to 100% when unnamed or government work is in the mix. Budget-justification contract funding, not obligations.