What project 1425 buys
The V-22 Osprey is an Acquisition Category IC Joint Program led by the Department of the Navy for the purpose of developing, testing, evaluating, procuring and fielding a tilt rotor, vertical takeoff and landing aircraft for Joint Service application. The V-22 program is designed to provide an aircraft to meet the amphibious/vertical assault needs of the Marine Corps, the Carrier Onboard Delivery needs of the Navy, and the special operations needs of the Air Force and the United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM). The MV-22 variant replaced the CH-46E in the Marine Corps and the CMV-22 variant will replace the C-2A in the Navy. The CV-22 variant replaced the MH-53J and MH-53M and augments the C-130 in the Air Force and USSOCOM. The V-22 is capable of flying over 2,100 nautical miles, with a single refueling, giving the services the advantage of a vertical/short take-off and landing aircraft that can rapidly self-deploy to any location in the world. This program is funded under Engineering Manufacturing and Development for correction of deficiencies and includes Block B upgrades which encompassed engineering and manufacturing development of new end-items prior to the production incorporation decision as well as Block C suitability and effectiveness development upgrades. Currently converting all Block B to Block C configuration. Capability Development Document interoperability requirements were addressed through a spiral upgrade acquisition strategy. It was the first spiral upgrade providing Key Enabling Department of War mandated open systems architecture upgrades for the mission computer hardware and software while simultaneously addressing required interoperability common avionics upgrades and current avionics obsolescence issues. Future development efforts will include pre-planned-product-improvements in the capability development document and re-design efforts to correct critical Reliability, Maintainability and Availability issues in support of readiness Operational Safety Improvement Program as prioritized by the United States Marine Corps (USMC) or an Urgent Universal Needs Statement. FY 2027 continues to support development efforts for the CMV-22 such as: Obsolescence, Modular Avionics/Cyber Security Implementation and Fuel Cell obsolescence.
- Product Development
- Support
- Test and Evaluation
- Management Services
Project 1425 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 | 31.1 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 16.4 |
| FY2027 | Request | 11.9 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 2.5 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 1.5 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 0.7 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 1.3 |
4 accomplishments / planned programs
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 Continues funding for the Modular Avionics software development/sustainment efforts such as Mission Computer obsolescence initiative re-design and modular software. Continues developmental efforts such as FCS re-design, Central Display Unit/Keyboard Unit obsolescence redesign, and Cyber Security implementation. Continues Interoperability development for additional critical capabilities such as Mobile Users Objective System. Continues the spiral development of the Required Navigation Performance/Area Navigation capability to upgrade the full precision approach capability and coupled approach. Continues Fuel Cell obsolescence re-design and Next Generation Mission Planning development. Defers…
FY2026 to FY2027 change CMV Development: Decrease in FY 2027 reallocates funding to support higher priority Safety Initiative Proprotor Gearbox (PRGB)
FY2026 plans — current year Continues funding for the Modular Avionics software development/sustainment efforts such as Mission Computer obsolescence initiative re-design and modular software. Continues developmental efforts such as FCS re-design, Central Display Unit/Keyboard Unit obsolescence redesign, and Cyber Security implementation. Continues Interoperability development for additional critical capabilities such as Mobile Users Objective System. Continues the spiral development of the Required Navigation Performance/Area Navigation capability to upgrade the full precision approach capability and coupled approach. Continues Fuel Cell obsolescence re-design and Next Generation Mission Planning development. Begins…
FY2027 planned work Funds provided for continued support of FOT&E and DT&E to include Osprey Drive System Safety Health Indicator and drive train characterization re-design efforts, vehicle flight control software and hardware updates, mission systems software and hardware updates, sea trial envelope expansion and CMV-22 developmental upgrades.
FY2026 to FY2027 change V-22 Development Support, Test and Evaluation: Decrease in FY 2027 is due to no longer having OT&E efforts.
FY2026 plans — current year Funds provided for continued support of FOT&E, DT&E and OT&E to include Osprey Drive System Safety Health Indicator and drive train characterization re-design efforts, vehicle flight control software and hardware updates, mission systems software and hardware updates, cockpit re-design, sea trial envelope expansion and CMV-22 developmental upgrades.
Named performers on project 1425
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.