# Project 3090 — V-22 Improvement Program

**Program element:** 0604262N — V-22A  
**Project:** 3090  
**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/0604262N/3090  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604262N

## Summary

Project 3090 — V-22 Improvement Program requests $240.4M in FY2027, 95% of the $252.3M requested for program element 0604262N, up 121% on FY2026. 8 R-2A activities decompose the request, 2 new this cycle. Boeing is the largest named R-3 performer at $41.2M, 17% of the project's FY2027 R-3 total.

## Funding profile

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 65.4 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 108.6 |
| FY2027 | Request | 240.4 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 306.5 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 217.9 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 194.8 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 135.8 |

> Estimate types are not summed. This project is one leaf of PE 0604262N; the PE total is the sum of its projects, never added to them.

## What project 3090 buys

The V-22 Osprey provides a dual-piloted, multi-engine, Vertical/Short Takeoff and Landing, medium lift aircraft for worldwide combat, combat support, combat service support, and Special Operations missions. V-22 Product Improvements addresses requirements necessary to meet the aircraft capabilities specified in the approved Capability Development Document. Efforts included in this Project provide near and long-term improvements to the fleet, addressing deficiencies, systems safety, obsolescence, readiness, reliability, supportability, and relevance in any designated battlespace. Efforts include hardware and software development associated with increased performance capability, avionics upgrades and improvements, increased system processing capability, and the integration with other organic and non-organic systems. FY 2027 continues Airframe Hardware Development in support of V-22 Block upgrades, electrical system capacity efforts, digital interoperability, time on wing/reliability improvements efforts, Aircraft Mission Maneuvering Envelope Expansion and Safety Improvement efforts. Continues engineering, logistics, flight test, flight test support and addresses correction of deficiencies and obsolescence. Continues software development/mission computer obsolescence initiatives. Continues efforts to resolve Fuel Cell obsolescence issues. FY 2027 continues Propulsion/Mission Care Hardware Development to fund the flight/engine hours that are necessary for the design, development, validation and verification of the V-22 propulsion and power systems at the Patuxent River squadron. Rolls-Royce will continue to provide engine support and development of V-22 flight testing. FY 2027 continues Flight Control System (FCS) re-design. Flight control re-design improves safety and handling of platform by reducing workload in critical places like degraded visual environment/reduced visual landing, aerial refueling, shipboard operations, and inclement weather situations through hardware and software changes. FY 2027 continues Open Systems Architecture/Cyber Security research, requirements analysis and development of obsolescence mitigation solutions for aging V-22 avionics systems to overcome obsolete hardware availability.

**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 |
|---|---|---|
| Boeing | 41.2 | 17% |
| NAWCAD | 28.0 | 12% |
| OT&E Force | 3.6 | 1.5% |
| Rolls Royce | 2.2 | 0.9% |

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

## Activities (R-2A) — 8

| Activity | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 | Move | Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VeCToR | 0.0 | 0.0 | 93.9 | new | [a6](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604262N/3090/a6) |
| ReVAMP | 0.0 | 0.0 | 47.5 | new | [a7](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604262N/3090/a7) |
| V-22 Flight Control System (FCS) Re-Design | 14.8 | 32.1 | 41.2 | +28% | [a2](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604262N/3090/a2) |
| V-22 Development Support, Test, and Evaluation | 29.6 | 36.2 | 35.4 | −2% | [a5](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604262N/3090/a5) |
| V-22 Airframe Hardware Development | 10.5 | 24.9 | 14.9 | −40% | [a0](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604262N/3090/a0) |
| V-22 Open Systems Architecture/Cyber Security | 7.8 | 11.8 | 5.3 | −55% | — |
| V-22 Propulsion / Mission Care Hardware Development | 2.7 | 2.1 | 2.2 | +4% | — |
| V-22 Joint Avionics Reconfigurable Virtual Information System (JARVIS) | 0.0 | 1.5 | 0.0 | −100% | — |

> 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.

### VeCToR — NEW START

Develop and execute comprehensive obsolescence mitigation strategies to address critical issues in major avionics components, while modernizing cockpit hardware and software to enhance functionality and ensure long-term system sustainability. VeCToR will replace flight-critical cockpit displays, resolve closed architecture constraints…

Full year-by-year narrative: https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604262N/3090/a6

### ReVAMP — NEW START

Develop and implement comprehensive V-22 mid-life upgrade efforts to enhance readiness and safety performance through targeted efforts: 1.Introduce the Integrated Cargo Handling System (ICHS) to increase Joint Modular Intermodal Containers (JMIC) capacity in the MV-22 from quantity three to quantity five. This system significantly…

Full year-by-year narrative: https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604262N/3090/a7

### V-22 Flight Control System (FCS) Re-Design

Continues development of hardware and software architecture upgrades to mitigate obsolescence and data throughput constraints to include Flight Control Computer, Cockpit Interface Unit, and Flight Test Interface Panel. Software language upgrade development in the Cross Channel Data Link and Flight Control Computer Operational Flight…

Full year-by-year narrative: https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604262N/3090/a2

### V-22 Development Support, Test, and Evaluation

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 and re-design efforts, vehicle flight control software and hardware updates, mission systems software and hardware updates, cockpit re-design, environmental control systems, structural…

Full year-by-year narrative: https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604262N/3090/a5

### V-22 Airframe Hardware Development

Continues development in support of V-22 Block upgrades, time on wing/reliability improvements such as testing of Additive Manufacturing processes for selected V-22 components, Aircraft Mission Maneuvering Envelope Expansion, and Safety Improvement efforts. Continues engineering, logistics, flight test, flight test support, and addresses…

Full year-by-year narrative: https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604262N/3090/a0

### V-22 Open Systems Architecture/Cyber Security

**FY2027 planned work.** Continue Cockpit Display Unit re-design. Continues requirements analysis, integration studies, integrated designs, risk reduction testing and developmental efforts for Modular Avionics Architecture, Cockpit Avionics obsolescence mitigation, Ethernet backbone, Ethernet Expansion device switches and routing functions.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** Decrease in FY 2027 Open Systems Architecture/Cyber Security reflects completion of the Degraded Visual Environment/Helmet Mounted Display (DVE/HMD) contract in FY26.

**FY2026 plans — current year.** Begin Cockpit Display Unit re-design. Continues requirements analysis, integration studies, integrated designs, risk reduction testing and developmental efforts for Modular Avionics Architecture, Cockpit Avionics obsolescence mitigation, Ethernet backbone, Ethernet Expansion device switches and routing functions.

### V-22 Propulsion / Mission Care Hardware Development

**FY2027 planned work.** Continues flight/engine hours that are necessary for the design, development, validation, and verification of the V-22 propulsion and power systems at the Patuxent River squadron. Rolls Royce will continue to provide engine support and development of V-22 flight testing.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** Increase in FY 2027 for Propulsion/Mission Care Hardware Development is due to rate adjustments.

**FY2026 plans — current year.** Continues flight/engine hours that are necessary for the design, development, validation, and verification of the V-22 propulsion and power systems at the Patuxent River squadron. Rolls Royce will continue to provide engine support and development of V-22 flight testing.

### V-22 Joint Avionics Reconfigurable Virtual Information System (JARVIS)

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** Decrease in FY 2027 for Joint Avionics Reconfigurable Virtual Information Systems is due to cancelation of the program.

**FY2026 plans — current year.** Continues JARVIS software development, system integration, risk reduction testing, and developmental and qualification efforts for JARVIS mission computer system and associated JARVI modules for distributed modular processing.

## 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/0604262N.

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Navy RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibits R-2/R-2A/R-3, PE 0604262N project 3090 (PB PB2027).
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_program_element(pe="0604262N")`.

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