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RDT&E Program Element · President's Budget PB2027

Executive Helo Development

PE 0604273M·U.S. Navy·Approp. 1319 — RDT&E·BA5 — System Development & Demonstration
FY2027 Request
$69.4M
Navy · RDT&E
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U.S. Navy requests $69.4M in FY2027, before stepping down 50% across the five-year plan. In the FY2027 defense authorization, the House funded it in full; the Senate funded it in full; House appropriators funded it in full. NAWCAD leads the industry work.

FY2027 Request
$69.4M
▼ 7.4% vs FY2026
FY2026 Enacted
$75.0M
▲ 50% vs FY2025
FY2025 Actual
$50.0M
Prior year

For fiscal year 2027, the U.S. Navy is requesting $69.4M for Executive Helo Development under RDT&E program element 0604273M, down 7.4% from FY2026.

Funding trajectory

Funding profile, 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.

255075050.0FY25ACTUAL75.0FY26ENACTED69.4FY27REQUEST75.1FY2853.7FY2934.2FY3034.8FY31
Actual Enacted Request Outyear (FYDP)
Fiscal YearEstimate TypeAmount ($M)
FY2025Actual50.0
FY2026Enacted75.0
FY2027Request69.4
FY2028Outyear75.1
FY2029Outyear53.7
FY2030Outyear34.2
FY2031Outyear34.8
Where it sits

Acquisition lifecycle

This program is funded in RDT&E Budget Activity 5 — System Development & Demonstration.

Complete
Research
BA 1–2
Complete
Advanced Technology
BA 3
Complete
Prototyping
BA 4
Current
Development & Fielding
BA 5–7
Inside the program element

1 project rolls up into PE 0604273M

Projects are the summable leaves — the PE total is their sum, never added to it. Program elements and projects carry the full five-year plan; activities stop at the budget year. This PE moves -7% overall, which can hide much larger swings below.

Project 3390

VH-92A Improvements

$69.4MFY2027 request ▼ 7%
FY2025 actual$50.0M
FY2026 enacted$75.0M
FY2027 request$69.4M
Product DevelopmentTest and EvaluationManagement Services

VH-92A Product Improvements addresses improvement requirements written into the Capabilities Development Document approved by Joint Requirements Oversight Committee in Jan 2013 and updated for Milestone C. The VH-92A Improvement efforts are to provide near and enduring/relevant/evolving long term improvements to the fleet, focusing on documented deficiencies and enhancements related to critical mission systems, maintainability and reliability and obsolescence issues. The VH-92A improvements also address deficiencies identified at the completion of Initial Operational Test and Evaluation (IOT&E); development associated with Mission Communications System (MCS) upgrades (both software and hardware), distributed network communications, vehicle performance enhancements, and high hot performance (Power Margin) efforts.

Accomplishments / planned programs (R-2A) — prior, current and budget year only
Product Improvement Development▼ 9%
FY2025 actual$42.0M
FY2026 enacted$66.9M
FY2027 request$61.1M

Continue developing product improvements for incremental incorporation to the VH-92A capability baseline to include enhancements to advanced capabilities, cockpit upgrades, GFE, MCS hardware/software upgrades, continue developing product improvements for distributed network communications, new mission software capabilities, vehicle…

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Test and Evaluation▲ 4%
FY2025 actual$1.4M
FY2026 enacted$1.4M
FY2027 request$1.5M

FY2027 planned work Continue follow on T&E for product improvements to include MCS upgrades (both software and hardware), enhancements to advanced capabilities, cockpit upgrades, T&E efforts for MCS, distributed network communications, new mission software capabilities, vehicle performance enhancements, and high hot performance Power Margin Inc 1 and 2.

FY2026 to FY2027 change Increase from FY2026 to FY2027 is required to maintain ongoing Test and Evaluation efforts.

FY2026 plans — current year Continue follow on T&E for product improvements to include MCS upgrades (both software and hardware), enhancements to advanced capabilities, cockpit upgrades, T&E efforts for MCS, distributed network communications, new mission software capabilities, vehicle performance enhancements, and high hot performance (Power Margin Inc 1 and 2).

Program Management▲ 2%
FY2025 actual$6.6M
FY2026 enacted$6.7M
FY2027 request$6.8M

FY2027 planned work Continue program management support for technical reviews, risk reduction activities, contractor deliverables, configuration management, training and information assurance/cyber security. Conduct Level 3 physical security for the Presidential Helicopters Support Facility (PHSF) and continue PHSF security upgrades as required by the OPNAV instruction 5530.14.

FY2026 to FY2027 change Increase from FY2026 to FY2027 is required effort to maintain ongoing Program Management efforts.

FY2026 plans — current year Continue program management support for technical reviews, risk reduction activities, contractor deliverables, configuration management, training and information assurance/cyber security. Conduct Level 3 physical security for the Presidential Helicopters Support Facility (PHSF) and continue PHSF security upgrades as required by the OPNAV instruction 5530.14

Congressional action

Congressional marks

Committee marks on the FY2027 request. Adds and cuts are reconciled in conference before they become law.

RequestPresident's Budget
$69.4M
House NDAA (HASC)HASC
$69.4M full · +$0
Senate NDAA (SASC)SASC
$69.4M full · +$0
House Approps (HAC-D)HAC_D
$69.4M full · +$0
unresolved as of 2026-07-27. These are FY2027 authorization marks (NDAA); appropriations and the conference agreement may differ.
Who's building it

Where the FY2027 request goes

Performers named in the R-3 exhibit, resolved into industry, government-lab, and unspecified shares. Budget-justification contract funding, not obligations.

NAWCAD
$10.6M · 15%
Systems Engineering
Where FY2027 funding flowsShare$M
Industry primes16%10.9
Government labs & warfare centers3.8%2.7
Other / unspecified81%55.9
FY2027 request100%69.4
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Program detail

Mission & acquisition strategy

The VH-92A is the replacement helicopter for the VH-3D and the VH-60N, the aircraft currently used by Marine Helicopter Squadron One (HMX-1) to transport the President, Vice President, and other distinguished officials as directed by the White House Military Office. The VH-3D and VH-60N are approaching the end of their service lives. Funding for the VH-92A program supports activities, including integration of systems; qualification and support of test articles; development of logistics products; and demonstration of system integration, interoperability, safety, utility, and improvements/upgrades.

VH-92A Product Improvements will include trade studies, test and evaluation, cost-benefit analyses, and risk-reduction efforts to address improvements for aircraft capability, safety, operational weight, mission availability, component reliability, maintainability, software, vehicle performance high hot performance (Power Margin) and obsolescence.

Project 3390 — VH-92A Improvements
  • Product Development
  • Test and Evaluation
  • Management Services
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Sources
FY2027 Department of the Navy RDT&E Budget Justification · Exhibits R-2 / R-3 · PE 0604273M (President's Budget PB2027) — and FY2027 NDAA committee marks, as tracked 2026-07-27.
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