# Product Improvement Development

**R-2A activity** of project 3390 — VH-92A Improvements  
**Program element:** 0604273M — Executive Helo Development  
**Component:** U.S. Navy · **Budget Activity:** 5  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604273M/3390/a0  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604273M

## Summary

This activity requests $61.1M in FY2027, 88% of project 3390, down 8.6% on FY2026. The R-2A exhibit describes it across FY2026–FY2027, including what the FY2027 money is planned to buy.

## What the FY2027 request buys

**FY2027 planned work.** 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 performance enhancements and high hot performance Power Margin Incs 1, and 2 rotor blades, Extended Range/Noise Reduction and maintain test aircraft.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** Decrease from FY2026 to FY2027 resulting from reduced Product Improvement development requirements necessary for the high hot performance Power Margin 1C efforts.

## Before the request year

**FY2026 plans — current year.** 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 performance enhancements and high hot performance Power Margin Inc 1, Power Margin Inc 2 rotor blades, and maintain test aircraft.

## Funding

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 42.0 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 66.9 |
| FY2027 | Request | 61.1 |

> Prior, current and budget year only — an R-2A activity carries no five-year plan. It sums exactly into its project in the request year and not necessarily in any other.

## Other activities in project 3390

- Program Management — FY2027 6.8
- Test and Evaluation — FY2027 1.5

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Navy RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibit R-2A, PE 0604273M project 3390 (PB PB2027). Narrative is the government's own text.
- **No marks, no contractors at this grain** — congressional marks land on the program element and R-3 performers on the project.
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_activity`.

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