# Project 2465 — LHA(R) FLT Design and Total Ship Integration

**Program element:** 0604567N — Ship Contract Design/ Live Fire T&E  
**Project:** 2465  
**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/0604567N/2465  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604567N

## Summary

Project 2465 — LHA(R) FLT Design and Total Ship Integration requests $19.4M in FY2027, 100% of the $19.4M requested for program element 0604567N, down 30% on FY2026. 1 R-2A activity decomposes the request. HII is the largest named R-3 performer at $1.4M, 7.2% of the project's FY2027 R-3 total.

## Funding profile

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 11.5 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 27.6 |
| FY2027 | Request | 19.4 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 22.0 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 3.9 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 3.8 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 3.9 |

> Estimate types are not summed. This project is one leaf of PE 0604567N; the PE total is the sum of its projects, never added to them.

## What project 2465 buys

This project provides the contract design, development, and testing efforts for the Amphibious Assault Ship General Purpose Replacement Program - LHA(R). The LHA(R) is a ship construction program designed to: (1) provide a functional replacement for the Amphibious Assault Ships which reached the end of their extended service lives (2) be a key platform in the Amphibious Readiness Group (ARG) of the future and (3) provide for an affordable and sustainable amphibious ship development program. LHA(R) ships will provide forward presence and power projection as an integral part of Joint, inter-agency, and multi-national maritime expeditionary forces. Additionally, LHA(R) will be designed to operate for sustained periods in transit to and operations in an Amphibious Objective Area to include the embarkation, deployment, and landing of a Marine Landing Force in an assault with landing craft, helicopters and tilt rotors (MV-22) supported by Joint Strike Fighters (F-35B).

**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 |
|---|---|---|
| HII | 1.4 | 7.2% |

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

## Activities (R-2A) — 1

| Activity | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 | Move | Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LHA (R) FLT 1 Design and Total Ship Integration | 11.5 | 27.6 | 19.4 | −30% | [a0](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604567N/2465/a0) |

> 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.

### LHA (R) FLT 1 Design and Total Ship Integration

LHA (R): Continue development of the MCS LBTE Continue LHA class obsolescence research and system engineering Continue LFT&E efforts Continue Lead Ship OT Campaign (Air Warfare Ship Self Defense) T&E events Continue Planning for Tiltrotor and Rotary Wing Dynamic Interface Testing (DIT) Complete Dynamic Interface-Virtual Environment…

Full year-by-year narrative: https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604567N/2465/a0

## 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/0604567N.

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Navy RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibits R-2/R-2A/R-3, PE 0604567N project 2465 (PB PB2027).
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_program_element(pe="0604567N")`.

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