# Project 3069 — CH-53K Improvement

**Program element:** 0605212M — CH-53K  
**Project:** 3069  
**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/0605212M/3069  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605212M

## Summary

Project 3069 — CH-53K Improvement requests $139.3M in FY2027, 100% of the $139.3M requested for program element 0605212M, up 2.8% on FY2026. 2 R-2A activities decompose the request. NAWCAD is the largest named R-3 performer at $45.5M, 33% of the project's FY2027 R-3 total.

**Markets:** Aircraft & Aero Components (mfg), Rotary & Vertical Lift — matched on the project title only, and no market size is quoted.

## Funding profile

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 52.2 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 135.4 |
| FY2027 | Request | 139.3 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 95.0 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 91.6 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 92.6 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 94.2 |

> Estimate types are not summed. This project is one leaf of PE 0605212M; the PE total is the sum of its projects, never added to them.

## What project 3069 buys

CH-53K Improvement is required for the establishment of the Heavy Lift program's organic test and evaluation efforts, software development, follow-on capability enhancements, and modernization initiatives. These efforts are focused on advancing the program's technical maturity, validating system performance, and ensuring alignment with operational requirements. Improvements address pre-planned product improvement requirements written into the Capabilities Product Document approved by Joint Requirements Oversight Committee in February 2020. The CH-53K Improvement projects provide near and long-term improvements to the fleet, focusing on documented deficiencies related to mission systems, maintainability and reliability, and obsolescence issues.

**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 |
|---|---|---|
| NAWCAD | 45.5 | 33% |
| Sikorsky | 19.2 | 14% |
| GE | 3.8 | 2.7% |
| COMOPTEVFOR | 2.0 | 1.5% |

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

## Activities (R-2A) — 2

| Activity | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 | Move | Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Follow-on Improvements & Project Management | 10.5 | 90.5 | 71.8 | −21% | [a0](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605212M/3069/a0) |
| Organic Test & Evaluation | 41.7 | 44.9 | 67.5 | +50% | [a1](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605212M/3069/a1) |

> 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.

### Follow-on Improvements & Project Management

Continue efforts to develop, test, and certify new capabilities, to include software development and mitigation of risk due to obsolescence of components to support fleet and production aircraft requirements. Specific activities planned in support of the Improvements program include: further air vehicle envelope expansion, increased…

Full year-by-year narrative: https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605212M/3069/a0

### Organic Test & Evaluation

Continue and maintain the establishment of the government Test and Evaluation team, and associated support functions, to facilitate follow-on capability expansion and development of new requirements. Efforts supported include pre-planned product improvements, reliability improvements, risk reduction software development, and testing…

Full year-by-year narrative: https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605212M/3069/a1

## 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/0605212M.

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Navy RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibits R-2/R-2A/R-3, PE 0605212M project 3069 (PB PB2027).
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_program_element(pe="0605212M")`.

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