# Follow-on Improvements & Project Management

**R-2A activity** of project 3069 — CH-53K Improvement  
**Program element:** 0605212M — CH-53K  
**Component:** U.S. Navy · **Budget Activity:** 5  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605212M/3069/a0  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605212M/3069

## Summary

This activity requests $71.8M in FY2027, 52% of project 3069, down 21% 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 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 accuracy flight planning and improved performance charts, engine system risk mitigation, risk reduction software development, prototype testing and integration of joint service digital interoperability capabilities, continued testing on Engineering Development Model (EDM) aircraft, test planning activities, and retrofits of EDM aircraft for enhanced capabilities of flight test.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** Decrease in FY27 reflects a shift in funding commensurate with an increase in Test and Evaluation activities required in FY27 to support Product Development efforts that were funded in prior years.

## Before the request year

**FY2026 plans — current year.** 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: increased accuracy flight planning and improved performance charts, engine inlet barrier filter/separator solution, risk reduction software development, testing and integration of Marine Air-Ground Task Force (MAGTF) Agile Network Gateway Link (MANGL) capability, continued testing on Engineering Development Model (EDM) aircraft, test planning activities, and retrofits of EDM aircraft for flight test. Software Integration Lab (SIL) maintenance transitions to Operations and Maintenance funding beginning in FY26.

## Funding

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 10.5 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 90.5 |
| FY2027 | Request | 71.8 |

> 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 3069

- [Organic Test & Evaluation](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605212M/3069/a1) — FY2027 67.5

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Navy RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibit R-2A, PE 0605212M project 3069 (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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