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RDT&E Program Element · President's Budget PB2027

Blackhawk Product Improvement Program

PE 0607136A·U.S. Army·Approp. 2040 — RDT&E·BA7 — Operational System Development
FY2027 Request
$35.1M
Army · RDT&E
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U.S. Army funding falls 72% to a $35.1M request in FY2027, sustained across the five-year plan. In the FY2027 defense authorization, the House funded it in full; the Senate funded it in full; House appropriators added 341% (to $155.1M). Sikorsky leads the industry work.

FY2027 Request
$35.1M
▼ 72% vs FY2026
FY2026 Enacted
$124.0M
▼ 0.0% vs FY2025
FY2025 Actual
$124.0M
Prior year

For fiscal year 2027, the U.S. Army is requesting $35.1M for Blackhawk Product Improvement Program under RDT&E program element 0607136A, down 72% 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.

2550751001250124.0FY25ACTUAL124.0FY26ENACTED35.1FY27REQUEST47.2FY2853.1FY2953.2FY3053.7FY31
Actual Enacted Request Outyear (FYDP)
Fiscal YearEstimate TypeAmount ($M)
FY2025Actual124.0
FY2026Enacted124.0
FY2027Request35.1
FY2028Outyear47.2
FY2029Outyear53.1
FY2030Outyear53.2
FY2031Outyear53.7
Where it sits

Acquisition lifecycle

This program is funded in RDT&E Budget Activity 7 — Operational System Development.

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 0607136A

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 -72% overall, which can hide much larger swings below.

Project ES3

Blackhawk Product Improvement Program

$35.1MFY2027 request ▼ 72%
FY2025 actual$124.0M
FY2026 enacted$124.0M
FY2027 request$35.1M
Management ServicesProduct DevelopmentSupport

FY 2027 Base dollars will go to designing and engineering digital backbone and will support rapid integration of future capabilities that align with Future Vertical Lift (FVL) Family of Systems (FoS), as well as airframe enhancements aligned with Launched Effects (LE). Utility Helicopter Project Office (UHPO) will continue to work the development of the Scalable Digital Backbone with focus on the open standard hardware and software components supporting the modularity, portability, and commonality required to meet U.S. Army Modular Open Systems Approaches (MOSA) objectives. In conjunction, UHPO will also continue work on the Airframe Enhancements and will perform a sensitivity analysis, design, and qualify the necessary enhancements to support incorporation of the Launched Effects (LE) capability onto the UH-60 platform.

Accomplishments / planned programs (R-2A) — prior, current and budget year only
Programmatic Support▲ 2%
FY2025 actual$2.0M
FY2026 enacted$1.0M
FY2027 request$1.0M

FY2027 planned work The Utility Helicopters Project Office (UHPO) is funding program management support that includes government agencies, contractor support, and other matrix organizations in support of H-60 Black Hawk platform development, modernization, design, Integrated Logistics Support (ILS), system readiness, airworthiness, and cybersecurity.

FY2026 to FY2027 change FY2026 to FY2027 Funding increase due to revised economic assumptions.

FY2026 plans — current year The Utility Helicopters Project Office (UHPO) is funding program management support that includes government agencies, contractor support, and other matrix organizations in support of H-60 Black Hawk platform development, modernization, design, Integrated Logistics Support (ILS), system readiness, airworthiness, and cybersecurity.

FY2025 accomplishments The Utility Helicopters Project Office (UHPO) is funding program management support that includes government agencies, contractor support, and other matrix organizations in support of H-60 Black Hawk platform development, modernization, design, Integrated Logistics Support (ILS), system readiness, airworthiness, and cybersecurity.

Digital Backbone▲ 102%
FY2025 actual$5.8M
FY2026 enacted$9.8M
FY2027 request$19.9M

The Utility Helicopter Project Office (UHPO) will continue to work the development of the Scalable Digital Backbone with focus on the open standard hardware and software components supporting the modularity, portability, and commonality required to meet U.S. Army MOSA objectives. This effort will support the development of the Product…

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Airframe Enhancements For Launched Effects Development/NRE▲ 8%
FY2025 actual$16.3M
FY2026 enacted$13.1M
FY2027 request$14.2M

The Airframe Enhancements for Launched Effects Development will align with Congressional Intent and current Utility Helicopter Project Office (UHPO) requirements by focusing on the sensitivity analysis and design. This analysis will evaluate the overall design space for aircraft changes that will optimize aircraft Design Gross Weight…

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Congressional action

Congressional marks

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

RequestPresident's Budget
$35.1M
House NDAA (HASC)HASC
$35.1M full · +$0
Senate NDAA (SASC)SASC
$35.1M full · +$0
House Approps (HAC-D)HAC_D
$155.1M +$120.0M · +341%
▲ $120.0M chamber gap — 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.

Sikorsky
$34.1M · 97%
Airframe Structural Improvements For Launched Effects Development/NRE · IDIQ
PEO Aviation
$1.0M · 3.0%
Programmatic Support
Where FY2027 funding flowsShare$M
Industry primes100%35.1
FY2027 request100%35.1
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Program detail

Mission & acquisition strategy

FY 2027 Base dollars will go to designing and engineering digital backbone and will support rapid integration of future capabilities that align with Future Vertical Lift (FVL) Family of Systems (FoS), as well as airframe enhancements aligned with Launched Effects (LE). Utility Helicopter Project Office (UHPO) will continue to work the development of the Scalable Digital Backbone with focus on the open standard hardware and software components supporting the modularity, portability, and commonality required to meet U.S. Army Modular Open Systems Approaches (MOSA) objectives.

Digital Backbone and Airframe Enhancements for Launched Effects development/Non-Recurring Engineering (NRE) will be developed and qualified through an Engineering Services contract with Lockheed Martin/Sikorsky (Prime Contractor) located in Stratford, Connecticut. Main Rotor Blade Modernization - Work will be performed in Fort Worth, Texas utilizing the Aviation and Missile Technology Consortium (AMTC) Other Transaction Authority (OTA) contract vehicle. Blade Integrity - Work is anticipated to be conducted in Locust, North Carolina utilizing the Aviation and Missile Technology Consortium (AMTC) Other Transaction Authority (OTA) contract vehicle.

Project ES3 — Blackhawk Product Improvement Program
  • Management Services
  • Product Development
  • Support
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Sources
FY2027 Department of the Army RDT&E Budget Justification · Exhibits R-2 / R-3 · PE 0607136A (President's Budget PB2027) — and FY2027 NDAA committee marks, as tracked 2026-07-27.
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