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RDT&E Program Element · President's Budget PB2027

Apache Future Development

PE 0607145A·U.S. Army·Approp. 2040 — RDT&E·BA7 — Operational System Development
FY2027 Request
$30.8M
◆ Development crest → decline
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U.S. Army funding falls 31% to a $30.8M request in FY2027 (down from a FY2026 peak), with nothing planned by FY2031. In the FY2027 defense authorization, the House funded it in full; the Senate added 98% (to $60.8M); House appropriators funded it in full. Boeing leads the industry work.

FY2027 Request
$30.8M
▼ 31% vs FY2026
FY2026 Enacted
$44.4M
▲ 459% vs FY2025
FY2025 Actual
$7.9M
Prior year

For fiscal year 2027, the U.S. Army is requesting $30.8M for Apache Future Development under RDT&E program element 0607145A, down 31% 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.

2507.9FY25ACTUAL44.4FY26ENACTED30.8FY27REQUEST28.0FY280.0FY290.0FY300.0FY31
Actual Enacted Request Outyear (FYDP)
Fiscal YearEstimate TypeAmount ($M)
FY2025Actual7.9
FY2026Enacted44.4
FY2027Request30.8
FY2028Outyear28.0
FY2029Outyear0.0
FY2030Outyear0.0
FY2031Outyear0.0
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 0607145A

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 -31% overall, which can hide much larger swings below.

Project FD5

Apache Product Improvement

$30.8MFY2027 request ▼ 31%
FY2025 actual$7.9M
FY2026 enacted$44.4M
FY2027 request$30.8M
Product Development

The Apache Product Improvement funding in fiscal year 2027 performs non-recurring engineering and testing activities for the Apache Improved Tail Rotor Drive System and Oil Cooled Generator.

Accomplishments / planned programs (R-2A) — prior, current and budget year only
Apache Improved Tail Rotor Drive System (ITRDS)▲ 43%
FY2025 actual—
FY2026 enacted$2.3M
FY2027 request$3.3M

FY2027 planned work Projected Level of Effort (LOE) includes Non-Recurring Engineering (NRE) and procurement activity associated with bench, ground, and component-level testing leading up to Developmental Test (DT) Airworthiness Review (AWR) and 1st Flight milestone.

FY2026 to FY2027 change Increase in funding to support procurement activities associated with bench, ground, and component-level testing leading up to DT AWR in support of 1st Flight milestone.

FY2026 plans — current year Funding in FY26 will support contracted Non-Recurring Engineering (NRE) and testing Level of Effort (LOE) to qualify Improved Tail Rotor Drive System (ITRDS) capability for fielding. Upcoming activity includes component procurement, fabrication, and system-level bench testing.

Oil Cooled Generator▼ 35%
FY2025 actual$7.9M
FY2026 enacted$42.0M
FY2027 request$27.4M

Projected Level of Effort (LOE) includes all Non-Recurring Engineering (NRE) and procurement activities associated with developing and integrated system design onto the AH-64E.

Read the FY2027 plan →
Congressional action

Congressional marks

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

RequestPresident's Budget
$30.8M
House NDAA (HASC)HASC
$30.8M full · +$0
Senate NDAA (SASC)SASC
$60.8M +$30.0M · +98%
House Approps (HAC-D)HAC_D
$30.8M full · +$0
▲ $30.0M 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.

Boeing
$30.8M · 100%
Apache Improved Tail Rotor Drive System (ITRDS) · CPFF
Where FY2027 funding flowsShare$M
Industry primes100%30.8
FY2027 request100%30.8
See Boeing's full federal contract ledger members →
Program detail

Mission & acquisition strategy

The Apache Product Improvement program prioritizes, informs, influences, matures, tracks, statuses, and packages technologies and/or material solutions to address known capability gaps identified during real-world combat missions and associated with current/emerging threats for the transition to Apache development for integration and implementation to the AH-64E fleet to increase combat capability.

The Apache Product Improvement Program delivers the required capability enhancements necessary to support Apache's Modernization Strategy. FY 2025 - FY 2027 funding that supports non-recurring engineering (NRE) activities ensure the AH-64E platform maintains relevance and dominance throughout its expected service life. Within the program, subsystem integration will incorporate the technical insertions and operational flight-testing required for posturing for future weapon systems upgrades (i.e. Launched Effects (LE) and High Energy Lasers (HEL)).

Project FD5 — Apache Product Improvement
  • Product Development
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Sources
FY2027 Department of the Army RDT&E Budget Justification · Exhibits R-2 / R-3 · PE 0607145A (President's Budget PB2027) — and FY2027 NDAA committee marks, as tracked 2026-07-27.
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