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MH-139A
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Budget figures
FY2026 award data is a partial year — USAspending reports awards on a rolling basis, and this corpus runs through 2026-09-04. why partial FY2026 data? →
Budget trajectory
| Fiscal year | Amount |
|---|---|
| FY24 | $25.5M |
| FY25 | $15.0M |
| FY26 | $5.98M |
All series figures: R-1 TOA · PB2026
Decade view
P-1/R-1 workbook TOA basis, shown compact in $B/$M (the workbook records USD thousands); each figure cites its own President's Budget edition
The vertical scale does not start at zero: the baseline sits just below this program’s smallest year, so a low point on this line is not a small amount. Read the shape for direction and the grid below for the figures.
● actuals (line) · ○ enacted · ◇ request — gaps are editions the program is absent from, never interpolated.
| Series | FY15 | FY16 | FY17 | FY18 | FY19 | FY20 | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 | FY26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Actuals | $0 | $0 | $86.9M | $188.3M | $190.5M | $165.8M | $34.5M | $15.9M | $15.8M | $25.5M | ||
| Enacted | $0 | $14.1M | $108.6M | $258.0M | $171.0M | $41.4M | $16.1M | $15.9M | $25.7M | $15.0M | ||
| Request | $14.1M | $108.6M | $288.0M | $171.0M | $44.5M | $16.1M | $17.9M | $25.7M | – | $5.98M |
blank = series not published for this year; – = absent from that edition.
Asked vs spent: the PB2019 book requested $288.0M for FY2019; the PB2021 book reported $190.5M as actual total obligation authority — $97.5M below the request. 190.5 − 288.0 = -97.5 USD millions — the compact figures above are rounded for reading.
Program lineage
No predecessor/successor lineage was recorded for this program element — no FY-to-FY transfer into or out of this line was stated in the ingested J-books, and none was inferred from the program structure.
Description
Mission — MH-139A
The MH-139A Grey Wolf will replace the Air Force fleet of UH-1N aircraft, and offers a significant capability increase in areas of speed, range, endurance, payload, and survivability. Funding provides replacement aircraft with vertical airlift and supports requirements for Air Force Global Strike Command (AFGSC) and Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC). AFGSC is the Air Force lead command and operational capability requirements sponsor. The MH-139A Grey Wolf program is an element of the Air Force's nuclear enterprise reform initiatives. This requirement supports performance of a full financial audit as required by title 10 U.S.C. Chapter 9A, Sec 240-D. This program element may include necessary civilian pay expenses required to manage, execute, and deliver weapon system capability. The use of such program's funds would be in addition to the civilian pay expenses budgeted in program elements 0605827F, 0605828F, 0605829F, 0605831F, 0605832F, 0605833F, 0605898F, and 0606398F. In FY 2024, $2.750 million was expended for civilian pay expenses in this program element, and in FY 2025 $0.000 million is forecast for civilian pay expenses in this program element. This program is in Budget Activity 7, Operational System Development because this budget activity includes development efforts to upgrade systems that have been fielded or have received approval for full rate production and anticipate production funding in the current or subsequent fiscal year.
Mission — MH-139A
The MH-139A program will replace the Air Force fleet of UH-1N aircraft with modern helicopters that will close significant mission capability gaps associated with the current fleet of UH-1N aircraft. The replacement aircraft will provide vertical airlift and support the requirements for Air Force Global Strike Command (AFGSC) and Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC). AFGSC is the Air Force lead command and operational capability requirements sponsor. This program is an element of the Air Force's nuclear enterprise reform initiatives. Program includes, but is not limited to, funding for four test aircraft and two System Demonstration Test Article (SDTA) aircraft, support equipment, Interim Contractor Support (ICS), training system devices, Type I training and course ware, extension of NDI integration as a result of Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) and security forces communication capability, cyber test articles, associated Government support activities, completion of Engineering and Manufacturing Development (EMD) Development Test (DT) and live-fire test and evaluation (LFT&E), and remedy of developmental test deficiencies. This program element may include necessary civilian pay expenses required to manage, execute, and deliver weapon system capability. The use of such program's funds would be in addition to the civilian pay expenses budgeted in program elements 0605827F, 0605828F, 0605829F, 0605831F, 0605832F, 0605833F, 0605898F, and 0606398F. In FY 2024, $2.750 million was expended for civilian pay expenses in this program element, and in FY 2025 $0.00 million is forecast for civilian pay expenses in this program element.
Mission — MH-139A PE/PI
The MH-139A program will replace the Air Force fleet of UH-1N aircraft with modern helicopters that will close significant mission capability gaps associated with the current fleet of UH-1N aircraft. The replacement aircraft will provide vertical airlift and support the requirements for Air Force Global Strike Command (AFGSC) and Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC). AFGSC is the Air Force lead command and operational capability requirements sponsor. The MH-139A program is an element of the Air Force's nuclear enterprise reform initiatives. The MH-139A Performance Enhancements and Product Improvements (PE/PI) Program is for the development of solutions to solve capability gaps found during the development and test of the MH-139A to include communication and gun systems deficiencies, improve mission planning capability, resolve usability concerns, and other critical capabilities, and includes associated Government test and support activities. The program office will continue flight testing in support of modernization efforts to address emerging threats, evolving mission needs, AFGSC requirements, and support of the nuclear mission. MH-139A funding also supports obsolescence solutions and innovation activities to include studies, analyses, requirements definition, and quick-reaction capability prototypes/demonstrations to accelerate planning for technology transition, technology insertion and future acquisition programs. This program element may include necessary civilian pay expenses required to manage, execute, and deliver weapon system capability. The use of such program's funds would be in addition to the civilian pay expenses budgeted in program elements 0605827F, 0605828F, 0605829F, 0605831F, 0605832F, 0605833F, 0605898F, and 0606398F. In FY 2024, $0.000 million was expended for civilian pay expenses in this program element, and in FY 2025 $0.000 million is forecast for civilian pay expenses in this program element.
Justification
Accomplishments & Planned Programs (7)
MH-139A Development
Development of MH-139A helicopter and integration of non-developmental item (NDI) hardware, software, and other capabilities into aircraft system, training systems, support elements and technical/manufacturing baselines to achieve MH-139A operational capability requirements.
MH-139A Government Test and Evaluation
System and subsystem test and evaluation and remedy of deficiencies of the MH-139A aircraft.
MH-139A Performance Enhancements
Development and integration of MH-139A helicopter solutions to solve capability gaps found during development and test to include communication and gun system deficiencies, Mission Planning, improve capability, resolve usability concerns and other critical capabilities.
MH-139A Government Test Planning, Test and Evaluation
Planning for system and subsystem test and evaluation and remedy of deficiencies found during testing of the Performance Enhancement and Product Improvement solutions.
Joint Mission Planning System
The current MH-139A mission planning software does not provide the needed capabilities to maximize warfighter efficiency. Global Strike Command has requested the current mission planning system be replaced with the USG-owned Joint Mission Planning System. Movement to the Joint Mission Planning System (JMPS) will provide the military utility needed for the MH-139 mission sets. This effort will be a ACAT III program.
Government Engine Test
Characterize the PT6C-67C engine through applicable sand and dust ingestion testing, addressing gaps between federal aviation administration and military standards to gain critical data and analysis to enable the resolution of a category I deficiency and removal of AFGSC's operational flight restriction on the MH-139A.
Communications System Upgrades
The Program Office plans for communication system updates that are anticipated due to obsolescence or DMSMS. The radio/comm systems on the MH-139A are critical to ensure necessary communications for military operations. The projects will maintain interoperability with defense networks while supporting the Department of Defense's strategic goal of modernizing communications, reinforcing mission effectiveness, and maintaining technological superiority in contested environments.
Budget line items(workbook-cited)
P-1/R-1 workbook Total Obligation Authority basis (USD thousands) · PB2026.
Exhibit R-1
| Account | Org | Type | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force | F | FY24 Actuals | $25.5M |
| Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force | F | FY25 Enacted | $15.0M |
| Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force | F | FY25 Total | $15.0M |
| Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force | F | FY26 Disc. Request | $5.98M |
| Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force | F | FY26 Total | $5.98M |
Budget Details(R-2/P-40 facts)
J-book detail basis (R-2/P-40, USD millions) · PB2026 — a different accounting basis from the P-1/R-1 workbook TOA above; where the two disagree, the reconciliation strip under Budget figures shows both.
Wider than this screen — swipe the table sideways for the remaining fiscal-year columns.
| Project | All Prior Years | FY24 Actuals | FY25 Total | FY26 Base | FY26 Request |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Program Element | $613.7M | $25.5M | $15.0M | $5.98M | $5.98M |
| 672021: MH-139A | $613.7M | $17.1M | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 672023: MH-139A PE/PI | $0 | $8.32M | $15.0M | $5.98M | $5.98M |
Follow the dollar
Appropriation → program element → top high-confidence awards → recipient families → congressional districts.
Follow-the-dollar covers 312 of 1,938 programs — only high-confidence budget→award links are shown. why coverage is partial? →
The diagram illustrates the cited table below — amounts shown in the diagram are transaction sums per award (no citation chips); the per-district obligations in the table cite USAspending queries.
| District | Program obligations |
|---|---|
| PA-05 | $1.39B |
Related awards
Award linkage is shown for 32 of 200 profiled companies — high- and medium-confidence USAspending matches, each row labeled; medium is the weaker evidence. why partial award coverage? →
| Recipient | PIID | Confidence |
|---|---|---|
| THE BOEING COMPANY | FA873918C5030 | high |
Contractor concentration
No concentration index is published for this line. This line's high-confidence links do not clear the floor for a published concentration index — at least 3 awards across 2 contractor families holding positive obligations, with positive net linked dollars. An index below that floor is a fact about the sample, not about the market. Whatever further links this line carries are medium-confidence, and what each medium evidence path does and does not establish is set out in the methodology. Both bases are in the downloadable warehouse.
Lobbying mentions
No Senate LDA lobbying filing in the tracked data mentions this program element by code or alias.
Oversight
GAO oversight of this program
GAO assessed MH-139A Grey Wolf Helicopter (MH-139A) in its June 2025 Weapon Systems Annual Assessment, as an Air Force MDAP program.
“The MH-139A program will replace the Air Force's fleet of 63 UH-1N utility helicopters. The MH-139A helicopter's missions will include securing intercontinental ballistic missile sites and convoys. The MH-139A program is acquiring a militarized version of a commercial helicopter that will be integrated with previously developed systems. The Air Force plans to acquire an integration laboratory, training system, and support and test equipment as part of the program.”
GAO-25-107569, p. 83 — the assessment page in GAO’s 2025 report
Earlier editions of the same assessment: June 2024 · June 2023
GAO assessed MH-139A Grey Wolf Helicopter (MH-139A) in its June 2024 Weapon Systems Annual Assessment, as an Air Force MDAP program.
“The MH-139A program will replace the Air Force's fleet of 63 UH-1N utility helicopters. The MH-139A helicopter's missions will include securing intercontinental ballistic missile sites and convoys and transporting senior government officials in the National Capital Region. The MH-139A program is acquiring a militarized version of a commercial helicopter to be integrated with previously developed systems. In addition to the helicopters, the Air Force plans to acquire an integration laboratory, a training system, and support and test equipment as part of the program.”
GAO-24-106831, p. 83 — the assessment page in GAO’s 2024 report
GAO assessed MH-139A Gray Wolf Helicopter (MH-139A) in its June 2023 Weapon Systems Annual Assessment, as an Air Force MDAP program.
“The MH-139A program will replace the Air Force's fleet of 63 UH-1N utility helicopters. The MH-139A helicopter's missions will include securing intercontinental ballistic missile sites and convoys and transporting senior government officials in the National Capital Region. The MH-139A program is acquiring a militarized version of a commercial helicopter to be integrated with previously developed systems. In addition to the helicopters, the program plans to acquire an integration laboratory, a training system, and support and test equipment.”
GAO-23-106059, p. 91 — the assessment page in GAO’s 2023 report
GAO assessed the program, not this budget line. MH-139A is one of the lines that funds it, and GAO’s work above says nothing about this line’s own figures. Which line each GAO item attaches to is a hand-ratified crosswalk — how it was checked.
Department-level designation (not specific to this program)
GAO lists 5 high-risk areas for DOD as a whole. That designation covers the department, not MH-139A. GAO's program-level work on this line is above. See the DOD oversight record.
Program dossier
No research dossier for this program — dossiers cover 50 of 1,938 programs, the largest fully J-book-detailed lines by FY2026 requested dollars. why no dossier here? →
Primary sources
Open any budget figure for its exact receipt. Verified line items lead with the highlighted government PDF; original spreadsheets download with their budget edition and exhibit in the filename.
Budget totals · TOA sources
FY2026 Department of Defense Budget: RDT&E Programs (R-1) · comptroller.war.gov
Exhibit R-1 · J668
Complete workbook · unchanged saved copy. Saves as PB2026_DoD_R-1_Research-Development-Test-Evaluation.xlsx.
FY2017 Department of Defense Budget: RDT&E Programs (R-1) · comptroller.war.gov
Exhibit R-1 · J577
Complete workbook · unchanged saved copy. Saves as PB2017_DoD_R-1_Research-Development-Test-Evaluation.xlsx.
FY2018 Department of Defense Budget: RDT&E Programs (R-1) · comptroller.war.gov
Exhibit R-1 · J658
Complete workbook · unchanged saved copy. Saves as PB2018_DoD_R-1_Research-Development-Test-Evaluation.xlsx.
FY2019 Department of Defense Budget: RDT&E Programs (R-1) · comptroller.war.gov
Exhibit R-1 · J683
Complete workbook · unchanged saved copy. Saves as PB2019_DoD_R-1_Research-Development-Test-Evaluation.xlsx.
FY2020 Department of Defense Budget: RDT&E Programs (R-1) · comptroller.war.gov
Exhibit R-1 · J683
Complete workbook · unchanged saved copy. Saves as PB2020_DoD_R-1_Research-Development-Test-Evaluation.xlsx.
FY2021 Department of Defense Budget: RDT&E Programs (R-1) · comptroller.war.gov
Exhibit R-1 · J703
Complete workbook · unchanged saved copy. Saves as PB2021_DoD_R-1_Research-Development-Test-Evaluation.xlsx.
FY2022 Department of Defense Budget: RDT&E Programs (R-1) · comptroller.war.gov
Exhibit R-1 · J665
Complete workbook · unchanged saved copy. Saves as PB2022_DoD_R-1_Research-Development-Test-Evaluation.xlsx.
FY2023 Department of Defense Budget: RDT&E Programs (R-1) · comptroller.war.gov
Exhibit R-1 · J637
Complete workbook · unchanged saved copy. Saves as PB2023_DoD_R-1_Research-Development-Test-Evaluation.xlsx.
FY2024 Department of Defense Budget: RDT&E Programs (R-1) · comptroller.war.gov
Exhibit R-1 · J628
Complete workbook · unchanged saved copy. Saves as PB2024_DoD_R-1_Research-Development-Test-Evaluation.xlsx.
FY2025 Department of Defense Budget: RDT&E Programs (R-1) · comptroller.war.gov
Exhibit R-1 · J648
Complete workbook · unchanged saved copy. Saves as PB2025_DoD_R-1_Research-Development-Test-Evaluation.xlsx.
Detailed budget justification
The related TOA spreadsheets above use a different accounting basis from R-2/P-40 detail. Their amounts are not assumed to match these detailed sources.
FY2026 Air Force Research and Development Test and Evaluation, Vol. I · www.saffm.hq.af.mil
PDF page 19