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JSF STOVL
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 | $2.32B |
| FY25 | $2.14B |
| FY26 | $1.90B |
All series figures: P-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 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 | FY26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Actuals | $2.41B | $2.09B | $2.32B | ||
| Enacted | – | $2.10B | $2.32B | $2.14B | |
| Request | – | – | $2.32B | $2.25B | $1.90B |
blank = series not published for this year; – = absent from that edition.
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
Description — JSF STOVL
This is a Commandant of the Marine Corps (CMC) Force Design program. Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program will enhance and field a family of aircraft that meets the needs of DoD and allies with three aircraft variants including: the F-35A Conventional Take Off and Landing (CTOL) variant, the F-35B Short Take-Off and Vertical Landing variant, and the F-35C Carrier Variant (CV) delivering commonality among the three variants to minimize life cycle costs. This is a joint program with no executive service. Service Acquisition Executive (SAE) authority alternates between the Department of the Navy (DON) and the Department of the Air Force (DAF) and currently resides with the Navy. The F-35s are the next generation of strike fighters and provide increased aero-performance, stealth signature and countermeasures. Its advanced avionics, data links and adverse weather precision targeting incorporates the latest technology available. The F-35 has increased range with internal fuel and can employ superior weaponry over existing aircraft. The highly supportable, affordable, state of the art aircraft commands and maintains global air superiority. The production cost and quantities are interdependent due to sole source air vehicle and propulsion contracts. DAF regular procurement commenced in FY07, DON regular procurement commenced in FY08. For the Marine Corps, the F-35B combines precision weapons and multi-spectral sensors with the expeditionary responsiveness of a Short Takeoff and Vertical Landing (STOVL) fighter-attack platform. The Marine Corps currently has seven F-35B operational squadrons and will stand up an additional five squadrons. Notes: (1) FY 2010 and prior quantity and funding for F-35B and F-35C were reported under same Budget Line Item 0147. Result is 29 F-35B aircraft (6 - FY08; 7 - FY09; and 16 - FY10) are included in the BLI 0147 Prior Year Column for a total of 353 F-35B aircraft (29-BLI 0147, 324-BLI 0152). The F-35C budget continues to report under BLI 0147. (2) Initial Operational Capability (IOC) occurred in July 2015 and Full Rate Production (FRP) decision occurred March 2024 after completion of Initial Operational Test and Evaluation (IOT&E).
Justification
Justification — JSF STOVL
BASIS FOR FY 2026 BUDGET REQUEST: The FY 2026 budget provides funding for 11 F-35B Aircraft and associated non-recurring and ancillary mission equipment to support delivery. The budget request also supports the advanced procurement and support requirements for squadron standup and associated training and logistical requirements. Non-recurring flyaway costs for FY 2026 include costs for tooling required to support full production capacity for hardware associated with delivering Block 4 capabilities. Non-recurring includes funding to address Diminishing Manufacturing Sources (DMS) which include costs to manage DMS issues, procurement of bridge or life-of-type buys, and if cost-benefit analysis supports non-recurring engineering to implement DMS redesigns within the performance envelope to the production line. Other non-recurring costs include but are not limited to chase support for government acceptance flights, Engineering Change Proposal Integration Contracts, systems engineering for production line efforts and production readiness reviews to address program risks and cost reduction initiatives. Support costs in FY 2026 include costs that are fixed in nature and costs that fluctuate based on site and squadron stand-ups. FY 2026 support cost request includes equipment for First Aircraft Arrival (MCAS Cherry Point VMFA-231) Squadron completion (MCAS Beaufort VMFA-224 and MCAS Cherry Point VMFA-231). Intermediate Level maintenance capability is also included in peculiar ground support equipment and this capability is specific to the Department of the Navy. The Department will continue implementing the strategy to transition the Autonomic Logistics Information System (ALIS) to the F-35 Operational Data Integrated Network (ODIN), a modern F-35 logistics and information system. Hardware being procured is compatible with both ALIS and ODIN software. Depot activation efforts continue in FY 2026 increasing repair capacity necessary for long-term sustainment of F-35 aircraft. FY 2026 request includes equipment and material to support establishment of depot repair capability, cyber compliance and capacity for components/sub-components across all US Depots, support equipment for air vehicle modification dock expansion at Fleet Readiness Center Southeast, and Block 4 depot repair capability. FY 2026 includes funding for propulsion depot standup to include module repair activities to meet expanding fleet repair requirements. The FY 2026 request was reduced by $1.653 million for Advisory and Assistance Services to promote efficiencies and advance the policies of the Administration in alignment with Executive Order 14222, "Implementing the President's Department of Government Efficiency Cost Efficiency Initiative."
Budget line items(workbook-cited)
P-1/R-1 workbook Total Obligation Authority basis (USD thousands) · PB2026.
Exhibit P-1
| Account | Org | Type | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aircraft Procurement, Navy | N | FY24 Actuals | $2.32B |
| Aircraft Procurement, Navy | N | FY25 Enacted | $2.14B |
| Aircraft Procurement, Navy | N | FY26 Disc. Request | $1.90B |
| Aircraft Procurement, Navy | N | FY26 Total | $1.90B |
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.
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| Project | All Prior Years | FY24 Actuals | FY25 Total | FY26 Base | FY26 Request |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Program Element | $26.4B | $2.32B | $2.14B | $1.90B | $1.90B |
Follow the dollar
No follow-the-dollar view — this program's awards haven't been crosswalked at high confidence (flows cover 312 of 1,938 programs). why coverage is partial? →
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? →
Rows marked medium rest on evidence weaker than a program-level match, and of more than one kind. An account-based row, where the award drew from the same appropriation account as this program, is an association, not evidence that this program paid for the contract. Where the evidence is instead an FPDS acquisition-program tag or a subaward description, the program is established but which of its budget lines paid is not. An announcement link a recorded review did not leave standing is medium too. Only high rows rest on the contract naming this program with a recorded review upholding it and no recorded rejection or refutation applying.
Showing 25 of 83 award records (this program's published budget→award crosswalk links — see methodology)
| Recipient | PIID | Confidence |
|---|---|---|
| A.T. KEARNEY PUBLIC SECTOR AND DEFENSE SERVICES, LLC | N0001919F4135 | medium |
| ASRC FEDERAL PROFESSIONAL SERVICES, LLC | N6833520F0030 | medium |
| ASRC FEDERAL PROFESSIONAL SERVICES, LLC | N6833520F0655 | medium |
| ASRC FEDERAL PROFESSIONAL SERVICES, LLC | N6833521F0059 | medium |
| BAE SYSTEMS INFORMATION AND ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS INTEGRATION INC. | N0001919C0040 | medium |
| KPMG LLP | N0001920F0314 | medium |
| LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION | N0001909C0010 | medium |
| LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION | N0001911C0083 | medium |
| LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION | N0001912C0004 | medium |
| LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION | N0001913C0008 | medium |
| LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION | N0001914C0002 | medium |
| LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION | N0001915C0003 | medium |
| LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION | N0001915C0016 | medium |
| LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION | N0001915C0031 | medium |
| LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION | N0001915C0114 | medium |
| LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION | N0001916C0004 | medium |
| LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION | N0001916C0033 | medium |
| LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION | N0001917C0001 | medium |
| LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION | N0001917C0045 | medium |
| LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION | N0001917F0266 | medium |
| LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION | N0001917F0327 | medium |
| LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION | N0001918C1041 | medium |
| LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION | N0001918C1048 | medium |
| LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION | N0001918F0472 | medium |
| LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION | N0001918F0584 | medium |
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
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 JSF STOVL. No program-specific GAO finding for this line is in the ingested data. See the DOD oversight record.
Program dossier
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Research dossiers exist for 50 of 1,938 programs — the 50 largest fully J-book-detailed programs by FY2026 request. why no dossier here? →
What it is
- JSF STOVL is the Navy-managed procurement line for the F-35B, the Short Take-Off and Vertical Landing (STOVL) variant of the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) family of aircraft. The Joint Strike Fighter program fields three variants: the F-35A Conventional Take Off and Landing (CTOL) version, the F-35B STOVL version, and the F-35C Carrier Variant (CV), sharing commonality to minimize life-cycle costs.
- This is a joint program with no executive service; Service Acquisition Executive authority alternates between the Department of the Navy and the Department of the Air Force and currently resides with the Navy. It is described as a Commandant of the Marine Corps Force Design program.
- For the Marine Corps, the F-35B combines precision weapons and multi-spectral sensors with the expeditionary responsiveness of a STOVL fighter-attack platform. The Marine Corps currently has seven F-35B operational squadrons and will stand up an additional five.
- Initial Operational Capability occurred in July 2015, and the Full Rate Production decision occurred in March 2024 after completion of Initial Operational Test and Evaluation.
- The funding falls under the Aircraft Procurement, Navy account (Exhibit P-1).
Why it matters
- The FY 2026 budget provides funding for 11 F-35B aircraft plus associated non-recurring and ancillary mission equipment, and supports advanced procurement, squadron stand-up, training, and logistics requirements.
- For fiscal year 2024, actual spending on JSF STOVL was about $2.32 billion (2,319,442 USD thousands).
- For fiscal year 2025, enacted funding was about $2.14 billion (2,141,076 USD thousands).
- The FY 2026 request totals about $1.90 billion (1,901,057 USD thousands), a decrease from both the FY 2024 actual and the FY 2025 enacted levels.
- The FY 2026 request was reduced by $1.653 million for Advisory and Assistance Services in alignment with Executive Order 14222, the President's Department of Government Efficiency Cost Efficiency Initiative.
- FY 2026 funding also supports transitioning the Autonomic Logistics Information System (ALIS) to the F-35 Operational Data Integrated Network (ODIN), a modern logistics and information system, and continued depot activation to expand long-term sustainment repair capacity.
- Cumulative funding for all prior years is reported at about $26.36 billion (26,361.229 USD millions).
Key players
- The program is managed by the Department of the Navy (organization code N), with Service Acquisition Executive authority currently residing with the Navy.
- FY 2026 support costs include equipment for squadron completion at Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort (VMFA-224) and Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point (VMFA-231), and air vehicle modification support at Fleet Readiness Center Southeast.
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: Procurement Programs (P-1) · comptroller.war.gov
Exhibit P-1 · O314,O315,O316
Complete workbook · unchanged saved copy. Saves as PB2026_DoD_P-1_Procurement.xlsx.
FY2024 Department of Defense Budget: Procurement Programs (P-1) · comptroller.war.gov
Exhibit P-1 · O314,O315,O316
Complete workbook · unchanged saved copy. Saves as PB2024_DoD_P-1_Procurement.xlsx.
FY2025 Department of Defense Budget: Procurement Programs (P-1) · comptroller.war.gov
Exhibit P-1 · O315,O316,O317
Complete workbook · unchanged saved copy. Saves as PB2025_DoD_P-1_Procurement.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.