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Aviation - Adv Dev
Budget Figures
FY2026 award data is a partial year — USASpending awards are reported on a rolling basis and the fiscal year does not close until September 30. why partial FY2026 data? →
| Fiscal year | Amount |
|---|---|
| FY24 | $1.45BR-1 TOA · PB2026 |
| FY25 | $4.94MR-1 TOA · PB2026 |
| FY26 | $0P-40 detail · PB2026 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Actuals | $0 | $0 | $7.70M | $9.65M | $93.9M | $488.4M | $694.3M | $1.14B | $1.11B | $1.45B | |
| Enacted | $0 | $10.0M | $14.1M | $86.2M | $505.9M | $694.3M | $1.18B | $1.16B | $1.50B | $4.94M | |
| Request | $10.0M | $14.1M | $10.8M | $459.3M | $647.9M | $1.13B | $1.16B | $1.50B | $6.59M |
blank = series not published for this year; – = absent from that edition.
Asked vs spent: the PB2019 book requested $10.8M for FY2019; the PB2021 book reported $93.9M as actual total obligation authority — $83.1M above the request. 93.9 − 10.8 = 83.1 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 — Aviation - Adv Dev
This funding line directly aligns to the Future Vertical Lift (FVL) Army modernization priority. Future Vertical Lift (FVL) is an initiative to develop a family of vertical lift aircraft for the United States Armed Forces. The Department of Defense (DOD) established FVL to focus vertical lift capabilities and technology development as well as retain long-term industrial base capabilities. The Deputy Secretary of Defense issued the FVL Strategic Plan in 2012 to outline a joint approach for the next generation vertical lift aircraft for all military services. The Strategic Plan provided a foundation for replacing the current fleet with advanced capability by shaping the development of vertical lift aircraft for the next 25 to 40 years. In Fiscal Year (FY) 2017, the Army identified FVL as one of the Army's six modernization priorities and established the FVL Cross Functional Team (CFT). The FVL objectives are increased vertical lift maneuverability, range, speed, payload, survivability, and reliability while reducing the logistics footprint. This capability will provide critical vertical lift aviation capability in multi-domain operations to the joint warfighter and maneuver force. The Future Long Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA) program pursues FVL Capability Set 3 (CS3) and provides Combatant Commanders with deterrence, power projection, and tactical capabilities at operational and strategic distances. The Army competitively awarded the weapon system development contract in December 2022, using a hybrid acquisition approach. The contract award initiated the Rapid Prototyping effort to complete a preliminary design and the development of FLRAA Virtual Prototypes, using Middle Tier of Acquisition (MTA) authorities. The Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA) Capability Set 1 (CS1) was intended to restore reconnaissance dominance by mitigating enemy long-range capabilities by creating lethal effects from outside enemy sensor/weapons range and allowing joint force commanders to maneuver from relative sanctuary. The Army has discontinued the FARA effort beyond FY 2024. Both FLRAA and FARA integrate advanced technologies, using a modular open systems approach, and design configurations with appropriate trades to ensure affordability. This resourcing funds both FLRAA and FARA.
Mission — Future Vertical Lift
The Future Vertical Lift (FVL) Project's funding provides for the development of a Future Long Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA) Capability Set Three weapon system within the FVL family of systems. FLRAA will conduct air assault, urban assault/security, maritime interdiction, medical evacuation, humanitarian assistance/disaster relief, tactical resupply, direct action, noncombatant evacuation operation, and combat search and rescue operations. FLRAA will support the Army, including Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) and the Joint Force, in a contested, near peer threat environment. The FLRAA weapon system will retain the Army's ability to project combat power with transformational increases in range, speed, mobility, and payload over current Army and USSOCOM aircraft. FLRAA achieved a Materiel Development Decision approval in October 2016 and the Office of Secretary of Defense granted a sufficiency determination of the Analysis of Alternatives (AoA) in July 2019. In Fiscal Year (FY) 2025, funding transitioned to Budget Activity 6.5 PE 0605241A/Future Long Range Assault Aircraft Development, Project DG5/ Future Long Range Assault Aircraft, for execution of Engineering and Manufacturing Development and to support Budget Activity guidance for programs achieving Milestone B.
Mission — FARA Ecosystem
Prior to the Army's decision to discontinue FARA program funding beyond FY 2024, funding supported persistent experimentation of FARA Ecosystem relevant technologies in a Joint All Domain Operations (JADO) environment. The Army's persistent experimentation events garnered early user feedback to inform and refine requirements and accelerate technology development. Demonstration of critical technologies in relevant operational environments informed refinement and validation of requirements for the FARA Ecosystem and its enablers; enabled timely decisions to transition relevant S&T technologies into the Ecosystem; provided an opportunity for operational assessment of capability gaps in the Ecosystem; and accelerated development and delivery of Army Aviation capabilities.
Mission — FLRAA MTA
The Army's use of Middle Tier of Acquisition (MTA) authorities for Future Long Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA) transitions work completed during the Competitive Demonstration and Risk Reduction effort to support three priority efforts: (1) completion of the rapid prototyping for the delta Preliminary Design Review; (2) deliver two virtual prototypes including a vehicle dynamic model and portable crew station; and (3) support the requirements for Milestone B certification under 10 U.S.C. 2366b. Funds provided for the completion of the FLRAA weapon system preliminary design to include development of a digital backbone architecture to meet modular open system approach (MOSA) objectives. The development and delivery of two virtual prototypes directly support early user involvement at the Air Maneuver Battle Lab (AMBL), the Combat Aviation Brigade Architecture Integration Lab (CABAIL), and also support system and subsystem analysis and testing. The FLRAA MTA effort completes in FY 2025 with the delivery of the FLRAA Virtual Prototypes, which will continue to inform the FLRAA program through the Engineering and Manufacturing Development phase of the program.
Mission — Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft
The Capability Set 1 (CS1) Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA) was part of the Future Vertical Lift (FVL) Family of Systems. FARA was intended to restore crewed attack/reconnaissance dominance with sweeping improvements in lethality, agility, reach, survivability, and sustainability. FARA was intended to mitigate enemy long-range capabilities to allow joint force commanders to fight and operate from relative sanctuary while creating lethal effects from outside enemy sensor/weapons range. Funding supported the development and integration of Government Furnished Equipment (GFE). FARA would have been powered by Improved Turbine Engine (ITE), with maximum cruise airspeed greater than or equal to 180 KTAS, an integrated Area Weapons System (AWS), Modular Effects Launcher (MEL) for Launched Effects (LE) and Long Range Precision Munition (LRPM), and Modular Open System Approach (MOSA) digital backbone. The FVL Capability Set 1 Initial Capabilities Requirements Document (ICRD) was approved in July 2018 under the name Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA). An Abbreviated Capability Development Document (A-CDD) was approved on 9 Apr 2021 and updated on 15 Aug 2022. The Acquisition Approach and Determination and Findings for Other Transaction Authority for Prototyping (OTAP) agreements were approved on 1 February 2019 by the Acting Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition and Sustainment) to execute a Competitive Prototyping (CP) effort. Prior to the Army's decision in February 2024 to discontinue FARA program funding beyond FY 2024, FARA was conducting a Competitive Prototyping (CP) design and demonstration in parallel with the Weapons System (WS) Preliminary Design to inform a Milestone B decision. FARA received full FY 2024 funding authorization to complete closeout activities with the OTAP performers, conduct orderly ramp down of the FARA program office, closeout existing FARA contracts, disposition GFE and transition of technology investments to the Army Aviation enterprise.
Justification
Accomplishments & Planned Programs (7)
Engineering Services / Research Studies
Provide engineering research, planning, modeling, and analysis. Support the execution of subsystem risk reduction efforts through the FLRAA Weapon System Development (WSD) contract to continue definition and documentation of subsystem designs as required to inform the system level design and support the FLRAA acquisition schedule. Continue maturation of Model Based System Engineering (MBSE) competencies, infrastructure, and model development used to describe system requirements and design. Continue maturation of Open System Architecture (OSA) standards, processes, and requirements through enterprise-wide collaboration to support a Modular Open System Approach (MOSA) to include definition of system architecture requirements, development of component specification models, and component definition models. Conduct independent cyber and safety analyses. Provide critical airworthiness support to enable the development of the FLRAA Airworthiness Qualification Specification (AQS). Develop statutory and regulatory Milestone B documentation through Integrated Product Teams (IPT) and working group collaboration.
Program Management
Oversight and management of the FLRAA acquisition program. Program analysis of affordability, program performance, and schedule to ensure support of the Army mission. Guide, direct and manage program efforts through development phases of the lifecycle.
Supportability Analysis and Acquisition Support
Acquisition and supportability research, planning, modeling, analysis, documentation and reviews supporting the FLRAA acquisition program. Early design influence analysis to assess operational durability; emphasizing digital data thread, active health state awareness in Condition Based Maintenance (CBM+), and optimized human system interface for ease of operations and maintenance.
Prototype Material and Manufacturing Development
Purchase materials, including the development and acquisition of GFE hardware and software necessary to meet FLRAA prototype development activities, execution of subsystem risk reduction activities, and execution of the EMD phase of the FLRAA program, including weapon system detailed design and prototype manufacturing efforts.
FARA Ecosystems
Funding for FARA Ecosystem supports prototyping demonstration with relevant technologies in a Joint All Domain Operations (JADO) environment, which will inform FVL requirements including FARA, MOSA, and Launched Effects (LE) and enable timely decisions to accelerate capabilities, transition of S&T technologies. The Army's Experimental Demonstration Gateway Event (EDGE) and Project Convergence (PC) activities will garner early user feedback informing developmental efforts.
Middle Tier of Acquisition (MTA) Preliminary Design and Virtual Prototype Rapid Prototyping
The FLRAA MTA program supports finalization of the preliminary design through execution of the delta Preliminary Design Review (dPDR) to complete any outstanding tasks required to ensure any deficiencies identified during the Competitive Demonstration and Risk Reduction (CD&RR) effort are addressed, preliminary designs are sufficiently documented, and all mission system solutions are identified and incorporated into the design. Additionally, MTA efforts support delivery of two (2) FLRAA portable crew stations (FPC) and a Vehicle Dynamics Model (VDM) completing virtual prototype design activities.
Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft
FARA was chartered to design, build, test, and field the next-generation reconnaissance aircraft. Prior to the Army's decision to discontinue FARA program funding beyond FY 2024, FARA was conducting parallel prototyping and preliminary design activities to inform a Milestone B and source selection decision.
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, Army | A | FY24 Actuals | $1.45B |
| Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army | A | FY25 Enacted | $4.94M |
| Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army | A | FY25 Total | $4.94M |
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 | FY24 Actuals | FY25 Total | FY26 Request |
|---|---|---|---|
| Program Element | $1.45B | $4.94M | $0 |
| CS7: FLRAA MTA | $15.9M | $4.94M | — |
| B47: Future Vertical Lift | $990.1M | — | — |
| CK7: FARA Ecosystem | $28.1M | — | — |
| F12: Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft | $418.2M | — | — |
No follow-the-dollar view — this program's awards haven't been crosswalked at high confidence (flows cover 17 of 1,741 programs). why coverage is partial? →
Awards
No awards are linked to this program element at high confidence — the budget→award crosswalk only asserts links it can defend, and this line has none yet.
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 Aviation - Adv Dev — no program-specific GAO finding for this line is in the ingested data. See the DOD oversight record.
No research dossier for this program — dossiers cover 50 of 1,741 programs, the largest fully J-book-detailed lines by FY2026 requested dollars. why no dossier here? →