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Future Vertical Lift (Maritime Strike)
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 | $4.01M |
| FY25 | $4.80M |
| FY26 | $7.13M |
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 | $3.01M | $4.46M | $1.62M | – | $0 | $0 | $5.04M | $8.27M | $5.05M | $4.01M | ||
| Enacted | $4.52M | $1.62M | $0 | – | $0 | $5.10M | $8.27M | $5.10M | $2.10M | $4.80M | ||
| Request | $1.62M | $0 | $0 | – | $5.10M | $9.82M | $5.10M | $2.10M | $4.80M | $7.13M |
blank = series not published for this year; – = absent from that edition.
Asked vs spent: the PB2024 book requested $2.10M for FY2024; the PB2026 book reported $4.01M as actual total obligation authority — $1.91M above the request. 4.0 − 2.1 = 1.9 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 — FUTURE VERTICAL LIFT (MARITIME STRIKE)
Future Vertical Lift (Maritime Strike) (FVL (MS)) directs a Naval Aviation initiative to close key warfighting gaps and recapitalize capabilities lost when legacy rotary wing platforms (MH-60R, MH-60S, and MQ-8C) reach service-life limits beginning in the mid 2030s. The FVL (MS) program will develop and field more capable, maintainable and reliable crewed and uncrewed rotorcraft systems to meet the needs of the Navy. FVL (MS) will be a key component of Distributed Maritime Operations (DMO) which will add warfighting capabilities in long-range Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance, and Targeting (ISR&T), Surface Warfare, Undersea Warfare (Anti-Submarine Warfare and Mine Warfare), Air Warfare, Electronic Warfare, Naval Special Warfare, Personnel Recovery, Patient Movement, Humanitarian Assistance/Disaster Relief and Combat Logistics. The activities conducted under this program will contribute to the acquisition documentation required to support a Milestone A (MS-A) decision and Technology Maturation and Risk Reduction (TMRR) key activities. These efforts will enable timely development of a Family of Systems (FoS) that provides best value and capability to the warfighter while maintaining effective and efficient war fighting capability in support of the Navy's 15-year Aviation Plan. JUSTIFICATION FOR BUDGET ACTIVITY: This program is funded under ADVANCED COMPONENT DEVELOPMENT AND PROTOTYPES because it includes all efforts necessary to evaluate integrated technologies, representative models or prototype systems in a high fidelity and realistic operating environment.
Mission — Future Vertical Lift (Maritime Strike)
The Future Vertical Lift (Maritime Strike) (FVL (MS)) project directs developmental activities in support of the replacement of the current inventory of Navy helicopters in the 2040+ timeframe. Specific development activities required for FVL (MS) may include: capability requirements definition, documentation, and validation; completion of affordability studies; establishment of the appropriate security environment (e.g. computers, facilities, and administration); production of an Acquisition Strategy (AS), Life Cycle Cost Estimate (LCCE), Life Cycle Sustainment Plan (LCSP), Systems Engineering Plan (SEP), and Draft Capability Development Document (CDD); Request for Proposal (RFP) development: acquisition documentation; risk reduction initiatives; design trade studies; and support to joint vertical lift initiatives, including open hardware and software reference and objective architectures definition, mission system interoperability, and shipboard compatibility. Follow-on activities support preparation and execution of efforts to develop Modular Open Systems Approach (MOSA) common systems reference and objective open architectures, and eventual prototype aircraft flight demonstrations in support of the vertical lift Technology Maturation and Risk Reduction (TMRR) acquisition phase. Activities and technologies developed also have the potential to be leveraged for sustainment of legacy Navy helicopters. These efforts will enable timely development of a system that provides best value and capability to the Joint Warfighter while maintaining effective and efficient war fighting capability in support of the Navy's 15-year Aviation Plan and 30-year Shipbuilding Plan. FY 2026 budget funds FVL (MS) pre-Milestone A activities to include analyses, studies and development of acquisition documentation. Tasks to be performed may include acquisition program management functions, engineering modeling and analysis, conceptual design trade studies, and other related follow on activities.
Mission — Congressional Adds
Congressional Add: C360: Advanced vertical lift rotor technology
Justification
No accomplishments or planned-program narratives in this line's J-book detail — some exhibits carry figures without per-project prose.
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, Navy | N | FY24 Actuals | $4.01M |
| Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Navy | N | FY25 Enacted | $4.80M |
| Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Navy | N | FY25 Total | $4.80M |
| Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Navy | N | FY26 Disc. Request | $7.13M |
| Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Navy | N | FY26 Total | $7.13M |
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 | $18.4M | $4.01M | $4.80M | $7.13M | $7.13M |
| 2940: Future Vertical Lift (Maritime Strike) | $18.4M | $2.08M | $4.80M | $7.13M | $7.13M |
| 9999: Congressional Adds | $0 | $1.93M | $0 | $0 | $0 |
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? →
Awards
No awards are linked to this program element at high or medium 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 Future Vertical Lift (Maritime Strike). No program-specific GAO finding for this line is in the ingested data. 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 · J328
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 · J290
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 · J318
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 · J327
Complete workbook · unchanged saved copy. Saves as PB2019_DoD_R-1_Research-Development-Test-Evaluation.xlsx.
FY2021 Department of Defense Budget: RDT&E Programs (R-1) · comptroller.war.gov
Exhibit R-1 · J353
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 · J324
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 · J314
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 · J312
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 · J313
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.
RDTEN BA1-3 Book · www.secnav.navy.mil