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Future Vertical Lift (Maritime Strike)
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? →
- FY24
- $4.01M
- FY25
- $4.80M
- FY26
- $7.13M
● 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 reports $4.01M actually spent — $1.91M above the request.
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 — Congressional Adds
Congressional Add: C360: Advanced vertical lift rotor technology
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.
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)
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)
| Project | All Prior Years | FY24 Actuals | FY25 Total | FY26 Base | FY26 Request |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9999: Congressional Adds | $0 | $1.93M | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 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 |
No follow-the-dollar view — this program's awards haven't been crosswalked at high confidence (flows cover 17 of 1741 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.
No research dossier for this program — dossiers cover 50 of 1741 programs, the largest fully J-book-detailed lines by FY2026 requested dollars. why no dossier here? →