Fiscal Receipts

Blackhawk Product Improvement Program

ArmyRDT&EFully Reconciled0607136A

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What it is
Blackhawk Product Improvement Program (0607136A) is an Army research & development line funded in the Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army account. Its J-book detail breaks the line into 1 project.
What changed
-$101.0M FY25→26 R-1 TOA · PB2026
Who gets it
No award linkage at high confidence.

Budget Figures

FY24 Actuals
$40.9MR-1 TOA · PB2026
FY25 Total
$125.0MR-1 TOA · PB2026
FY26 Request
$24.0MR-1 TOA · PB2026
FY25→26 Change
-$101.0MR-1 TOA · PB2026

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? →

Budget Trajectory
The program's 3 summary figures for FY24 to FY26, plotted in fiscal-year order so the direction of travel is readable at a glance: this line ends lower than it starts. The points are the summary cards above, not a separate derivation; the table beside the chart carries each figure with its own citation.
The program's 3 summary figures for FY24 to FY26, plotted in fiscal-year order so the direction of travel is readable at a glance: this line ends lower than it starts. The points are the summary cards above, not a separate derivation; the table beside the chart carries each figure with its own citation.FY24: $40.9MFY25: $125.0MFY26: $24.0MFY24FY25FY26
Budget trajectory: one row per fiscal year, carrying the summary figure the sparkline plots. Every figure opens its own citation.
Fiscal yearAmount
FY24$40.9M
FY25$125.0M
FY26$24.0M

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
12 fiscal years of this program as published (FY2015–FY2026): a line through the actuals (filled dots), with the enacted (hollow circles) and request (diamonds) markers each edition reported. Read it for direction, not for precision — this program's actuals line falls across the span, and 1 year is a break in the line rather than a low value: an edition the program is absent from, never interpolated. The grid below is the same data as text, one cited figure per cell.
12 fiscal years of this program as published (FY2015–FY2026): a line through the actuals (filled dots), with the enacted (hollow circles) and request (diamonds) markers each edition reported. Read it for direction, not for precision — this program's actuals line falls across the span, and 1 year is a break in the line rather than a low value: an edition the program is absent from, never interpolated. The grid below is the same data as text, one cited figure per cell.FY2015 actuals — PB2017 editionFY2016 actuals — PB2018 editionFY2017 actuals — PB2019 editionFY2018 actuals — PB2020 editionFY2019 actuals — PB2021 editionFY2020 actuals — PB2022 editionFY2021 actuals — PB2023 editionFY2022 actuals — PB2024 editionFY2024 actuals — PB2026 editionFY2016 enacted — PB2017 editionFY2017 enacted — PB2018 editionFY2018 enacted — PB2019 editionFY2019 enacted — PB2020 editionFY2020 enacted — PB2021 editionFY2021 enacted — PB2022 editionFY2022 enacted — PB2023 editionFY2023 enacted — PB2024 editionFY2024 enacted — PB2025 editionFY2025 enacted — PB2026 editionFY2017 request — PB2017 editionFY2018 request — PB2018 editionFY2019 request — PB2019 editionFY2020 request — PB2020 editionFY2021 request — PB2021 editionFY2022 request — PB2022 editionFY2023 request — PB2023 editionFY2024 request — PB2024 editionFY2025 request — PB2025 editionFY2026 request — PB2026 editionFY15FY18FY20FY22FY24FY26

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.

Decade series values by fiscal year and President's Budget edition: one row per series (actuals, enacted, request), one column per fiscal year. Every figure opens its own citation.
SeriesFY15FY16FY17FY18FY19FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25FY26
Actuals$48.4M$64.0M$45.0M$48.2M$33.9M$22.5M$8.30M$14.6M–$40.9M
Enacted$66.7M$46.8M$34.4M$35.2M$23.0M$8.30M$14.8M$0$1.51M$125.0M
Request$46.8M$34.4M$35.2M$13.0M$11.2M$4.77M$0$1.51M$25.0M$24.0M

blank = series not published for this year; – = absent from that edition.

Asked vs spent: the PB2024 book requested $1.51M for FY2024; the PB2026 book reported $40.9M as actual total obligation authority — $39.4M above the request. 40.9 − 1.5 = 39.4 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 — Blackhawk Product Improvement Program

This funding line is a key enabler of the Army's development and modernization priorities in support of the H-60 Black Hawk helicopter. The program develops, tests, qualifies, and integrates the next generation capability for integration and implementation to the H-60 fleet to increase combat capability and reduce cognitive workload. The two overarching efforts are digital backbone and airframe enhancements. The digital backbone design supports rapid integration of future capabilities that align with Future Vertical Lift (FVL) Family of Systems (FoS), as well as airframe enhancements aligned with Launched Effects (LE).

Mission — Blackhawk Product Improvement Program

This funding line is a key enabler of the Army's development and modernization priorities in support of the H-60 Black Hawk helicopter. The program develops, tests, qualifies, and integrates the next generation capability for integration and implementation to the H-60 fleet to increase combat capability and reduce cognitive workload. The two overarching efforts are digital backbone and airframe enhancements. The digital backbone design supports rapid integration of future capabilities that align with Future Vertical Lift (FVL) Family of Systems (FoS), as well as airframe enhancements aligned with Launched Effects (LE). Fiscal Year 2026 Base funding will be utilized for the digital backbone design and airframe enhancements in support of launched effects.

Justification

Accomplishments & Planned Programs (4)

Programmatic Support

The Utility Helicopter Project Office (UHPO) is responsible for program management activities to include, the execution of all development and modernization efforts in support of the H-60 Black Hawk helicopter.

Digital Backbone

The Scalable Digital Backbone includes the open standard hardware and software components supporting the modularity, portability, and commonality required to meet U.S. Army MOSA objectives for rapid insertion of capability and component upgrades across legacy and new systems.

Airframe Enhancements For Launched Effects Development/NRE

The Airframe Enhancements will perform a sensitivity analysis, design, and qualify the necessary enhancements to support incorporation of the Launched Effects (LE) capability onto the UH-60 platform.

SBIR/STTR Transfer

Funding transferred in accordance with Title 15 USC §638.

Budget Line Items(workbook-cited)

P-1/R-1 workbook Total Obligation Authority basis (USD thousands) · PB2026.

Exhibit R-1

AccountOrgTypeAmount
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, ArmyAFY24 Actuals$40.9M
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, ArmyAFY25 Enacted$125.0M
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, ArmyAFY25 Total$125.0M
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, ArmyAFY26 Disc. Request$24.0M
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, ArmyAFY26 Total$24.0M

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.

ProjectFY24 ActualsFY25 TotalFY26 BaseFY26 Request
Program Element$40.9M$125.0M$24.0M$24.0M
ES3: Blackhawk Product Improvement Program$40.9M$125.0M$24.0M$24.0M

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 Blackhawk Product Improvement Program — 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? →

Primary Sources