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Chinook Product Improvement Program
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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 | $20.4M |
| FY25 | $4.82M |
| FY26 | $10.9M |
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 | $35.4M | $31.1M | $88.3M | $155.4M | $139.0M | $164.8M | $49.4M | $66.0M | $65.6M | $20.4M | ||
| Enacted | $32.4M | $91.8M | $194.6M | $144.7M | $171.5M | $49.4M | $67.9M | $67.5M | $9.27M | $4.82M | ||
| Request | $91.8M | $194.6M | $157.8M | $174.4M | $46.1M | $52.4M | $52.5M | $9.27M | $4.82M | $10.9M |
blank = series not published for this year; – = absent from that edition.
Asked vs spent: the PB2018 book requested $194.6M for FY2018; the PB2020 book reported $155.4M as actual total obligation authority — $39.1M below the request. 155.433 − 194.567 = -39.134 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 — Chinook Product Improvement Program
NOTE: The increase in funding from FY2025 to FY2026 is required to complete production configuration flight testing to qualify the CH-47F Block II as described in paragraph three (3) below. Program Element (PE) 0607137A Chinook Product Improvement Helicopter Program is critical to achieving heavy lift capability in support of Transformation in Contact (TiC) and Continuous Transformation objectives. The CH-47F Block II helicopter, with an increased payload and operational reach, is the only platform that can lift the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV), M777 and medium girder bridge to enable the TiC Forces to Compete, Penetrate, Disintegrate, and Exploit at operationally relevant distances. CH-47 Modernization Product Management Office includes the Block II acquisition program that upgrades existing CH-47F aircraft and procures common hardware between the CH-47F and MH-47G aircraft. The CH-47F Block II program reduces Operating and Support (O&S) costs, increases maximum gross weight to 54,000 pounds, provides additional capability to the field with greater reach, and increases payload capability. CH-47F Block II upgrades improve the aircraft's safety and reliability with a strengthened airframe, and improvements to the rotor, fuel and electrical systems. The CH-47F Block II program includes updates to software packages, Common Avionics Architecture System (CAAS), Digital Advanced Flight Control System (DAFCS), and incorporates other avionics changes introduced into the final CH-47F Block I production lots. In addition to providing significant increased capability to the field, the program includes provisions for anticipated future upgrades, and weight and cost savings initiatives. The increased capabilities ensure the TiC has a platform with the flexibility and performance necessary to meet the needs of current and future operations. The Cargo Project Management Office awarded the CH-47F Block II Engineering and Manufacturing Development (EMD) contract in July 2017. The EMD phase produced three production representative test articles to support a Production Decision. This phase includes contractor and government led ground and flight system level qualification testing, which requires Electromagnetic Environmental Effects (E3), operation assessments, and aircraft subsystem Live-Fire Test and Evaluation (LFTE). System Level testing is required to complete an Operational Assessment and Material Release (MR).
Mission — Chinook Product Improvement Program
NOTE: The increase in funding from FY2025 to FY2026 is required to complete production configuration flight testing to qualify the CH-47F Block II as described in paragraph three (3) below. Program Element (PE) 0607137A Chinook Product Improvement Helicopter Program is critical to achieving heavy lift capability in support of Transformation in Contact (TiC) and Continuous Transformation objectives. The CH-47F Block II helicopter, with an increased payload and operational reach, is the only platform that can lift the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV), M777 and medium girder bridge to enable the TiC Forces to Compete, Penetrate, Disintegrate, and Exploit at operationally relevant distances. CH-47 Modernization Product Management Office includes the Block II acquisition program that upgrades existing CH-47F aircraft and procures common hardware between the CH-47F and MH-47G aircraft. The CH-47F Block II program reduces Operating and Support (O&S) costs, increases maximum gross weight to 54,000 pounds, provides additional capability to the field with greater reach, and increases payload capability. CH-47F Block II upgrades improve the aircraft's safety and reliability with a strengthened airframe, and improvements to the rotor, fuel and electrical systems. The CH-47F Block II program includes updates to software packages, Common Avionics Architecture System (CAAS), Digital Advanced Flight Control System (DAFCS), and incorporates other avionics changes introduced into the final CH-47F Block I production lots. In addition to providing significant increased capability to the field, the program includes provisions for anticipated future upgrades, and weight and cost savings initiatives. The increased capabilities ensure the TiC has a platform with the flexibility and performance necessary to meet the needs of current and future operations. The Cargo Project Management Office awarded the CH-47F Block II Engineering and Manufacturing Development (EMD) contract in July 2017. The EMD phase produced three production representative test articles to support a Production Decision. This phase includes contractor and government led ground and flight system level qualification testing, which requires Electromagnetic Environmental Effects (E3), operation assessments, and aircraft subsystem Live-Fire Test and Evaluation (LFTE). System Level testing is required to complete an Operational Assessment and Material Release (MR).
Justification
Accomplishments & Planned Programs (3)
Matrix and Contractor Support
This funding provides support costs for various government agencies, contractor support and matrix organizations supporting the Block II Engineering and Manufacturing Development (EMD) program with systems engineering, test support, airworthiness certification, project management, general engineering, logistics, and business support.
Testing and Evaluation
This effort supports component and system level testing to qualify design improvements in the airframe, fuel system, avionics, drive train, and rotor subsystem. Block II improvements are validated through component endurance, testing of Improved Drive Train (IDT), Improved Rotor System (IRS), Live Fire Test and Evaluation (LFTE), Electromagnetic Environmental Effects (E3), and future test activities.
System Support
Conduct design, system engineering, fabrication, and Integrated Logistic Support (ILS) to support production aircraft configuration, corrective hardware and software actions that are required to address technical challenges identified in the EMD phase. Conduct publications requirements update and verification efforts resulting from CH-47F Block II system configuration change from Advanced Chinook Rotor Blade (ACRB) to Fiberglass Rotor Blades (FRB). Support test efforts to improve production aircraft operational availability and reduce maintenance costs. Conduct modifications of production aircraft and other test assets to support component and system level testing events. Implement corrective hardware and software actions that are required to address technical challenges identified during testing of the production aircraft. Perform system level verification and validation of production aircraft configuration. Deliver documentation in support of a material release that enables system fielding.
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 | $20.4M |
| Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army | A | FY25 Enacted | $4.82M |
| Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army | A | FY25 Total | $4.82M |
| Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army | A | FY26 Disc. Request | $10.9M |
| Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army | A | FY26 Total | $10.9M |
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 Base | FY26 Request |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Program Element | $20.4M | $4.82M | $10.9M | $10.9M |
| ES4: Chinook Product Improvement Program | $20.4M | $4.82M | $10.9M | $10.9M |
Follow the dollar
Appropriation → program element → top high-confidence awards → recipient families → congressional districts.
Follow-the-dollar covers 312 of 1,938 programs — only high-confidence budget→award links are shown. why coverage is partial? →
The diagram illustrates the cited table below — amounts shown in the diagram are transaction sums per award (no citation chips); the per-district obligations in the table cite USAspending queries.
| District | Program obligations |
|---|---|
| PA-05 | $323.8M |
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.
| Recipient | PIID | Confidence |
|---|---|---|
| ROCKWELL COLLINS, INC. | W58RGZ21D0067 | high |
| THE BOEING COMPANY | W58RGZ17C0059 | high |
| THE BOEING COMPANY | W58RGZ19F0329 | 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 Chinook Product Improvement Program. 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 · J204
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 · J171
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 · J188
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 · J191
Complete workbook · unchanged saved copy. Saves as PB2019_DoD_R-1_Research-Development-Test-Evaluation.xlsx.
FY2020 Department of Defense Budget: RDT&E Programs (R-1) · comptroller.war.gov
Exhibit R-1 · J214
Complete workbook · unchanged saved copy. Saves as PB2020_DoD_R-1_Research-Development-Test-Evaluation.xlsx.
FY2021 Department of Defense Budget: RDT&E Programs (R-1) · comptroller.war.gov
Exhibit R-1 · J224
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 · J197
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 · J195
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 · J193
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 · J195
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.
RDTE - Vol 4 - Budget Activity 6 · www.asafm.army.mil