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LHA Replacement
Budget figures
$3.90B one-time reconciliation. Discretionary change vs FY2025 enacted: -100.0%.
Two official figures, one label— reconciled below
Fiscal Receipts uses P-1/R-1 workbook total obligation authority (TOA) as the headline figure sitewide. The workbook TOA includes budget rows that the R-2/P-40 J-book program line excludes — advance procurement in an ordinary year, and in FY2026 the one-time reconciliation appropriation as well. Each row below names the one it is. How the two bases relate →
FY26 Request · $3.90B TOA − $0 J-book line (a zero-dollar XML line) = 3.90B (3,895.0 − 0.0 = 3,895.0) — $3.90B of one-time FY2026 reconciliation money accounts for this gap — not advance procurement
Figures in the sentence are rounded for reading; the parenthesised arithmetic is the same subtraction in USD millions, at the precision where it closes.
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 | $1.83B |
| FY25 | $176.5M |
| FY26 | $3.90B |
All series figures: P-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 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 | FY26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Actuals | $68.6M | $1.39B | $1.83B | ||
| Enacted | – | $1.39B | $1.83B | $176.5M | |
| Request | – | – | $1.83B | $61.1M | $3.90B |
blank = series not published for this year; – = absent from that edition.
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
Description — LHA Replacement
For the LHA(R) Program, the Department requests a total of $3,895,000 thousand and a total quantity of one. This request includes $0 thousand of discretionary funding and $3,895,000 thousand and quantity of 1 of mandatory funding for a total FY 2026 request of $3,895,000 thousand and a quantity of 1. The mandatory funds support the contract award of one FY 2026 ship, LHA 10. Further information for this reconciliation request will be provided in Section 20002 (Shipbuilding) of the Reconciliation Exhibit. The LHA(R) Program replaces the Tarawa Class (LHA 1) Amphibious Assault Class Ships and the retiring Wasp Class (LHD 1) Amphibious Assault Class Ships. The LHA(R) Class Program ensures that the Amphibious Fleet remains capable of Expeditionary Warfare well into the 21st Century and provides for an affordable and sustainable Amphibious Ship development program. The LHA(R) Class provides forward presence and power projection as an integral part of joint, interagency, and multinational maritime Expeditionary forces. The LHA(R) Class operates for sustained periods in transit to and operations in an Amphibious Objective Area to include the embarkation, deployment, and landing of a Marine Landing Force and supporting forces by helicopters and tilt rotors supported by Joint Strike Fighters (JSF) F-35B. LHA(R) Flight 0 is considered a transitional increment intended to increase the aviation capabilities of Amphibious Assault Class Ships. LHA(R) Flight 0 consisted of two ships - LHA 6 and LHA 7. LHA(R) Flight 1 is the second increment in the LHA 6 Class, with LHA 8 (FY 2017) being the first ship of Flight 1. The LHA(R) Flight 1 design continues the incremental development of Amphibious Assault Class Ships by adding a well deck and increasing the flight deck capacity by reducing the footprint of the island and adding a sponson. The Flight 1 ships maintain an aviation centric capability with the addition of a well deck that will accommodate two Landing Craft, Air Cushion (LCAC) vehicles. LHA 9 (FY 2023) is the second LHA(R) Flight 1 ship and assumes a LHA 8 baseline design.
Justification
Justification — LHA Replacement
The FY 2026 request for LHA(R) includes $0 thousand of discretionary and $3,895,000 thousand of mandatory (reconciliation) for a total of $3,895,000 thousand. The mandatory funds will be used to procure 1 LHA (R) in FY 2026. Further information for this reconciliation request is provided in Section 20002 (Shipbuilding) of the Reconciliation Exhibit.
Budget line items(workbook-cited)
P-1/R-1 workbook Total Obligation Authority basis (USD thousands) · PB2026.
Exhibit P-1
| Account | Org | Type | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy | N | FY24 Actuals | $1.83B |
| Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy | N | FY25 Enacted | $176.5M |
| Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy | N | FY26 Reconciliation | $3.90B |
| Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy | N | FY26 Total | $3.90B |
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 | $12.6B | $1.83B | $176.5M | $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? →
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 |
|---|---|---|
| HUNTINGTON INGALLS INCORPORATED | N0002410C2229 | medium |
| HUNTINGTON INGALLS INCORPORATED | N0002416C2427 | medium |
| HUNTINGTON INGALLS INCORPORATED | N0002420C2437 | medium |
| HUNTINGTON INGALLS INCORPORATED | N6931618F6002 | medium |
| HUNTINGTON INGALLS INCORPORATED | N6931618F6003 | medium |
| NATIONAL STEEL AND SHIPBUILDING COMPANY | N0002418C2404 | 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 LHA Replacement. No program-specific GAO finding for this line is in the ingested data. See the DOD oversight record.
Program dossier
Every sentence below carries its citation — warehouse figures open the citation panel, news claims link the cached source.
Research dossiers exist for 50 of 1,938 programs — the 50 largest fully J-book-detailed programs by FY2026 request. why no dossier here? →
What it is
- LHA Replacement is a U.S. Navy shipbuilding program that funds construction of amphibious assault ships under the Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy account.
- The LHA(R) Program replaces the Tarawa Class (LHA 1) amphibious assault ships and the retiring Wasp Class (LHD 1) amphibious assault ships, aiming to keep the Amphibious Fleet capable of Expeditionary Warfare well into the 21st century.
- These ships provide forward presence and power projection, operating for sustained periods to embark, deploy, and land a Marine Landing Force and supporting forces using helicopters, tilt rotors, and F-35B Joint Strike Fighters (JSF).
- LHA(R) Flight 1 — the second design increment in the LHA 6 Class, beginning with LHA 8 (FY 2017) — adds a well deck that can accommodate two Landing Craft, Air Cushion (LCAC) vehicles and increases flight deck capacity; LHA 9 (FY 2023) is the second Flight 1 ship.
- For FY 2026, the Department requests a total of $3,895,000 thousand (about $3.9 billion) and a quantity of one ship, LHA 10.
Why it matters
- The FY 2026 request of $3,895,000 thousand (roughly $3.9 billion) is entirely mandatory (reconciliation) funding, with $0 in discretionary funding, and is intended to procure one LHA(R) ship.
- The FY 2026 total request of about $3.9 billion is more than double the FY 2024 actual spending of $1,830,149 thousand (about $1.8 billion).
- FY 2025 enacted funding for the program was $176,515 thousand (about $177 million), far below both the FY 2024 actuals and the FY 2026 request.
- Across all prior years, the program's j-book detail reports cumulative funding of about $12,578.6 million (roughly $12.6 billion), reflecting the long-running scale of the shipbuilding effort.
Key players
- The program is run by the Department of the Navy under the Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy account.
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: Procurement Programs (P-1) · comptroller.war.gov
Exhibit P-1 · O569
Complete workbook · unchanged saved copy. Saves as PB2026_DoD_P-1_Procurement.xlsx.
FY2024 Department of Defense Budget: Procurement Programs (P-1) · comptroller.war.gov
Exhibit P-1 · O558,O559,O560,O561,O562,O563
Complete workbook · unchanged saved copy. Saves as PB2024_DoD_P-1_Procurement.xlsx.
FY2025 Department of Defense Budget: Procurement Programs (P-1) · comptroller.war.gov
Exhibit P-1 · O579,O580,O581,O582,O585
Complete workbook · unchanged saved copy. Saves as PB2025_DoD_P-1_Procurement.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.