Printed from https://fiscalreceipts.com/program/3700GA0570/ — data as of July 28, 2026. Every figure is citation-backed; see the page online for per-number provenance.
IMPROVED RECOVERY VEHICLE (M88 HERCULES)
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
- $41.1M
- FY26
- $155.5M
● actuals (line) · ○ enacted · ◇ request — gaps are editions the program is absent from, never interpolated.
| Series | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 | FY26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Actuals | $51.7M | $179.2M | $41.1M | ||
| Enacted | – | $132.2M | $41.1M | $141.7M | |
| Request | – | – | $41.1M | $151.7M | $155.5M |
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 — IMPROVED RECOVERY VEHICLE (M88 HERCULES)
The M88 Heavy Equipment Recovery Combat Utility Lift and Evacuation System (HERCULES) Family of Vehicles (FoV) provides maintenance support, towing, winching, and hoisting operations to support battlefield Single Vehicle Recovery (SVR) operations and evacuation of heavy tanks and other tracked combat vehicles. The current M88A2 HERCULES variant provides support to vehicles up to 70-tons. The Army is in the process of modernizing the M88 Family of Vehicles (FoV) to regain Single Vehicle Recovery (SVR) due to the increased weight of some of the Army's major combat vehicle systems and the loss of SVR capabilities (up to 80 tons with force protection kits applied). This will be accomplished by applying modifications to the M88A2 chassis via Engineering Change Proposal (ECP) that includes modified non-developmental technologies comprised of a new power train (Engine & Transmission), new suspension, and improved track resulting in the M88A3 vehicle configuration. The increased winching and lifting capability can accommodate all 80-ton Abrams variants. Without this increased capability, units must use two M88A2 recovery vehicles to safely and effectively perform the necessary spectrum of recovery operations. The Combat Recovery System (CRS) program provides funding for the procurement and fielding of M88 Family of Vehicles (FoV), as well as personnel, engineering, Engineering Change Proposals (ECPs) design, testing, hardware procurement, and modification work order (MWO) of improvements to resolve safety, reliability, operational readiness, and vehicle recovery operation issues identified in the field and approved by the Materiel Developer and Combat Developer. This funding supports requirements for production facilitization updates and improvements at the Vehicle Upgrade and Overhaul Center (VUOC) in Anniston, AL, and associated vendors.
Justification
Justification — IMPROVED RECOVERY VEHICLE (M88 HERCULES)
FY 2026 Base Procurement dollars in the amount of $155.540 million procures M88 vehicles, government furnished equipment and material, as well as kits. The funding supports the M88 FoV fleet modifications that address improvements to operational readiness rates, vehicle safety and operation, and integration of new equipment. FY 2026 procurement covers government engineering, logistics, testing, and program management efforts supporting production, user requested system enhancements, obsolescence management to enable uninterrupted production as well as fleet modifications and retrofits to implement system enhancements that affect vehicle configurations and previously procured hardware. In accordance with section 1815 of the FY 2008 National Defense Authorization Act (P.L. 110 - 181), this item is necessary for use by the active and reserve components of the Armed Forces for homeland defense missions, domestic emergency responses, and providing military support to civil authorities.
Budget Line Items(workbook-cited)
Exhibit P-1
| Account | Org | Type | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Procurement of Weapons and Tracked Combat Vehicles, Army | A | FY24 Actuals | $41.1M |
| Procurement of Weapons and Tracked Combat Vehicles, Army | A | FY25 Enacted | $141.7M |
| Procurement of Weapons and Tracked Combat Vehicles, Army | A | FY26 Disc. Request | $155.5M |
| Procurement of Weapons and Tracked Combat Vehicles, Army | A | FY26 Total | $155.5M |
Budget Details(R-2/P-40 facts)
| Project | All Prior Years | FY24 Actuals | FY25 Total | FY26 Base | FY26 Request |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Program Element | $3.12B | $41.1M | $141.7M | $155.5M | $155.5M |
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? →