Ultra-Light Tactical Vehicle (ULTV) (BLI 6545) · Navy

What it is

Ultra-Light Tactical Vehicle (ULTV) (6545) is a Navy procurement line funded in the Procurement, Marine Corps account.

What changed

-$10.1M FY25→26 P-1 TOA · PB2026

Who gets it

No company is linked to this line. Award records do not carry the program element, so the crosswalk is silent here — why.

Budget figures

FY24 Actuals

$13.3MP-1 TOA · PB2026

FY25 Enacted

$18.0MP-1 TOA · PB2026

FY26 Request

$7.84MP-1 TOA · PB2026

FY25→26 Change

-$10.1MP-1 TOA · PB2026

Data coverage

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

The program's 3 summary figures for FY24 to FY26, plotted in fiscal-year order: 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.

Budget trajectory: one row per fiscal year, carrying the summary figure the sparkline plots. Every figure opens its own citation.
Fiscal year	Amount
FY24	$13.3M
FY25	$18.0M
FY26	$7.84M

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

5 fiscal years of this program as published (FY2022–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. The grid below is the same data as text, one cited figure per cell.

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.
Series	FY22	FY23	FY24	FY25	FY26
Actuals	$15.4M	$18.0M	$13.3M
Enacted	–	$15.0M	$17.0M	$18.0M
Request	–	–	$17.0M	$18.0M	$7.84M

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

Asked vs spent: the PB2024 book requested $17.0M for FY2024; the PB2026 book reported $13.3M as actual total obligation authority — $3.71M below the request. 13.3 − 17.0 = -3.7 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

Description — Ultra-Light Tactical Vehicle (ULTV)

The Family of Ultra-Light Tactical Vehicles (FULTV), which consists of the Utility Task Vehicle (UTV) and its replacement the Ultra-Light Tactical Vehicle (ULTV), provides operational capabilities for infantry logistics, integrating systems, long-range surveillance, and reconnaissance missions in support of distributed heliborne operations. The lightweight vehicles provide units with increased logistics support while reducing the combat load burden on the individual Marine, as well as providing casualty evacuation for wounded Marines. The vehicles are transportable in the MV-22/CV-22 tilt rotary wing aircraft, CH-53E/CH-53K rotary wing aircraft, and all fixed wing aircrafts. The FULTV mitigates the infantry units, reconnaissance battalions, and wing support squadrons mobility capability gaps, with the ability to operate in remote regions where currently fielded ground mobility platforms may be unsuitable due to size, weight, and transportability concerns. The FULTV is a reliable, non-developmental vehicle that supports the Fleet Marine Forces by providing infantry and reconnaissance battalions with a reliable, easily maintained, vehicle that supports a range of military operations (ROMO) including distributed operations (DO), littoral operations in a contested environment (LOCE), expeditionary advanced based operations (EABO), and Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR). The FULTV platforms host essential Force Design enabling capabilities. The ULTV also includes a ULTV-High-Power variant which provides exportable electrical power generation in support of the requirements for integrating systems. Efforts are underway to replace the UTV with the ULTV. The ULTV will leverage technology upgrades to improve operational capabilities. The desired outcomes from ULTV employment include, but are not limited to, a lighter, faster, more maneuverable, and more resilient force, with an increased ability to operate and be sustained in austere environments, reduced operational risk through a smaller logistics footprint, and reduced threat exposure and operational risk, and increased autonomy and tactical mobility, particularly at the company-level and below. The FULTV line item will also provide for any safety related or diminishing sources of supply configuration changes of the fielded UTVs. This hands-on method ensures proper in-service management and vehicle sustainment while allowing the program office to develop and implement improvements as needed to respond to evolving requirements of the Marine Corps that affect vehicle reliability, safety, availability, and readiness. The ULTVs began fielding in FY 2023. Safety and reliability modifications are planned throughout the life of the FULTV's to ensure maximum readiness as vehicles age.

Justification

Justification — Ultra-Light Tactical Vehicle (ULTV)

FY 2026 Base Appropriation Request: $7.836M The FY 2026 funding supports the procurement of 31 ULTV's with associated integration kits, new equipment training for both operator and maintainer, engineering change proposals (ECPs), program support, as well as the interim contractor support for supply chain management until provisioning is complete and the program transitions to organic supply support. The net decrease from FY 2025 to FY 2026 reflects less vehicles procured, along with modifications and support costs.

Budget line items(workbook-cited)

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

Exhibit P-1

Account	Org	Type	Amount
Procurement, Marine Corps	N	FY24 Actuals	$13.3M
Procurement, Marine Corps	N	FY25 Enacted	$18.0M
Procurement, Marine Corps	N	FY26 Disc. Request	$7.84M
Procurement, Marine Corps	N	FY26 Total	$7.84M

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	$147.1M	$13.3M	$18.0M	$7.84M	$7.84M

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? →

Awards

No awards are linked to this program element at high or medium confidence — the budget→award crosswalk only asserts links it can defend, and this line has none yet.

Lobbying mentions

22 mentions from the Senate LDA disclosure database.

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Ultra-Light Tactical Vehicle (ULTV)

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Budget trajectory

Decade view

Program lineage

Description

Description — Ultra-Light Tactical Vehicle (ULTV) source

Justification

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Budget line items(workbook-cited)

Budget Details(R-2/P-40 facts)

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Awards

Lobbying mentions

Oversight

Program dossier

Primary sources

Budget totals · TOA sources

Detailed budget justification

Description — Ultra-Light Tactical Vehicle (ULTV)

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