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PLS ESP
Budget figures
No FY2026 R-1/P-1 request line for this program element. The FY2026 President's Budget request workbook carries no FY2026 line for it; its last workbook figure is FY2024. An absent line is not by itself an ending — PB2026 renumbered program elements at scale across the services and defense agencies, so this work may continue under a different number. No successor is linked for this line: this site's program-lineage layer holds no keyed edge pointing forward from here. That is an absence in this site's lineage layer, not a finding about the program: if the J-book narrative on this page describes a realignment, it is quoted below in the document's own words, and this note does not restate it.
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
Insufficient trajectory data for sparkline (only FY24 available).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Actuals | $17.6M | $50.0M | $47.9M | |
| Enacted | – | $50.0M | $51.9M | – |
| Request | – | – | $51.9M | $80.3M |
blank = series not published for this year; – = absent from that edition.
Asked vs spent: the PB2024 book requested $51.9M for FY2024; the PB2026 book reported $47.9M as actual total obligation authority — $3.94M below the request. 47.93 − 51.87 = -3.94 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 — PLS ESP
The Palletized Load System (PLS) is a 16.5-ton, 10-wheel drive truck designed for cross-country movement of combat configured loads of ammunition and other classes of supply. The PLS Extended Service Program (ESP) is a department of the Army supported Recapitalization (RECAP) Program critical to increasing the 16.5-ton payload, 10-wheel drive, armor ready PLS fleet density in the field. The PLS A1 truck contains capability for onboard Load Handling System, 16.5-ton PLS Trailer, M3 Container Roll-in/Out Platforms (CROPs), M1077 Flatracks, M1 Flatracks and the Enhanced Container Handling Unit (E-CHU) for transporting 20' International Organization for Standardization (ISO) containers in armored or unarmored configurations. The E-CHU is the latest enabler that provides the capability to pick-up and transport 20ft International Standards for Organization (ISO) containers without the use of a flat-rack and allows the Army to use its Tactical Wheeled Fleet in any number of ways in transporting loads. The PLS ESP program will remanufacture and upgrade older legacy PLS A0s to the A1 configuration. The PLS -ESP will begin upgrading legacy A0s and A1s to both A1 and A2 configurations. A2 configuration will include the Integrated By-Wire Active Safety (BWAS) capability as foundation for Army Autonomous Tactical Vehicles (ATV-S) program. The PLS A1 configuration has improved survivability with an integrated underbody A-cab and a scalable B-kit (common to the HEMTT A4), an improved powertrain, suspension and electrical system and adds an anti-lock braking system, air conditioning and traction control. This program produces a like-new vehicle with a full new vehicle warranty. The PLS can have active safety and foundational autonomous capabilities that will help Soldiers to stay out of harm's way. PLS A2 configuration provides a standalone By-Wire Control System with active and passive safety features, integrates obstacle detection and collision avoidance, blind zone alerts, improved electronic stability control and serves as the foundation for future autonomous capabilities. The PLS program is a contributing element to support the Army's modernization priorities in support of the National Defense Strategy through movement of Soldiers, air defense & missile defenses, sensors, network, fuel, ammunition, etc. Funds are required to fill readiness gaps to address both capacity and capability holes which must be filled to carry out the National Defense Strategy. Matrix Functional Support is required to address/augment Engineering and Logistic functions, capabilities and gaps to supplement core employee competencies. System Engineering oversight and multiple functions of Logistics support such as management, fielding, tracking and documentation is required during the acquisition process. These funds also support travel requirements for this program. The Army Acquisition Objective for PLS trucks is 8,114. This program is included in the OPA Budget Line Consolidation. In FY 2025, the Base PLS ESP (D16506) program is consolidated into DA0500 Family of Heavy Tactical Vehicles (FHTV) / D16611 Palletized Load System ESP program.
Justification
Justification — PLS ESP
This program is included in the OPA Budget Line Consolidation. In FY 2025, the Base PLS ESP (D16506) program is consolidated into DA0500 Family of Heavy Tactical Vehicles (FHTV) / D16611 Palletized Load System ESP program.
Budget line items(workbook-cited)
P-1/R-1 workbook Total Obligation Authority basis (USD thousands) · PB2026.
Exhibit P-1
| Account | Org | Type | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Other Procurement, Army | A | FY24 Actuals | $47.9M |
Exhibit P-1R
| Account | Org | Type | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Other Procurement, Army | A | FY24 Actuals | $26.6M |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Program Element | $922.0M | $47.9M |
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
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 PLS ESP. 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: Procurement Programs (P-1) · comptroller.war.gov
Exhibit P-1 · O169
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 · O168
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 · O170
Complete workbook · unchanged saved copy. Saves as PB2025_DoD_P-1_Procurement.xlsx.
FY2026 Department of Defense Budget: Procurement Programs (P-1R) · comptroller.war.gov
Exhibit P-1R · N186,N187
Complete workbook · unchanged saved copy. Saves as PB2026_DoD_P-1R_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.
Other Procurement - BA 3, 4 & 6 - Other Support Equipment, Initial Spares and Agile Portfolio Management · www.asafm.army.mil