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Fiscal Receipts

C-130J Mods

FProcurementPartial ReconciliationC1300J
What it is
C-130J Mods — a procurement program run by Air Force.
What changed
No FY25→26 comparison — trajectory data incomplete for this line.
Who gets it
No award linkage at high confidence.

Budget Figures

FY24 Actuals
$102.3M
FY25 Total
FY26 Request
$214.2M
FY25→26 Change

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? →

Budget Trajectory
FY24: $102.3MFY26: $214.2MFY24FY26
FY24
$102.3M
FY26
$214.2M
Decade view — each figure cites its own President's Budget edition
FY2022 actuals — PB2024 editionFY2023 actuals — PB2025 editionFY2024 actuals — PB2026 editionFY2023 enacted — PB2024 editionFY2024 enacted — PB2025 editionFY2025 enacted — PB2026 editionFY2024 request — PB2024 editionFY2025 request — PB2025 editionFY2026 request — PB2026 editionFY22FY26

● actuals (line)  ·  ○ enacted  ·  ◇ request — gaps are editions the program is absent from, never interpolated.

SeriesFY22FY23FY24FY25FY26
Actuals$110.8M$120.5M$102.3M
Enacted$112.3M$121.3M$151.4M
Request$121.3M$206.9M$214.2M

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

Asked vs spent: the PB2024 book requested $121.3M for FY2024; the PB2026 book reports $102.3M actually spent — $19.0M below the request.

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 C-130J Mods

The C-130J is a medium-size transport aircraft capable of performing a variety of combat delivery (tactical airlift) operations across a broad range of mission environments. The C-130J aircraft, with its extended (by 15 ft) fuselage, provides additional cargo carrying capacity for the USAF combat delivery mission compared with legacy C-130E/Hs and the C-130J (short). Other variants of the USAF C-130J fleet are all short-bodied aircraft and include the WC-130J (weather reconnaissance), HC-130J (combat search and rescue), MC-130J (special operations), and the AC-130J (close air support and armed reconnaissance). 7 EC-130Js have been repurposed: 2 now ground trainers, 2 back up inventory, 1 test asset, and 2 are being converted to C-130Js and will be used at the C-130J School House. To date there have been 303 USAF C-130J variant deliveries. Variants include 149 C-130J; ten (10) C-130J (short); ten (10) WC-130J; 39 HC-130J; and, 95 MC/AC-130J. The designed service life is 35 years and the average service life remaining is C-130J 22.0 years, C-130J (short) 9.4 years, WC-130J (11.3 years), AC/MC/HC service life remaining is reported in the HC/MC Modifications P-Doc. Funding may be used to address Diminishing Manufacturing Sources (DMS) issues. In FY 2026, the center wing box replacement program continues with the installation of enhanced service life (ESL) center wing kits and the procurement of ESL kits. Since Nov 2009, all production C-130Js have been delivered with the ESL center wing. In order to better manage the fleet and to avoid simultaneously supporting three separate aircraft configurations (Block 6, Block 7 and Block 8.1), Blocks 7.0 and 8.1 have been combined into one aircraft modification program. This way the aircraft and trainers will only have to be modified one time. The Block 8.1 mod includes Block 7.0 content. Block 8.1 includes ADS-B Out and Mode V IFF as well as 34 additional capabilities. In order to meet the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) 2020 mandate, the USAF installed the Block 8.1 ADS-B Out/Mode V IFF solution on all C-130J variants not scheduled to receive Block 8.1 by January 2020. Block 8.1 was cut into production with the FY20 C-130J A/C. This funding includes Rapid Global Mobility (RGM) platform related activities including but not limited to fielding actions. NOTE: USMC KC-130Js and USCG HC-130Js are following USAF's lead and will also field combined Block 7/8.1 aircraft. Funding for this exhibit is contained in PE 0401132F and PE 0401897F.

Justification

Justification C-130J Mods

The FY 2026 request for C-130J Mods includes $0,000 thousand of discretionary and $214,234 thousand of mandatory (reconciliation) for a total of 214.234 thousand. The mandatory funds will provide funding for the following modifications: Center Wing, Outer Wing, Block 8.1, Block 8.1 Group B Kits for HC-130Js, EC-130J Conversion to C-130J, Communication, External Fuel Tank, Avionics Systems and Structures, and Low-Cost. Further information for this reconciliation request is provided in Section 20007 (Air Superiority) of the Reconciliation Exhibit.

Budget Line Items(workbook-cited)

Exhibit P-1

AccountOrgTypeAmount
Aircraft Procurement, Air ForceFFY24 Actuals$102.3M
Aircraft Procurement, Air ForceFFY25 Enacted$151.4M
Aircraft Procurement, Air ForceFFY26 Reconciliation$214.2M
Aircraft Procurement, Air ForceFFY26 Total$214.2M

Exhibit P-1R

AccountOrgTypeAmount
Aircraft Procurement, Air ForceFFY24 Actuals$0
Aircraft Procurement, Air ForceFFY25 Enacted$12.0M

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

ProjectAll Prior YearsFY24 ActualsFY25 TotalFY26 BaseFY26 Request
Program Element$986.1M$102.3M$151.4M$0$0

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? →