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Combat Rescue Helicopter
Budget figures
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 | $597.4M |
| FY25 | $355.2M |
| FY26 | $107.5M |
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 | $743.9M | $1.21B | $597.4M | ||
| Enacted | – | $1.21B | $282.5M | $355.2M | |
| Request | – | – | $282.5M | $162.7M | $107.5M |
blank = series not published for this year; – = absent from that edition.
Asked vs spent: the PB2024 book requested $282.5M for FY2024; the PB2026 book reported $597.4M as actual total obligation authority — $314.9M above the request. 597.4 − 282.5 = 314.9 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 — Combat Rescue Helicopter
The Combat Rescue Helicopter (HH-60W) program will replace the aging HH-60G. The HH-60G currently supports the Air Force's core function of Personnel Recovery. The primary mission of the HH-60G is to conduct day / night / marginal weather Combat Search and Rescue (CSAR) in order to recover downed aircrew or other isolated personnel in hostile or non-permissive environments. The HH-60W will be capable of employment day or night, in adverse weather, and across the full spectrum of threats to include chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear. Onboard defensive capabilities will permit the HH-60W system to operate with less risk than legacy systems in an increased threat environment. An in-flight air refueling capability will provide an airborne alert capability and extend its combat mission range. The HH-60W system is capable of conducting combat search and rescue airborne mission commander duties. The aircraft will be self-supporting to the maximum extent practical. The HH-60W system may also conduct other collateral missions inherent in its capabilities to conduct Personnel Recovery, such as non-conventional assisted recovery, non-conventional evacuation operations, defense support to civil authorities, civil search and rescue, international aid, emergency aeromedical evacuation, disaster/humanitarian relief, counterdrug activities, support for National Aeronautics and Space Administration flight operations, and insertion/extraction of combat forces. The HH-60W program received approval to enter Engineering and Manufacturing Development (EMD) in June 2014. Subsequently, the Air Force awarded an EMD contract to Lockheed Martin - Sikorsky Aircraft Company to develop and procure 113 HH-60W aircraft, training systems and associated support. The program is procuring four EMD aircraft, five System Demonstration Test Article (SDTA) aircraft and one modernization test aircraft. During production, the program plans to procure 89 aircraft throughout seven lots. HH-60W achieved a Milestone C decision in Sep 2019, authorizing Low-Rate Initial Production (LRIP) Lots 1-4, to procure 55 aircraft with FY 2019-FY 2022 funds. Full Rate Production (FRP) was achieved in Apr 2023 authorizing the purchase of 34 aircraft with FY 2023, FY 2024 and FY 2025 funds. Currently funding is available to procure 100 aircraft (includes 4 EMD, 5 SDTA, and 2 modernization test aircraft). Initial aircraft sustainment efforts will be provided by the contractor. HH-60W funding also supports Training Systems, Support Equipment, Initial Spares, Operation Site Activation, Depot Stand-Up, Direct Mission Support, Program Support Costs (PSC) activities, Other Government Costs (OGC), various studies and analysis, upgrades, future HH-60W planning activities, and resolution of Diminishing Manufacturing Sources/Material Shortages (DMSMS) and/or obsolescence issues. Funding may be used to address Diminishing Manufacturing Sources (DMS) issues. DMSMS activities may include, but are not limited to, bridge buys, life of type buys, buys to protect production schedule, and engineering efforts for redesign. These funds may provide training, upgrades, enhancement packages, other program support costs, and resolution of Diminishing Manufacturing Sources/material Shortages (DMSMS) and/or obsolescence issues. DMSMS activities may include, but are not limited to, bridge buys, life of type buys, buys to protect production schedule, and engineering efforts for redesign. Programmed Depot Maintenance (PDM) Depot Source of Repair (DSOR) approved Dec 2022. System-level PDM will occur at Fleet Readiness Center-East, Cherry Point, NC. Commodity Depot Level Repairs will occur at the designated/approved DSOR location. The Deputy Assistance Secretary of Defense for Materiel Readiness and the Joint Services have concurred with this joint decision. The HH-60W program is acquiring a complete Training system to include motion and non-motion simulators, virtual reality/mixed reality trainers, and other aircrew and maintenance part task training devices. It also includes Type I training, aircrew and maintenance courseware, spares, Interim Contractor Support (ICS), and support equipment. Initial Spares were procured with Aircraft Procurement, Air Force (APAF) BA4 funding in FY 2019, FY 2020, FY 2021, FY 2023 and FY 2024. Spare engines are included within the Initial Spares. Starting in FY 2021 Initial Spares are primarily being procured with APAF BA 6 while some BA 4 funding was required to fund initial spares for added OCO and congressional add aircraft. Procurement budget includes in-line production and enhancement packages/installs. These efforts may include, but are not limited to, the following: Directional Infrared Countermeasures (DIRCM), Global Positioning Satellite Anti-Jammer (GPS AJ), Degraded Visual Environment (DVE) system, Video Data Link (VDL), Blue Force Tracker 2 (BFT2), Integrated Vehicle Health Monitoring System (IVHMS), Situational Awareness Data Link/Automatic Direction Finder Removal, Electro Optical/Infrared Tactical Overlay, Radio Frequency Jammer, Electronic Flight Bags, Automated Dependent Surveillance Broadcast - In Device, and Mobile User Objective System (MUOS). The FY 2026 request was reduced by $6.035 million for Advisory and Assistance Services to promote efficiencies and advance the policies of the Administration in alignment with Executive Order 14222, "Implementing the President's Department of Government Efficiency Cost Efficiency Initiative." Funding for this exhibit is contained in PE 0207229F. 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. This requirement (or modification) supports performance of a full financial audit as required by title 10 U.S.C. Chapter 9A, Sec 240-D.
Justification
Justification — Combat Rescue Helicopter
FY 2026 funding will procure Interim Contractor Support (ICS) for training systems; interim supply, contractor support, and field service representative support at all fielded units; depot standup activities; support equipment; site activation activities; resolution of Diminishing Manufacturing Sources/material Shortages (DMSMS) and/or obsolescence issues.
Budget line items(workbook-cited)
P-1/R-1 workbook Total Obligation Authority basis (USD thousands) · PB2026.
Exhibit P-1
| Account | Org | Type | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aircraft Procurement, Air Force | F | FY24 Actuals | $597.4M |
| Aircraft Procurement, Air Force | F | FY25 Enacted | $355.2M |
| Aircraft Procurement, Air Force | F | FY26 Disc. Request | $107.5M |
| Aircraft Procurement, Air Force | F | FY26 Total | $107.5M |
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 | $3.93B | $597.4M | $355.2M | $107.5M | $107.5M |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT CORPORATION | FA862914C2403 | 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
11 mentions from the Senate LDA disclosure database.
DPA TItle III funding FY27 NDAA FY27 Defense Appropriations Act Issues realted to Army Aviation & combat vehicles; Air…
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Production Act Title III funding S4783/H.R.8800, FY27 National Defense Authorization Act FY27 Defense Appropriations…
Production Act Title III funding FY26 National Defense Authorization Act (S.2296/H.R.3838) FY26 Defense Appropriations…
Production Act Title III funding FY26 National Defense Authorization Act (S.2296/H.R.3838)(S.1071) FY26 Defense…
Production Act Title III funding FY26 National Defense Authorization Act FY26 Defense Appropriations Department of…
Production Act Title III funding FY24 and FY25 National Defense Authorization Act FY24 and FY25 Defense Appropriations…
Production Act Title III funding FY24 and FY25 National Defense Authorization Act FY24 and FY25 Defense Appropriations…
Production Act Title III funding FY24 and FY25 National Defense Authorization Act FY24 and FY25 Defense Appropriations…
Production Act Title III funding FY24 and FY25 National Defense Authorization Act FY24 and FY25 Defense Appropriations…
Production Act Title III funding FY24 and FY25 National Defense Authorization Act FY24 and FY25 Defense Appropriations…
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 Combat Rescue Helicopter. 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 · O856
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 · O832
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 · O875
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.
FY2026 Air Force Aircraft Procurement, Vol. I · www.saffm.hq.af.mil
PDF page 127