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United States DoD Budget FY18

Latest update: February 2018

The reports below only refer to aircraft purchases requested in the US DoD (USAF, USN/USMC and USAr) FY18 budget. Please visit United States DoD Full budget FY 2018 for the total budgetted aircraft purchases for fiscal year 2018.

USAF

Budget Aircraft FY 18 FY 19 FY 20 FY 21 FY 22 FY 16 FY 17 Prior Years Total To Complete Total FY 18 - Base F-35A 46 48 48 54 54 47 48 131 226 1.287 1.763 FY 18 - Base KC-46A 15 15 15 15 15 12 15 7 34 66 175 FY 18 - Base C-130J 0 0 0 0 0 14 3 104 121 15 136 FY 18 - Base HC-130J 2 0 0 0 0 5 4 16 25 0 27 FY 18 - Base MC-130J 5 3 5 4 2 8 10 26 44 9 72 FY 18 - Base UH-1 Replacement 0 0 8 8 8 0 0 0 0 56 80 FY 18 - Base CV-22B 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 50 51 0 51 FY 18 - Base QF-16 12 0 0 0 0 25 25 0 50 0 62 FY 18 - Base RQ-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 55 55 0 55 FY 18 - OCO MQ-9 32 0 0 0 0 33 24 290 347 0 379                           Total   112 66 76 81 79 145 129 679 953 1.433 2.800

Comment(s): The A-10C and U-2S will not be withdrawn from service as previous budgets requested. At least the A-10C will remain in service until FY 21. Not included are funds for the B-21A Raider (previously known as LRS-B) and the T-X competition to replace the T-38s.

USN and USMC

Budget Aircraft FY 18 FY 19 FY 20 FY 21 FY 22 FY 16 FY 17 Prior Years Total To Complete Total FY 18 - Base EA-18G 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 153 163 0 163 FY 18 - Base F/A-18E/F 14 23 14 14 15 5 26 563 594 0 674 FY 18 - Base F-35C 4 9 16 24 24 6 4 59 69 228 374 FY 18 - Base F-35B 20 20 20 21 21 15 16 27 58 164 324 FY 18 - Base CH-53K 4 7 9 13 18 0 2 0 2 141 194 FY 18 - Base V-22 (combined) 6 7 7 9 11 19 19 301 339 29 408 FY 18 - Base UH-1Y 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 148 160 0 160 FY 18 - Base AH-1Z 22 18 0 0 0 17 24 92 133 0 173 FY 18 - Base P-8A 7 7 6 0 0 17 17 63 97 0 117 FY 18 - Base E-2D (AHE) 5 4 4 4 5 5 6 74 85 7 114 FY 18 - Base C-40A 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 10 12 2 14 FY 18 - Base T-6B  (JPATS) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 295 295 0 295 FY 18 - Base KC-130J 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 53 57 38 104 FY 18 - Base MQ-4 TRITON 3 3 3 3 3 4 2 0 6 45 66                     0   0 Total   87 100 81 89 99 112 120 1.838 2.070 654 3.180

Comment(s): F-35C: Initial Operational Capability (IOC) for the F-35C (CV: Carrier Variant) is scheduled for August 2018. Full Rate Production (FPR) is scheduled to start in April 2019. F-35B: Initial Operational Capability (IOC) for the F-35B (STOVL: Short Take-Off and Vertical Landing variant) occured in July 2015. Full Rate Production (FPR) is scheduled to start in April 2019. CH-53K: IOT&E is scheduled to begin Q4-2019 and Initial Operational Capability (IOC) expected in Q1-2020. MV-22: Projected are 360 MV-22s for the USMC, 53 CV-22 for USSOCOM and 48 CMV-22 for the USN aircraft in the Carrier Onboard Delivery (COD) replacing the C-2A Greyhounds. The first CMV-22 will be delivered in November 2019. UH-1Y/AH-1Z: Currently 333 helicopters are funded, intended total purchase remains at remains 349 aircraft. Long lead funding requested in FY 2018 for 2019 are 17 AH-1Zs (not projected Fy 19 budget are 18 helicopters). MH-60S: No request for FY 2018. Last helicopter delivered on January 4, 2016. MH-60R: No request for FY 2018. FY17 last year of funding. E-2D: FY18 funding requested for five Full Rate Production (FRP) 6 aircraft.

USAr

Budget Aircraft FY 18 FY 19 FY 20 FY 21 FY 22 FY 16 FY 17 Prior Years Total To Complete Total FY 18 - Base Utility F/W Aircraft 4 6 8 6 6 0 3 34 37   67 FY 18 - Base ACS 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 8 13 0 13 FY 18 - Base MQ-1 UAV 11 0 0 0 0 20 13 146 179 0 190 FY 18 - Base UH-72A 13 3 0 0 0 28 0 397 425 0 441 FY 18 - Base AH-64E (Reman) 48 50 49 48 48 64 52 176 292 97 632 FY 18 - OCO AH-64E (Reman) 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 FY 18 - Base AH-64E (New Build) 13 12 5 5 0 0 20 17 37   72 FY 18 - Base UH-60M 48 40 41 41 31 107 53 766 926   1.127 FY 18 - Base UH-60A/L 36 25 37 43 53 36 38 1.020 1.094 0 1.288 FY 18 - Base CH-47F 6 6 8 13 13 39 22 282 343   389 FY 18 - Base MQ-1 UAV 7 0 0 0 0 36 43 2 81 0 88 FY 18 - OCO MQ-1 UAV 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33                           Total   221 142 148 156 151 335 244 2.848 3.427 97 4.342

Comment(s): Where "to complete" is left blank read as "Continuing". Aerial Common Sensor: The Enhanced Medium Altitude Reconnaissance and Surveillance System (EMARSS) is the Army's next generation C-12 based, direct support, manned airborne intelligence collection, processing, and targeting support system. AH-64E (Reman): Upgraded (remanufacturered) AH-64D Apaches. UH-60A/L/V: FY18 budget requests 29 UH-60A to UH-60L conversions and 7 new build UH-60V (UH-60L digital). CH-47F: Two new build CH-47F and four Renew MH-47G helicopters.

Aircraft totals cross services

Aircraft FY 18 FY 19 FY 20 FY 21 FY 22 FY 16 FY 17 Prior Years Total To Complete Total                         F-35A/B/C 70 77 84 99 99 68 68 217 353 1.679 2.461 UH-1Y/AH-1Z 22 18 0 0 0 29 24 240 293 0 333 C/HC/KC/MC-130J 9 5 7 5 4 29 19 199 247 62 339 UH-60A/L/M/V 84 65 78 84 84 143 91 1.786 2.020 0 2.415