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C-130J Super Hercules

C-130J Super Hercules figures from run 242 cover R-1 program elements 0401132F; P-1 lines 3010 C-130J, 3010 C-130J Mods. The C-130J aircraft line is separate from C-130J Mods. Other C-130 variants are not included. Obligations are only the USAspending awards carrying reviewed DoD acquisition program code 220 (C-130J). Awards are not linked by a similar name. FY2027 enacted line amounts are not loaded: P.L. 119-103 states no program-line amount. Announced ceilings are not included.

Source evidence reviewed Oct 21, 2026 · Program profile
FY2027 requested
$969M
President's budget
FY2026 enacted
$1.67B
Appropriation; Spend-plan allocation
Announced ceilings
—
Announced ceiling: Not yet researched
FY2026 obligated (partial)
$490M
988 of 988 reviewed award links counted; net actions

By Fiscal Year

  • FY2025

    Requested
    Not yet researched
    Enacted
    $215M$214,919,000

    Appropriation

    • Procurement · 3010 C-130J Mods · Appropriation · $151M
    • RDT&E · 0401132F · Appropriation · $63.5M
    Announced ceiling (not spending)
    Announced ceiling: Not yet researched
    Obligated
    $2.17B$2,172,036,965.62

    133 linked awards, 373 actions

  • FY2026

    Requested
    $246M$245,588,000

    President's budget

    • Procurement · 3010 C-130J Mods · President's budget · $214M
    • RDT&E · 0401132F · Discretionary · President's budget · $31.4M
    Enacted
    $1.67B$1,670,584,000

    Appropriation; Spend-plan allocation

    • Procurement · 3010 C-130J Mods · Discretionary · Appropriation · $141M
    • Procurement · 3010 C-130J Mods · Mandatory · Spend-plan allocation · $32.8M
    • Procurement · 3010 C-130J · Discretionary · Appropriation · $1.19B
    • Procurement · 3010 C-130J · Mandatory · Spend-plan allocation · $287M
    • RDT&E · 0401132F · Discretionary · Appropriation · $18.7M
    Announced ceiling (not spending)
    Announced ceiling: Not yet researched
    Obligated
    $490M$490,054,109.56

    83 linked awards, 178 actions · partial year

  • FY2027

    Requested
    $969M$968,616,000

    President's budget

    • Procurement · 3010 C-130J Mods · Discretionary · President's budget · $315M
    • Procurement · 3010 C-130J · Discretionary · President's budget · $637M
    • RDT&E · 0401132F · Discretionary · President's budget · $16.6M
    Enacted
    Not yet researched
    Announced ceiling (not spending)
    Announced ceiling: Not yet researched
    Obligated
    No actions recorded on published linked awards yet

Each column is a different measure and they are not added together. A request and an enacted amount for the same year sit side by side; the request is never rewritten when an enacted amount arrives. A blank state names why there is no amount; only a stated amount, including a stated $0, shows dollars.

Sources and Evidence12

  • FY2025 · Enacted (Appropriation)

    Procurement · 3010 C-130J Mods

    $151,386,000as printed 151,386 ($ thousands)
    FY 2026 Procurement Programs (P-1) Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) · document Jun 26, 2025FY2026 President's Budget (Jun 2025), column FY 2025 Enacted
    Exhibit P-1, 3010 Aircraft Procurement, FY 2026 Disc Reconciliation, line 69 C-130J Mods, PDF page 128. Dollars in thousands. Column 'FY 2025 Enacted'.69 C-130J Mods A U 102,258 151,386 214,234 214,234

  • FY2025 · Enacted (Appropriation)

    RDT&E · 0401132F

    $63,533,000as printed 63,533 ($ thousands)
    FY 2026 Research, Development, Test & Evaluation Programs (R-1) Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) · document Jun 26, 2025FY2026 President's Budget (Jun 2025), column FY 2025 Enacted
    Exhibit R-1, 3600F Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force, line 278 C-130J Program, PDF page 56. Dollars in thousands. Column 'FY 2025 Enacted'.278 0401132F C-130J Program 07 U 21,469 63,533 63,533 31,354 31,354

  • FY2026 · Requested (President's budget)

    Procurement · 3010 C-130J Mods

    $214,234,000as printed 214,234 ($ thousands)
    FY 2026 Procurement Programs (P-1) Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) · document Jun 26, 2025FY2026 President's Budget (Jun 2025), column FY 2026 Reconciliation Request
    Exhibit P-1, 3010 Aircraft Procurement, FY 2026 Disc Reconciliation, line 69 C-130J Mods, PDF page 128. Dollars in thousands. Column 'FY 2026 Reconciliation Request'.69 C-130J Mods A U 102,258 151,386 214,234 214,234

  • FY2026 · Requested (President's budget)

    RDT&E · 0401132F · Discretionary

    $31,354,000as printed 31,354 ($ thousands)
    FY 2026 Research, Development, Test & Evaluation Programs (R-1) Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) · document Jun 26, 2025FY2026 President's Budget (Jun 2025), column FY 2026 Disc Request
    Exhibit R-1, 3600F Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force, line 278 C-130J Program, PDF page 56. Dollars in thousands. Column 'FY 2026 Disc Request'.278 0401132F C-130J Program 07 U 21,469 63,533 63,533 31,354 31,354

  • FY2026 · Enacted (Appropriation)

    Procurement · 3010 C-130J Mods · Discretionary

    $141,000,000as printed 141,000 ($ thousands)
    Department of War FY 2027 President's Budget, Procurement Programs (P-1) Office of the Under Secretary of War (Comptroller) · document Apr 21, 2026FY2027 President's Budget (Apr 2026), column FY 2026 Discretionary Enacted
    Exhibit P-1, 3010 Aircraft Procurement, FY 2026 Discretionary FY 2026 PL 119-21 Spend FY 202, line 51 C-130J Mods, PDF page 236. Dollars in thousands. Column 'FY 2026 Discretionary Enacted'.51 C-130J Mods A U 161,086 141,000 32,840 173,840

  • FY2026 · Enacted (Spend-plan allocation)

    Procurement · 3010 C-130J Mods · Mandatory

    $32,840,000as printed 32,840 ($ thousands)
    Department of War FY 2027 President's Budget, Procurement Programs (P-1) Office of the Under Secretary of War (Comptroller) · document Apr 21, 2026P.L. 119-21 spend plan, as reported in the FY2027 President's Budget (Apr 2026), column FY 2026 PL 119-21 Spend Plan
    Exhibit P-1, 3010 Aircraft Procurement, FY 2026 Discretionary FY 2026 PL 119-21 Spend FY 202, line 51 C-130J Mods, PDF page 236. Dollars in thousands. Column 'FY 2026 PL 119-21 Spend Plan'.51 C-130J Mods A U 161,086 141,000 32,840 173,840

  • FY2026 · Enacted (Appropriation)

    Procurement · 3010 C-130J · Discretionary

    $1,191,000,000as printed 1,191,000 ($ thousands)
    Department of War FY 2027 President's Budget, Procurement Programs (P-1) Office of the Under Secretary of War (Comptroller) · document Apr 21, 2026FY2027 President's Budget (Apr 2026), column FY 2026 Discretionary Enacted
    Exhibit P-1, 3010, line 11 3010 C-130J, PDF page 228. Dollars in thousands. Column 'FY 2026 Discretionary Enacted'.11 C-130J A U 1 414,005 7 1,191,000 1 287,060 8 1,478,060

  • FY2026 · Enacted (Spend-plan allocation)

    Procurement · 3010 C-130J · Mandatory

    $287,060,000as printed 287,060 ($ thousands)
    Department of War FY 2027 President's Budget, Procurement Programs (P-1) Office of the Under Secretary of War (Comptroller) · document Apr 21, 2026P.L. 119-21 spend plan, as reported in the FY2027 President's Budget (Apr 2026), column FY 2026 PL 119-21 Spend Plan
    Exhibit P-1, 3010, line 11 3010 C-130J, PDF page 228. Dollars in thousands. Column 'FY 2026 PL 119-21 Spend Plan'.11 C-130J A U 1 414,005 7 1,191,000 1 287,060 8 1,478,060

  • FY2026 · Enacted (Appropriation)

    RDT&E · 0401132F · Discretionary

    $18,684,000as printed 18,684 ($ thousands)
    RDT&E Programs (R-1), Department of War Budget, Fiscal Year 2027 Office of the Under Secretary of War (Comptroller) · document Apr 21, 2026FY2027 President's Budget (Apr 2026), column FY 2026 Discretionary Enacted
    Exhibit R-1, 3600F Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force, line 277 C-130J Program, PDF page 56. Dollars in thousands. Column 'FY 2026 Discretionary Enacted'.277 0401132F C-130J Program 07 U 34,261 18,684 18,684 16,628 16,628

  • FY2027 · Requested (President's budget)

    Procurement · 3010 C-130J Mods · Discretionary

    $315,308,000as printed 315,308 ($ thousands)
    Department of War FY 2027 President's Budget, Procurement Programs (P-1) Office of the Under Secretary of War (Comptroller) · document Apr 21, 2026FY2027 President's Budget (Apr 2026), column FY 2027 Discretionary Request
    Exhibit P-1, 3010 Aircraft Procurement, 27 Discretionary FY 2027 Mandatory, line 51 C-130J Mods, PDF page 237. Dollars in thousands. Column 'FY 2027 Discretionary Request'.51 C-130J Mods A U 315,308 315,308

  • FY2027 · Requested (President's budget)

    Procurement · 3010 C-130J · Discretionary

    $636,680,000as printed 636,680 ($ thousands)
    Department of War FY 2027 President's Budget, Procurement Programs (P-1) Office of the Under Secretary of War (Comptroller) · document Apr 21, 2026FY2027 President's Budget (Apr 2026), column FY 2027 Discretionary Request
    Exhibit P-1, 3010, line 11 3010 C-130J, PDF page 229. Dollars in thousands. Column 'FY 2027 Discretionary Request'.11 C-130J A U 636,680 636,680

  • FY2027 · Requested (President's budget)

    RDT&E · 0401132F · Discretionary

    $16,628,000as printed 16,628 ($ thousands)
    RDT&E Programs (R-1), Department of War Budget, Fiscal Year 2027 Office of the Under Secretary of War (Comptroller) · document Apr 21, 2026FY2027 President's Budget (Apr 2026), column FY 2027 Discretionary Request
    Exhibit R-1, 3600F Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force, line 277 C-130J Program, PDF page 56. Dollars in thousands. Column 'FY 2027 Discretionary Request'.277 0401132F C-130J Program 07 U 34,261 18,684 18,684 16,628 16,628

Every figure keeps its document, date, page or table, original unit and a short excerpt. Superseded figures stay on record. Amounts are exact; compact figures round.

Linked Awards988

USAspending awards reviewed as belonging to this program, matched on the exact award key, never on a similar name. Net obligations through Oct 6, 2026; later years are partial. The appropriation that paid for an award is not identified, so obligations are not compared with the enacted column.

Method

Four measures

Requested
What a budget request asked for. Not money Congress provided.
Enacted
What a law provided, or a spend plan's allocation of a law's lump sum.
Announced ceiling
The most a contract vehicle or agreement could be worth, as announced. Not spending.
Obligated
Net obligations on USAspending actions of the awards linked to the program. The funding account is not identified.

An announced ceiling is not spending

A contract vehicle's ceiling can go unused, and the ceilings of multiple-award vehicles overlap in purpose. DefDex lists each announced ceiling separately and does not add ceilings together or to requested, enacted or obligated dollars.

Figures come from the budget justification books, public laws and agency announcements named in the evidence table; where a source shows no amount the tracker says so rather than showing zero, and where DefDex has not yet checked a source it says that too. See the methodology for how federal obligations are counted.