Joint Cargo Aircraft

Abstract

The C-27J is a medium-size airlift aircraft that will provide flexible and responsive delivery of time sensitive and mission critical (TS/MC) equipment, supplies, and personnel to austere operating locations during contingency operations abroad, and in support of domestic homeland security and disaster response operations. The C-27J acquisition program began in FY07 as an Army-led joint program to acquire a commercial derivative aircraft capable of providing direct support airlift of TS/MC cargo to Army ground forces. A joint Army-Air Force source selection team chose the C-27J to provide this capability, and the Army awarded a firm fixed price (FFP) aircraft production and support contract to L3 Communications (L3Com) in June 2007. In FY10, the Air Force assumed full responsibility for the direct support airlift mission and sole responsibility for managing the C-27J acquisition program. Thirteen C-27J aircraft procured by the Army in FY07-09 will be transferred to the Air Force as part of the transition from a joint program to an Air Force-only program. FY11 Budget Justification: Provides for technical studies and analyses to investigate and recommend solutions for: 1) aircraft deficiencies identified during initial Product Qualification Testing (PQT), Live Fire Test & Evaluation (LFT&E), and Multi-Service Operational Test & Evaluation (MOT&E); 2) operational capability requirements identified by Air Mobility Command (AMC); 3) new technologies that could enhance C-27J operational effectiveness, survivability, and sustainability Provides for follow-on qualification testing and operational evaluation of aircraft design/configuration changes installed on C-27J aircraft Provides for updates to, and maintenance of C-27J aircraft airworthiness certifications Provides for the development of aircrew and maintenance training devices necessary to support C-27J pilot and loadmaster mission qualification training, and to support training of C-27J maintenance personnel Provides for program management office support of test and evaluation activities Funding for the C-27J acquisition program is contained in Budget Activity 05, as the C-27J is a new weapon system that has not been fully fielded.

Document Details

• Document Type: R2 Budgetary Justification
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2011
• Source ID: 0401138F_5_3600_PB_2011
• Service Agency Name: Air Force

Entities

Organizations

• United States Air Force

Tags

Communities of Interest

• Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

• Acquisition
• Air Force
• Aircraft Design
• Aircrafts
• Airworthiness
• Cargo Aircraft
• Contracts
• Cost Analysis
• Homeland Security
• Maintenance
• Maintenance Personnel
• Program Management
• Test And Evaluation
• Training
• Training Devices
• Transport Aircraft
• Weapon Systems

Readers

• Aerospace logistics and air mobility.
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