AV-8B Aircraft - Engine Dev
Abstract
The program provides AV-8B Design, Development, Integration and Test of various platform improvements such as: Engine Life Management Program (ELMP), Escape Systems, Joint Mission Planning System (JMPS), and Block upgrades to various mission systems communications system, navigation equipment, weapons carriage and countermeasures, and Aircraft Handling/Readiness Management Plan (RMP). The JMPS is required as part of the DON directed migration to a common Navy and Marine Corps mission planning system. A/C Handling and performance represents all engineering activities for development and design to support aircraft safety flight clearance and concept exploration to support POM objectives. The program's Evolutionary Acquisition Strategy includes Design, Development, Integration and Test activities under the consolidated effort of Block Developments: H5.0, H6.0, H7.0 and follow-on block upgrades. H5.0 provides weapons carriage capability of the Litening pod on centerline/station 4 and also delivers Dual Mode Laser Guided Bomb capability. H6.0 block upgrade will provide weapons carriage expansion through the Digital ITER program and will also deliver critical improvements to aircraft survivability equipment. H7.0 Block upgrade will integrate GPS Navigation and approach capabilities as well as providing improvements to the navigation and interrogation suite. The ELMP is a comprehensive plan to increase safety of flight and operational readiness of the AV-8B F402-RR-408 Engine and accessories. PMA-257 will accomplish this mission by conducting Engineering Project Description (EPD) investigations and performing a series of planned Accelerated Simulated Mission Endurance Test (ASMET) to derive engineering improvements to the engine. The Escape System qualifies an improved ejection seat to reduce the risk of injury to aircrew. The RMP is required to ensure the AV-8B air vehicle's sustained mission availability, and safe and reliable operational readiness until end of service. Air vehicle sustainment requires component and system analyses, technical planning, identification and diagnosis of problems and the development, testing and flight clearance of engineering solutions in the areas of flight and crew safety, structural integrity, obsolescence, systems reliability and maintainability, inventory preservation, alternative mission development, or other emergent material or equipment conditions affecting AV-8B systems readiness. Activities include research/analysis for system safety deficiency corrections, fuel system safety improvements, structural analyses, monitoring and integrity analysis, component obsolescence analyses including development of display computer and air data computer replacement, alternatives explorations for aging equipment, reliability improvement analyses and design developments. FY2009 and FY2010 funding was realigned from P.E. 0205633N, PU 3189, for Digital Improved Triple Ejector Rack (D-ITER).
Document Details
- Document Type
- R2 Budgetary Justification
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2011
- Source ID
- 0604214N_5_1319_PB_2011
- Change Summary Explanation
- Technical: Not applicable. Schedule: Not applicable. FY11 from previous President's Budget is shown as zero because no FY11-15 data was presented in President's Budget 2010.
- Service Agency Name
- Navy
Entities
Organizations
- United States Navy
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