Future Vertical Lift (Maritime Strike)

Abstract

Future Vertical Lift (Maritime Strike) (FVL (MS)) directs a Naval Aviation initiative to close key warfighting gaps and recapitalize capabilities lost when legacy rotary wing platforms (MQ-8C, MH-60S, and MH-60R) reach service-life limits beginning in the late 2020s. The FVL (MS) program will develop and field more capable, maintainable and reliable manned and unmanned rotorcraft systems to meet the needs of the Navy. FVL (MS) will be a key component of Distributed Maritime Operations (DMO) which will add warfighting capabilities in long-range Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance, and Targeting (ISR&T), Surface Warfare, Undersea Warfare (Anti-Submarine Warfare and Mine Warfare), Air Warfare, Electronic Warfare, Naval Special Warfare, Personnel Recovery, Patient Movement, Humanitarian Assistance/Disaster Relief and Combat Logistics. The activities conducted under this program will contribute to the acquisition documentation required to support a Milestone A (MS-A) decision and enable Technology Maturation and Risk Reduction (TMRR) key activities. These efforts will enable timely development of a system that provides best value and capability to the warfighter while maintaining effective and efficient war fighting capability in support of the Navy's 30-year Aviation Plan. JUSTIFICATION FOR BUDGET ACTIVITY: This program is funded under ADVANCED COMPONENT DEVELOPMENT AND PROTOTYPES because it includes all efforts necessary to evaluate integrated technologies, representative models or prototype systems in a high fidelity and realistic operating environment.

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Document Details

Document Type
R2 Budgetary Justification
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2021
Source ID
0604292N_4_1319_PB_2021
Change Summary Explanation
Technical: Not applicable. Schedule: Added FVL (MS) Analysis of Alternatives (AoA) Study to assess the technical feasibility with the intent to develop the next generation of Naval rotary wing aircraft family of systems.
Service Agency Name
Navy

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Navy

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • C4I
  • Electronic Warfare
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Aerial Warfare
  • Aircrafts
  • Cost Estimates
  • Costs
  • Engineering
  • Helicopters
  • Humanitarian Assistance
  • Life Cycles
  • Military Organizations
  • Navy
  • Program Management
  • Rotary Wing Aircraft
  • Submarine Warfare
  • Systems Engineering
  • Undersea Warfare
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.
  • Maritime and Naval Warfare Studies
  • Military Science and Technology Research and Modernization.

Technology Areas

  • Autonomy
  • Autonomy - UAVs
  • Microelectronics

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