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 (MH-60R, MH-60S, and MQ-8C) reach service-life limits beginning in the late 2020s. The FVL (MS) program will develop and field more capable, maintainable and reliable crewed and uncrewed 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. The FVL-MS program is funded with FY21 and FY22 in order to prepare and conduct an AoA to address critical capability gaps; the USN anticipates MDD completion and the start of the AoA in the second quarter of FY22 with a nine-month completion mandate. FY 2023 request will support development of an Acquisition Strategy, Life Cycle Cost Estimate, Systems Engineering Plan, and a Life Cycle Sustainment 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, 2023
Source ID
0604292N_4_1319_PB_2023
Change Summary Explanation
Technical: Not applicable. Schedule: AoA updated from fourth quarter of FY 2021 to second quarter of FY 2022 start to align with OSD CAPE approval of AoA Study Plan. --- FY 2023 funding increase reflects the fact that the FY 2022 President’s Budget request did not include out-year funding.
Service Agency Name
Navy

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Navy

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • C4I
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Aerial Warfare
  • Aircrafts
  • Cost Estimates
  • Engineering
  • Helicopters
  • Human Systems Integration
  • Humanitarian Assistance
  • Life Cycle Costs
  • Life Cycles
  • Navy
  • Program Management
  • Reliability
  • Rotary Wing Aircraft
  • Systems Engineering
  • Systems Management
  • Test And Evaluation

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Enterprise Information Systems Architecture and Joint Command Capability Interoperability Support.
  • Maritime and Naval Warfare Studies

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics

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