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 mid 2030s. 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 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.
Document Details
- Document Type
- R2 Budgetary Justification
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2025
- Source ID
- 0604292N_4_1319_PB_2025
- Change Summary Explanation
- Cost: FY 2025 funding request is increased since the previous President's Budget submission, $4.796 million for Future Vertical Lift (Maritime Strike) pre-Milestone A activities in preparation for a Milestone A (MS-A) decision. Technical: Not applicable. Schedule: Milestone A moves from 4Q FY 2024 to 4Q FY 2026.
- Service Agency Name
- Navy
Entities
Organizations
- United States Navy
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