Aviation Systems
Abstract
SF100 Aviation Systems Advanced Development: This project provides for the development, rapid prototyping, demonstration, and integration of current and maturing technologies for Special Operations Forces (SOF) - unique aviation and training requirements. Timely application of SOF- unique technology is critical and necessary to meet requirements in such areas as: SOF common avionics; SOF Common Terrain Following/Terrain Avoidance (TF/TA) radar, best known as Silent Knight Radar (SKR) or AN/APQ-187; Defensive Countermeasures; Electronic Warfare (EW) - Radio Frequency Countermeasures (RFCM); Precision Strike Package (PSP); PSP High Energy Laser (HEL); AC-130H/W/U and MC-130E/H/P Recapitalization, and other SOF airborne platforms; digital terrain elevation data and electronic order of battle; digital maps; Tactical Mission Networking (TMN), formerly known as Airborne Mission Networking (AbMN); near real-time Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR); data fusion; threat detection and avoidance; navigation, target detection, and identification technologies; weapons integration; digital broadcast capabilities; aerial refueling; survivability; mission systems automation and ISR payload technological improvements with size, weight, power and integration onto all SOF unmanned aircraft system (UAS) ISR platforms. SF200 CV-22 Development/Test and Evaluation: The CV-22 is a SOF variant of the V-22 vertical medium lift, multi-mission aircraft. The CV-22 project provides long range, high speed, infiltration (infil), exfiltration (exfil), and resupply to SOF teams in hostile, denied, and politically sensitive areas. This is a capability not currently provided by other existing aircraft. The funding in this project supports integration, design, development, rapid prototyping, and test to provide improved capabilities to include, but not limited to, more robust performance in situational awareness, ISR, weapons, avionics, SOF communications, defensive/survivability systems, interoperability, speed and maneuverability, mission deployment and improved reliability and maintainability of the CV platform. CV-22 SOF Common TF/TA SKR provides long-range, night/adverse weather, clandestine penetration of medium-to-high threat areas to infil, exfil, and resupply SOF forces. Provides a more sustainable/capable replacement to the obsolescing and technology limited TF/TA AN/APQ-174/186 Multi-Mode Radar (MMR). The Full-azimuth Defensive Weapon System (FDWS), in combination with the ramp-mounted gun, provides a ~360 degree field of fire to suppress/eliminate enemy targets. The FDWS integrates the fielded GAU-17 belly gun system currently employed on the United States Marine Corps (USMC) MV-22 aircraft with the SOF peculiar Color Helmet Mounted Display (CHMD) and cockpit firing controls for pilot operation. CV-22 Reliability Improvements designs, integrates, tests and validates system, and sub-system, reliability improvement enhancements to meet required aircraft availability and operational requirements. This incremental development will accelerate the fielding and retrofit of system design improvements directly increasing CV-22 fleet readiness and aircraft availability. SF300: Armed Overwatch: Armed Overwatch provides SOF with deployable, affordable, and sustainable aircraft systems capable of executing Close Air Support (CAS), Precision Strike, and Armed Intelligence, Surveillance & Reconnaissance (Armed ISR) requirements in austere and permissive environments for use in Irregular Warfare operations in support of the National Security Strategic Guidance. The funding in this project supports integration, and testing of SOF-unique capabilities and Aircraft Certification efforts. S750 Mission Training and Preparation Systems: The Special Operations Mission Planning and Execution (SOMPE) project funds the definition, design, development, rapid prototyping, integration, and testing of SOMPE systems to support mission planning, rehearsal, and execution requirements to meet SOF-unique mission requirements and correct deficiencies in current mission planning, rehearsal, and execution capabilities. The Mission Training and Preparation Systems project also includes program management, systems engineering, configuration management, architecture development, risk reduction, and trade study initiatives, as well as initiatives to assure interoperability and commonality between diverse mission planning, rehearsal, and execution systems. S875 AC/MC-130J: The AC/MC-130J project funds core SOF-unique modifications to replace aging/retired AC-130H Spectre, AC-130W Stinger II, AC-130U Spooky, MC-130E Combat Talon I, MC-130P Combat Shadow, MC-130H Combat Talon II aircraft. The 8 AC-130H Spectre, 12 AC-130W Stinger II and 17 AC-130U Spooky airframes will be replaced with MC-130J aircraft modified with the PSP to achieve the AC-130J configuration. The AC-130J aircraft will provide close air support, air interdiction, and armed reconnaissance capability. The 14 MC-130E Combat Talon I, 23 MC-130P Combat Shadow, and 24 MC-130H Combat Talon II airframes will be replaced by MC-130J Commando II aircraft with SOF mission modifications. The MC-130J Commando II aircraft provide clandestine single or multi-ship low-level aerial refueling for special operations helicopters and CV-22 aircraft; and conducts airdrops of leaflets, small special operations teams, resupply bundles, and combat rubber raiding craft. The Air Force procures and fields the basic aircraft, common support equipment, and trainers for United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM). Incremental upgrade and agile software delivery approaches will be used to rapidly prototype, integrate and mature SOF capabilities onto the aircraft. SOF capabilities include, but are not limited to: AbMN, data fusion, threat detection and avoidance, integrated terrain following/terrain avoidance, electronic warfare, and embedded training. Integrating and automating SOF mission systems that deliver these capabilities is critical to fielding SOF-capable AC/MC-130J aircraft to recapitalize Air Force Special Operations Command’s (AFSOC) legacy C-130 fleet. D615 Rotary Wing Aviation: This project provides for the development, rapid prototyping, demonstration, and integration of current and maturing technologies for SOF-unique rotary wing aviation and training requirements. This project includes modifications to Aircraft Survivability Equipment (ASE), avionics, and weapons systems to counter rapidly emerging threats, address cyber security, improve lethality and enhance aircraft self-protection in contested environments. Efforts include aircraft sensor data fusion via a common mission processor to create a one world model that serves as a central node for multi-application capability with potential growth in the areas of situational awareness, safety, lethality, and survivability and cross platform synergy. Rotary wing aircraft supported by this project include: MH-60M, MH-47G, A/MH-6, and Future Vertical Lift (FVL). These aircraft provide aviation support to SOF in worldwide contingency operations and low-intensity conflicts. They must be capable of rapid deployment, undetected penetration of hostile areas, and operations at extended ranges under adverse weather conditions to infiltrate, provide logistics for, reinforce, and extract SOF in the multi-domain operations (MDO) environments and against near peer threats. The anti-access/area denial (A2/AD) threat is characterized by an extensive and sophisticated ground based air defense system and an upgraded air-to-air capability targeted against helicopters. These technologies will be pursued via rapid prototyping efforts when appropriate. The FY 2022 funding request was reduced by $9.492 million to account for the availability of prior execution balances. FY 2022 Fiscal Balancing: -$1.323 million decrease is attributed to the reductions necessary to accommodate budget realities and directed strategy driven changes. Reduces development and testing of the next generation Mission Planning Software suite.
Document Details
- Document Type
- R2 Budgetary Justification
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2022
- Source ID
- 1160403BB_7_0400_PB_2022
- Change Summary Explanation
- Funding: FY 2020: Net decrease of $11.037 million is due to transfer of funds to Small Business Innovative Research/Small Business Technology Transfer (SBIR/STTR) reductions (-$9.253 million); increase to Degraded Visual Environment (DVE) for ($0.086 million), increase TF/TA radar for ($0.130 million) and decrease of funding to ASE due to transfer of funds to Digital Ecosystems to address emerging threats (-$2.000 million). FY 2021: Net increase of $19.811 million is due to a Congressional directed transfer to Armed Overwatch RDT&E ($20.000 million) and an undistributed Congressional reduction (-$0.189 million). FY 2022: Net increase of $28.598 million is due to the following: an increase for the continued development of ASE enhancements required to counter emerging threats ($7.065 million); an increase in Future Vertical Lift (FVL) to continue early engineering analysis for SOF Modifications to Future Long Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA) and Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA) ($5.803 million); RFCM fact of life scope increase as the program transitions to spiral development of future system enhancements ($2.452 million); an increase for the High Energy Laser (HEL) to complete AHEL lab integration and ground testing in FY 2022 ($1.490 million); an increase in Armed Overwatch for the integration and testing of SOF-unique capabilities and aircraft certification efforts ($22.952 million); an increase in SOMPE for the integration of XPlan core and tactical applications capabilities into the TAK product line for efficiency, common interface, common training and cost savings ($0.679 million); a decrease in CV-22 due to transition into final phases of integration/testing of CV-22 SOF Common TF/TA SKR Operational Flight Program software development and integration (-$2.702 million); and a decrease was made available to support emerging critical Command requirements (-$9.141 million). Schedule: None. Technical: None.
- Service Agency Name
- United States Special Operations Command
Entities
Organizations
- United States Special Operations Command
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