SOF Rotary Wing Aviation/D615

Abstract

This program element develops/upgrades SOF rotary wing aircraft systems that operate in increasingly hostile environments. Rotary wing aircraft supported by this project include: MH-60L/K/M, MH-47D/E/G, and A/MH-6M. These aircraft provide aviation support to Special Operations Forces (SOF) in worldwide contingency operations and low-intensity conflicts. They must be capable of rapid deployment; undetected penetration of hostile areas; and operating at extended ranges under adverse weather conditions to infiltrate, provide logistics for, reinforce, and extract SOF. The threat is characterized by an extensive and sophisticated ground based air defense system and an upgraded air-to-air capability targeted against helicopters.

Document Details

• Document Type: R2 Budgetary Justification
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2011
• Source ID: 1160482BB_7_0400_PB_2011
• Change Summary Explanation: Funding: FY09: Increase of $0.040 million is due to restoration of congressional add funds transfered to Small Business Innovative Research account. FY10: Decrease is due to Section 8097 congressional general reduction (-$0.079 million). FY11: Increase of $14.473 million is due to the DoD not estimating FY 2011 cost when the FY 2010 President's Budget was prepared. Schedule: None. Technical: None.
• Service Agency Name: United States Special Operations Command

Entities

Organizations

• United States Special Operations Command

Tags

Communities of Interest

• Air Platforms
• Materials and Manufacturing Processes
• Sensors
• Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

• Air Defense
• Aircrafts
• Collision Avoidance
• Costs
• Defense Systems
• Deployment
• Detection
• Detectors
• Low Intensity Conflict
• Obstacle Avoidance Systems
• Optical Signatures
• Rapid Deployment
• Rotary Wing Aircraft
• Small Business
• Survivability
• Target Recognition
• United States

Readers

• Aerospace Engineering
• Irregular Warfare and Special Operations Cyberspace Operations against Adversarial Threats.