SOF Rotary Wing Aviation

Abstract

This program element develops SOF-unique modifications and upgrades to SOF rotary wing aircraft that operate in increasingly hostile environments. Rotary wing aircraft supported by this project include: MH-60L/M, MH-47G, 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, 2013
• Source ID: 1160482BB_7_0400_PB_2013
• Change Summary Explanation: FY 2011: Net increase of $40.512 million is due to a USSOCOM request for Congressional transfer of procurement to RDT&E ($19.292 million) for MH-60 SOF Modernization flight and qualification testing, a reprogramming of (-$4.086 million) to several program elements that were used for MH-60 SOF Modernization flight and qualification testing, a reprogramming (-$0.496 million) to the YMQ-18A Forester Advanced Concepts Technology Demonstration; an Omnibus reprogramming (FY11-25 PA , dated 6 September 2011) to support Hostile Fire Indication Systems: integration into the AVR-2B laser warning sensor ($9.600 million), a Hostile Fire Indication System fully fused extended user evaluation ($5.610 million), development of Degraded Visual Environment (DVE) ($6.0 million) and Multiple Impact Transparent Armor System (MITAS) ($5.650 million) to procure shipsets on MH-47s and MH-60s to increase aircrew and passenger safety; 1415-3 internal reprogramming request is pending to transfer the MITAS $5.650 million from RDT&E to procurement to procure shipsets; and economic adjustments of (-$0.171 million) and a transfer to Small Business Innovative Research (-$0.837 million). FY 2012: None. FY 2013: Net decrease of (-$11.121 million) is due to reprogramming to support higher command priorities (-$11.415 million), and economic assumption increase of $0.294 million. 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
• Ground and Sea Platforms
• Sensors
• Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

• Acoustic Detectors
• Air Defense
• Aircrafts
• Airframes
• Collision Avoidance
• Defense Systems
• Detection
• Detectors
• Helicopters
• Ignition Systems
• Optical Signatures
• Procurement
• Rotary Wing Aircraft
• Software Development
• Systems Engineering
• United States
• Warning Systems

Readers

• Aerospace Engineering
• Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.