MH-60 Development
Abstract
The MH-60R/S program pursues upgrades and enhancements that pace the rapidly evolving threat and improve safety-of-flight for its pilots and aircrew. These efforts include improvements to existing sensors, avionics, communications, and navigation systems to include Identification Friend or Foe (IFF), the Multi-spectral Targeting System (MTS), the MH-60R radar equipped with Automatic Radar Periscope Detection and Discrimination (ARPDD), integration of the Joint Air-to-Ground Missile (obsolescence follow-on for Hellfire), the Sensor Operator Console, and MH-60R data-fusion capability. The program is also making incremental improvements to various airframe, flight safety, and mission-planning systems. Very High Frequency Omni Ranging (VOR)/Instrument Landing System (ILS), on schedule be installed on MH-60R aircraft commencing in FY 2019, adds precision approach and airways-navigation capability to the MH-60R, and it greatly expands crews' ability to navigate in adverse weather. MH-60R is the lead platform for integration of the Multifunctional Information Distribution System (MIDS) / Low Volume Terminal (LVT) Block Upgrade 2 (an FAA and NSA mandate). MH-60R/S research and development initiatives include the evaluation and validation of the platform's cybersecurity posture. The MH-60R/S program is pursuing capability studies on open hardware and software architectures, avionics, mission systems, and air-vehicle kinematic performance. The program is also pursuing efforts in support of the MH-60 Mid-Life Upgrade. FY 2020 budget request funds the following: 1. System Configuration 20 capability increases, including fuel management and safety, Advanced Offboard Electronic Warfare, and Multifunctional Information Distribution System Block Upgrade 2. 2. Development of critical aircraft survivability equipment upgrades, including the platform design for the integration of Distributed Aperture Infrared Counter Measures (DAIRCM). DAIRCM substantially improves the survivability of MH-60 aircraft, significantly enhancing the defense of high value units and enabling operations in high threat scenarios. 3. Development of Network Enabled Weapons capability, including the integration of J11 and J12.6 series messages within the MH-60 Link-16 architecture. These messages enable over-the-horizon targeting, enhance target sorting, and serve as a force multiplier in network enabled weapon engagements. 4. Initial requirements and architecture development for the integration of Minotaur mission management software. Minotaur is designed to increase track accuracy and provide cuing and improved displays to decrease operator workload. 5. Diminishing Manufacturing Sources and Material Shortages (DMSMS) engineering, replacement part development, and qualification testing for known and forecasted Airborne Low Frequency Sonar (ALFS) obsolete parts. These DMSMS solutions will provide considerations for cost reduction and improvement in reliability and performance. The obsolescence solutions will align with the Future Capabilities Roadmap to minimize duplication and align the Mid-Life Upgrade configuration changes with the needed solutions. 6. Developmental activities including capability studies, interoperability studies, and open hardware and software architectures definition in support of MH-60 Mid-Life Upgrade.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Project
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2020
- Source ID
- 1707_0604216N_5_1319_PB_2020
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