Attack and Utility Replacement Aircraft
Abstract
Future Vertical Lift (FVL) is a Joint Department initiative to address vertical lift capability requirements and determine feasible and affordable solutions in support of the Joint Warfighter. The FVL Capability Set 3 (CS3) program, led by the Department of the Army, will develop and field a replacement for US Army and USMC aircraft with a more capable, maintainable, and reliable rotorcraft to meet the needs of the services. FVL will provide unmatched strategic, operational, and tactical agility to perform a multitude of missions currently unachievable by any conventionally configured rotorcraft. FVL will be a force multiplier with superior performance, payload, survivability, agility, endurance, and reliability that enables warfighters to win in a complex world. FVL offers revolutionary operational opportunities over current Vertical Take Off Landing (VTOL) aircraft and will field by 2031. The Marine Corps FVL requirements emphasize range and speed similar to the MV-22. FVL will increase the MAGTFs' capacity of long-range fires. FVL will utilize DOTmLPF-P that will include all facets of a program with particular focus on life-cycle cost reductions through common processes, support equipment, logistic support and component commonality utilizing non-materiel solutions, such as maintenance strategies, training solutions, and infrastructure requirements. The air vehicle will include primary mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, and structural components such as drivetrain, generators, landing gear, pumps, controls, seats, etc. The mission subsystems will include all on- and off-board components with embedded control software for those components that provide all mission functionality, cockpit displays, cockpit hardware subsystem controllers, and interfaces. The architecture will include the fundamental organization of the complete system, the processing method/component(s), the system level software, the operating environment, and the on-aircraft infrastructure to facilitate integration of all subsystems and platform. The Defense Authorization Act of 2009 mandated that the services address critical technologies for future development to include development of a detailed S&T plan and the development of a strategic plan that establishes Joint requirements and emphasizes development of common services requirements. In Sep 2012, the Deputy Secretary of Defense signed the FVL Strategic Plan that established oversight groups to develop a roadmap for vertical lift air vehicles and common system development. FVL is a new start in FY2018.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Project
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2018
- Source ID
- 3406_0604212N_5_1319_PB_2018
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