Attack and Utility Replacement Aircraft

Abstract

Attack and Utility Replacement Aircraft (AURA) is a Joint Department initiative to address vertical lift capability requirements and determine feasible and affordable solutions in support of the Joint Warfighter. The AURA 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. AURA will provide unmatched strategic, operational, and tactical agility to perform a multitude of missions currently unachievable by any conventionally configured rotorcraft. AURA will be a force multiplier with superior performance, payload, survivability, agility, endurance, and reliability that enables warfighters to win in a complex world. AURA offers revolutionary operational opportunities over current Vertical Take Off Landing (VTOL) aircraft and will field by 2031. The Marine Corps AURA requirements emphasize range and speed similar to the MV-22. AURA will increase the Marine Air Ground Task Force's (MAGTF) capacity of long-range fires. AURA 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. JUSTIFICATION FOR BUDGET ACTIVITY: This program is funded under SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT AND DEMONSTRATION because it includes those projects that have passed Milestone B approval and are conducting engineering and manufacturing development tasks aimed at meeting validated requirement prior to full-rate production decision.

Document Details

• Document Type: Project
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2020
• Source ID: 3406_0604212N_5_1319_PB_2020

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Fields of Study

• Engineering

Readers

• Logistics and Supply Chain Management.
• Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.
• Military Science and Technology Research and Modernization.