Attack and Utility Replacement Aircraft
Abstract
Attack and Utility Replacement Aircraft (AURA) is a USMC initiative to address vertical lift capability requirements and determine feasible and affordable solutions in support of the USMC Warfighter. 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 future dynamic battlespace. AURA offers evolutionary operational opportunities over current Vertical Take Off Landing (VTOL) aircraft with an anticipated Initial Operational Capability (IOC) of 2036. In order to reach this goal, anticipated efforts include achieving Milestone A, RFP development and Release, Source Selection, acquisition documentation, risk reduction initiatives, and contract award. 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, hydraulics, 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 platform software, the operating environment, and the on-aircraft infrastructure to facilitate integration of all subsystems and platform.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Project
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2021
- Source ID
- 3406_0604212N_5_1319_PB_2021
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