Mission Processor Upgrade (MPU), Program Number 846
Abstract
The specialized equipment for these missions must be capable of worldwide rapid deployment and operations in contested or anti-access/area denial (A2/AD) environments in support of Multi-Domain Operations. Provides for non-recurring engineering, systems engineering/testing, and future aircraft architecture studies that support replacement and upgrade of the current mission and video processors for all Army Special Operations Aviation (ARSOA) rotary wing aircraft. Upgrading all internal processors increases the processing power to support critical functionality and emerging technologies that will be integrated into the aircraft operational flight program. MPU enables the enhancement in processing and memory resources required to incorporate future functionality within the aircraft. This includes replacement of ground-based navigation aids, advanced large area displays, processors with greater computing power, secured & removable storage, machine learning capabilities, precision timing devices in Global Positioning System (GPS)-denied environment, further advancement of cognitive decision aiding system that fuses information on threat, route, weather, terrain, and friendly forces, instantaneously adjusting an aircraft’s route to protect the flight crew in hazardous weather, low level conditions, night conditions, and the next generation ARSOA cockpit. Furnishes the progression to protect aircraft and aircrew from cyber security threats from real-time flight monitoring and prevention capabilities.oThis Special Operations Aviation Mission Equipment is a commodities product shared across the Special Operations Rotary Wing aircraft to provide navigation, communication and aircraft protection. These products ensure the Special Operations Rotary Wing aircraft are safely able to provide long-range, high speed, all weather, close air support (CAS), precision strike, reconnaissance, infiltration (infil), exfiltration (exfil), and resupply of SOF teams in hostile, denied, and politically sensitive areas that allows the Joint Force to be more agile and responsive to combat missions, Irregular Warfare and Military Operations Other than War (MOOTW) as stated in the 2022 National Defense Strategy (NDS).
Document Details
- Document Type
- Accomplishment
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2024
- Source ID
- 7086ff5847b093fad3629b565995f1f6
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