CV-22
Abstract
This project supports integration, design, development, rapid prototyping, and test to provide improved capabilities to include, but not limited to: more robust performance in situational awareness (SA); intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR), weapons, avionics; Special Operations Forces (SOF) communications; defensive/survivability systems; interoperability; speed and maneuverability; mission deployment and improved reliability and maintainability of the CV-22 platform. The CV-22 Osprey is a SOF variant of the V-22 vertical medium lift, multi-mission aircraft. The CV-22 provides long-range, high speed, all weather, 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 as stated in the 2022 National Defense Strategy (NDS). These capabilities are not currently provided by other existing SOF vertical lift aircraft. Funding supports the following CV-22 requirements: CV-22 SOF Common Terrain Following (TF) / Terrain Avoidance (TA) Silent Knight Radar (SKR), Block 20 Development, Reliability Improvements, and Test Aircraft Flying Hours and Maintenance. SOF Common TF/TA SKR supports development of the CV-22 SOF Common TF/TA SKR Operational Flight Program (OFP) software, and development of CV-22 platform software and hardware to support integration and testing. This effort provides radar improvements for long range, night/adverse weather, clandestine penetration of medium-to-high threat areas for infl, exfil, and resupply of SOF forces. The more sustainable and capable radar, the APQ-187, replaces the obsolete APQ-186 TF/TA radar currently integrated on CV-22 aircraft. Block 20 Development supports design, integration, and testing of CV-22 avionics upgrades and correction of deficiencies to include, but not limited to electronic warfare upgrades, improved crew interface functionality, weapon systems, and Airborne Mission Networking (AbMN). Efforts include incremental development to improve capabilities to include, but not limited to situational awareness, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance, weapons, SOF communications, avionics, interoperability and defensive/survivability systems. Reliability Improvements supports design, integration, test and validation of system, and sub-system, reliability enhancements to meet required aircraft availability and operational requirements. Reliability Improvements accelerate fielding and retrofitting system design improvements directly increasing CV-22 fleet readiness. Test Aircraft Flying Hours and Maintenance supports developmental flight testing and maintenance of the test CV-22 aircraft to ensure integration of the CV-22 SOF Common TF/TA SKR. Efforts include conducting developmental test flights and maintenance required to generate the aircraft for test sorties.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Project
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2024
- Source ID
- SF200_1160403BB_7_0400_PB_2024
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