Army Rdt&E Budget Item Justification (R2 Exhibit)

By Department of Defense

Book Id: WPLBN0000015801
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Reproduction Date: 2005

Title:	Army Rdt&E Budget Item Justification (R2 Exhibit)
Author:	Department of Defense
Volume:
Language:	English
Subject:	Military, Armed Forces., National defense.
Collections:	Military and Armed Forces Library Collection
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Publisher:	Department of Defense


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Excerpt: A. Mission Description and Budget Item Justification. The Aviation Advanced Technology Development program element (PE) matures and demonstrates manned and unmanned rotary wing vehicle (RWV) technologies and systems in support of the Future Force and Joint Vision 2020, and, where feasible, exploits opportunities to enhance Current Force capabilities. Based on the Army Transformation, this PE investigates technologies applicable to all aviation systems, both manned and unmanned, while providing opportunities for technology insertion into the Current Force systems. Unmanned rotary wing vehicles bring unprecedented agility, maneuverability, and lethality to the Future Force while providing improved survivability and reduced sustainment costs. Within this PE, aviation technologies will be matured and integrated into realistic and robust demonstrations. Emphasis will be placed on maturing manned and unmanned teaming in combat and combat support operations for attack, reconnaissance, air assault, survivability, and command and control missions. Components and subsystems that enable increased system survivability, platform lift, maneuverability, agility, and endurance; autonomous flight; common mission equipment architecture; full spectrum effects; team-based intelligent mission operations; and manned / unmanned battlespace integration will be demonstrated. Major efforts within this PE include the A-160 Hummingbird component maturation and flight demonstrations; manned-unmanned system teaming demonstrations; manned-unmanned common architecture maturation; joint heavy lift concept exploration and full-spectrum aircraft survivability. This PE also supports the maturation and demonstration of major aviation subsystems in propulsion, drive-trains, aeromechanics and flight controls for future force manned and unmanned aviation systems in accordance with the Army Aviation Transformation Plan. Projects B97, BA7, and BA8 fund Congressional interest items. Upgrade activities of Department of Defense (D.O.D.) systems such as the AH-64 Apache, UH-60 Black Hawk, CH-47 Chinook; the U.S. Navy SH-60 Seahawk; and U.S. Marine Corps V-22 Osprey, AH-1 Cobra and CH-53 Super Stallion are supported by this PE. Related applied research is conducted under PE 0602211A (Aviation Technology). Aircraft survivability efforts in this PE are coordinated with PE 0603313A (Missile and Rocket Advanced Technology) and PE 0603270A (Electronic Warfare Technology). Efforts under this PE transition to programs supported by PE 0603801A (Aviation ... Advanced Development), PE 0604801A (Aviation ... Engineering Development) and PE 0604270A ...

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