Constrained by low-rate procurement, the Marine Corps MV-22 fielding plan must effectively employ both the CH-46 and MV-22 to meet its medium lift assault support requirements during a fourteen-years transition period to ensure a rapid build-up of combat readiness and the innovative employment of this tilt rotor aircraft. The Marine Corps' efforts to procure a medium lift replacement aircraft with significant improvements in range, speed, and survivability have finally paid-off After nineteen official studies, seven Cost of Operational Effectiveness Analysis(COEA) and at one point faced with complete cancellation, the MV-22 program began Low Rate Initial Production in 1997. The first two production aircraft are scheduled to be delivered to VMMT- 204, the Fleet Readiness Squadron in 1999. However, after numerous acquisition battles the over past twenty years, the V-22 program hardly resembles its initial joint acquisition plan. Lower production has resulted in increased costs and longer procurement. Today, the MV-22s' procurement plan spans fifteen years from 1999 to 2014. The Marine Corps' medium lift helicopters have continued to age while inventory shortfalls have expanded. The MV-22 fielding plan is complicated by a prolonged procurement plan and the urgent need to replace the Marine Corps' aging medium lift fleet. Marine Corps medium lift requirements will be supported by the combination of its current medium% lift fleet and new MV-22 for many years. An effective fielding plan should allow these aircraft to be employed in a method that best utilizes their capabilities, particularly as combat readiness in the MV-22 fleet continues to expand. Premature and improper tasking of the MV-22 could lead to delays in building combat readiness and impede the innovative employment of tilt rotor technology.
MV-22 Osprey Transition: Bridging the Gap in Medium Lift Assault Support
1999
36 pages
Report
Keine Angabe
Englisch
Aeronautics , Combat readiness , Marine corps aircraft , Production , Employment , Survivability , Assault , Costs , Procurement , Delay , Replacement , Accumulation , Rotors , Battles , Tilt , Marine corps operations , Marine corps , Acquisition , Mv-22 aircraft , Osprey , Ch-46 aircraft
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