MV-22 Osprey

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MV-22 Osprey

• Col Keith Berzerk Birkholz
• APW-1

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Overview

• Background
• The Requirement
• Concept of Employment
• The Mission
• Programmatic Stuff
• Blocks
• VMX-22
• Transition

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Background

• The requirement for the V-22 was initially
  validated by the Chief of Naval Operations (CNO)
  in 1969.
• The requirement was last revalidated by JROC
  Memorandum 127-04, dated 20 Jul 04 for ORD Change
  4.

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MV Concept

• Medium Lift Replacement Aircraft
• CH-46E is 40 Years Old
• Supports Joint Functional Concepts
• Force Application
• Supports/Enables
• Expeditionary Maneuver Warfare (EMW) and Enhanced
  Networked Sea Basing
• Speed
• Survivability
• Lift (Internal and External)
• Combat Radius

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MV-22 vs CH-46E Performance Comparison w/ Wet
Wing Mod
Why We Want It

• Twice the Speed
• Three times the Payload
• Six times the Range

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Susceptibility/Vulnerability Relationship
Kill Chain
UNCLASSIFIED
VULNERABILITY
SUSCEPTIBILITY
DETECTION ACQUISITION AVOIDANCE
ENGAGEMENT HIT AVOIDANCE
I N T E L L I G E N C E M I S S I O N P L A N N
I N G
THREAT KILL TOLERANCE
THREAT SUPPRESSION
RANGE SPEED SIGNATURE CONTROL Radar Infrared
Visual Acoustic Electronic Emissions
COUNTERMEASURES SIGNATURE CONTROL Radar
Warning System Missile Launch Warning Countermea
sures
VULNERABILITY REDUCTION Fire Suppression Broom
Straw Controlled Wing Failure Ballistic
Tolerance CBRN Component Redundancy (with
Separation) Armor
Why We Want It
PLATFORM CHARACTERISTICS
SURVIVABILITY
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Threat Summary

• Systems Threat Assessment Report (STAR) up- dated
  in August 2004.
• Projected threats
• Small arms
• Rocket propelled grenades (RPG)
• Shoulder fired surface-to-air missiles (MANPADs)
• Anti-aircraft artillery
• Radio Frequency (RF) surface-to-air missiles
  (SAMs)
• High performance aircraft
• Directed energy weapons

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Reduced Vulnerability to Fire
7.62 mm Armor Piercing Incendiary
12.7 mm Armor Piercing Incendiary
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
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Vulnerability
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CV-22
CH-46E
V-22
CH-46E
CH-53E
CH-53E
V-22
CH-46E
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MV-22 Concept of Employment
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MV Evolutionary Acquisition

• Block A Safe and Operational Aircraft (Remain
  Training Assets)
• Improved IETMs
• Nacelle Redesign
• S/W Upgrades
• Block B Improved Effectiveness Suitability
  and Deployable
• Improved Effectiveness and Suitability
• Reliability Maintainability (RM) Improvements
• Training/Logistics Improvements
• Interim Gun System
• Block C Mission Enhancements and RM (POM-06
  Issues)
• Interoperability (PMA-209)
• Environmental Control System (ECS)
• Weather Radar
• Fwd Firing ALE-47 Buckets
• Hover Coupled Upgrades/Geo Reference Compare
• Block D Enhanced Capabilities/ Maturing
  Technologies (P3I)

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Block C/20 Breakdown
Common Priorities

• USMC POM-06 Issues
• Approach to Hover Upgrades
• Hover Coupled Upgrades
• Reserve Power (engine)
• ECS
• Landing Gear Isolation Valve
• EAPS Starter Valve
• Parking Brake light on ess bus
• Critical Azimuth (Unicom) pitch-up w/sideslip
• USAF Proposed POM-06 Issues
• Degraded Nav (Dual MC Failure)
• DMS
• SATCOM
• Great Circle
• Brakes
• Emergency Power
• High Alt Conversion
• Performance Calculator
• Fuel Dump Impingement

• MV Unique
• POM-06 Issue
• MV Weather Radar (MMR)
• Backup GPS
• ALE-47 Fwd Firing Buckets
• 1553 Troop Cdr Data Bus
• CPI
• NVG HUD Upgrades
• PMA-209 POM-06 Issue
• JTRS Cluster 4/Link 16

• CV Unique
• Proposed POM-06 Issues
• TF lt 50 KTS
• CV HUD
• Cabin Suitability
• Hover Perform Upgrades
• Coupled TF
• Supplemental 02
• LPI Transponder
• CSEL/GPRS
• ALSS Compatible O2
• JTRS Cluster 1
• Link 16 Cluster 1

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VMX-22 FunctionMarine Tiltrotor Operational
Test Evaluation Squadron 22

• Conduct Operational Test for V-22 Tilt Rotor
• Address future requirements
• Build operational tactics guide
• Develop training, tactics, procedures
• Sponsor tiltrotor issues and concepts of
  employment
• Prepare foundation for VMMT training syllabus
• Provide groundwork for follow on test and
  future
• tiltrotor versions

Tiltrotor Center of Excellence
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VMMT-204Marine Medium Tiltrotor Training
Squadron 204

• The Critical Piece of the Transition
• Instructors Currently Gaining Experience with VMX
• USMC USAF
• Ready For Training November 1, 2005 HMM-263
• Unit Transition from HMM to VMM
• 2 Squadrons per Year
• 100 Level Training, Producing T2Ps Copilots
• Advanced Tiltrotor Training Unit (ATTU)
• 200-400 Level Training, Core Capable Squadron
• Under Cognizance of VMMT-204

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Unit TransitionHMM to VMM
2006
2005
Fleet
2
Fleet
1
CY 07
CY 07-08
1. Earliest deployment (MARFOR decision).
2. DC (A) recommended (earliest to deploy).
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