CH-53K DoD Advanced Composite Maintainer’s TIM
CH-53K
Marine Heavy Lift Replacement
Dan Miller
CH-53K Deputy APMSE
301-342-4712
[email protected]
CH-53K Program Overview
17K lbs
Program Status
CHCH-53K
27K lbs
Day 2
Day 1
CHCH-53E
10K lbs
Day 3
Obj BA
Obj
52 NM
CH-53K
• ACAT ID
• Major Contract Actions
- Sikorsky Aircraft, SDD, CPIF, current LRE - $3.877B
- Sikorsky Aircraft, SDTA 1-4, (mod to SDD) CPIF, current LRE $484.89M
- General Electric, SDTA Engines, FFP, current LRE - $114.24M
• Program Milestones
Obj C
40 NM
Obj A
110 NM
• CH-53K enables future warfighting concepts
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Ground Test Vehicle Light Off - 23 December 2013
Shakedown commenced - 17 April 2014
Acquisition Strategy, Revision 2 approved 18 April 2014
Subsystem qualification underway
First Flight 27 October 2015
Defense Acquisition Board (LRIP Long Lead) - March 2016
OT-B1 - September 2016
Milestone C – February 2017
IOT&E – February 2019
IOC – July 2019
– Lift/Range to support the future Marine Air Ground Task
Force.
– Dual up-armored HMMWV and combat loaded crew for
vertical transport (~27,000 lbs)
– ~3 times the external lift capacity of the CH-53E
– Light Armored Vehicle (LAVA2) (~31,000 lbs)
– Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV, HMMWV replacement)
(~23,600 lbs)
• Improves Sustainability
• Inventory supports USMC expeditionary middleweight force concept
– 8 Active, 1 Reserve Squadrons = 200 A/C
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CH-53K Aircraft Configuration
Low Maintenance
Large Auxiliary
Rotor Head
Power Unit (APU)
New
Fly by Wire (FBW)
drive system
flight controls
Composite Main Rotor
Blades
New Tail Rotor Head / Blades
Improved
hydraulics
Improved
electrical
Three GE38 7,500
Shaft Horsepower
class engines
Integral Engine Air
Particle Separators
(EAPS)
12.0 inch
wider cabin
Integrated Vehicle
Health Monitoring
System (IVHMS)
Aircraft Survivability
Equipment
Refueling
probe
Improved landing gear
Glass cockpit
Forward Looking
Infrared (FLIR)
Ballistic
protection
Self defense
weapons
Single, Dual, Triple hook
Large composite sponsons
New build airframe
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CH-53K Helicopter Requirements
Requirements Document: ORD #AAS 34.6 Ch 4 / JROCM 142-10 of Sep 2010
Key Performance
Parameter (KPP)
Net Ready
Threshold (T) and Objective (O)
Satisfy 100% of net ready requirements designated as enterprise-level or
critical in the Joint Integrated Architecture (JIA) (T)
Satisfy 100% of net ready requirements in the JIA (O)
Range / Payload
(Navy High / Hot)
Mission Reliability
Unrefueled Mission radius 110 NM with a 27,000 lbs external load (T)
Unrefueled Mission radius 110 NM with a 30,000 lbs external load (O)
89% (T)
90% (O)
Logistics Footprint
(Air & Sea)
≤ the current CH-53E logistics footprint as defined in ORD (T)
Sortie Generation rate /
Average Sortie Duration
2.6 (Sorties per 10 hour mission period) / 2.25 (hours per sortie)
Survivability
Retain fly-away capability after damage imposed by the classified projectile
Force Protection
Provide protection to prevent life-threatening injuries for the
pilots and passengers against the classified projectile
10% reduction from current CH-53E logistics footprint (O)
within the mission description defined in ORD (T / O)
Projected to Meet All KPPs
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Improved Payload Efficiency
CH-53K Cabin Features
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Big Iron Static Ground Testing
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CH53K Production Plan
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Up and Away
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