A BIG LIFT
FIGURE 3
FVL is a joint and DOD initiative to address vertical lift capability requirements and determine feasible and affordable solutions in support of the joint warfighter beyond 2030.
DepSecDef-approved FVL strategic plan
FY09 FY12
Congress, NDAA directed outline of joint approach to development of future vertical lift aircraft
FY13 FY15
FVL family of systems ICD JROCM - Army designated as lead component
Identified need for initial FVL acquisition
TCM FVL & PM ITE/FVL established
FY16 FY17 AoA completion
Image Key: AoA: Analysis of alternatives ICD: Initial capabilities document
JROCM: Joint Requirements Oversight Council Memorandum
WHAT LIES AHEAD
The joint FVL program was created seven years ago to address vertical lift capability requirements and determine feasible solutions to support warfighters in 2030 and beyond. Among the key milestones for FVL are an RFP decision in FY19 and Milestone C 10 years later. Low-rate initial production for the first capability set is projected for 2030. (SOURCE: Vertical Lift Consortium)
MDD planned 1Q FY17 FY18 FY19 Milestone A RFP decision FY21 FY24 Milestone C Milestone B FY29
MDD: Materiel development decision
NDAA: National Defense Authorization Act
PM ITE/FVL: Project manager for
Improved Turbine Engine/Future Vertical Lift
RFP: Request for proposals
TCM FVL: TRADOC capability manager for FVL
Transparency in emerging requirements: Te VLC hosted two FVL concept of operations workshops for the FVL RIPT, with more than 40 VLC member organizations participating. A third workshop with the FVL AIPT focused on the business case analysis for FVL. Tese workshops garnered industry per- spective on the viability and affordability of pursuing specific combinations of operational requirements.
Rotorcraft cost modeling collaboration: VLC members col- laborated on cost modeling software to estimate design costs of future helicopters. An existing government standard cost model was expanded and calibrated using data from Bell Helicopter, Sikorsky and Boeing for the drive system from each of three rotorcraft (the UH-1Y Venom, the UH-60M Black Hawk and the CH-47 Chinook). Te model will be expanded further as more data become available. VLC also provided recommen- dations to the Army for improving existing cost models for estimating research and development costs of new concepts.
Joint common architecture: A key to the early success of the FVL effort is an enhanced and coordinated S&T program dedi- cated to maturing critical technologies identified by the FVL
114 Army AL&T Magazine July-September 2016
SIPT. Led by the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Research, Development and Engineering Center (AMRDEC), the Army’s Joint Multi-Role Technology Demonstrator (JMR-TD) is the flagship program anchoring the Army Aviation S&T portfo- lio. Te VLC collaborated with the JMR-TD project office to continue the development of version 1.0 of the joint common architecture reference architecture. Tis development effort defined the fundamental concepts and components of an air- craft software architecture and their relationships to guide the development of solution architectures.
Subject matter experts representing 10 VLC organizations pro- vided direct support to this development effort, and review and comment was provided from the broader VLC membership. Tese efforts have set the stage to pursue what is potentially the greatest opportunity for life cycle cost reduction across the FVL family of systems through software reuse, improved efficiency and flexibility in software integration and quicker and more effi- cient certification of software modifications.
Program efficiency: VLC also has been working to establish its other transaction agreement (OTA), a dedicated contracting
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