The U.S. Navy Wants A New Helicopter

An MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter transports supplies over the guided-missile cruiser USS Gettysburg (CG-64) in the Middle East. US Navy Photo

Navy To Work With Army On Next Generation Helicopter Program -- USNI

The U.S. Navy is participating in the U.S. Army’s Future Vertical Lift (FVL) program to develop an eventual replacement for its Sikorsky MH-60R and MH-60S Seahawk fleets.

“We’re looking out into the future as well to see what we want to have,” Rear Adm. Mike Manazir, the Navy’s director of air warfare, told USNI News in a Dec. 20 interview.
“Our participation in the Future Vertical Lift effort is to marinize the high-end technology that is out there.”

The FVL program aims to develop a family of high-speed rotorcraft that are much faster and have far greater range than existing helicopters for the 2030s.

Four industry teams led by Sikorsky, Bell, Karem and AVX are designing aircraft under the Army’s Joint Multi-Role (JMR) precursor program to refine their concepts.

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My Comment: In an era of severe budget cuts .... the U.S. Navy is very optimistic that they will get there way.