USMC Concepts & Programs 2013 - Defense Innovation Marketplace

USMC Concepts & Programs 2013
Operational Impact
The KC-130J provides tactical air-to-air refueling
for fixed-wing, rotary-wing, and tilt-rotor aircraft;
rapid ground refueling of aircraft or tactical vehicles;
assault air transport of air-landed or air-delivered
(parachute) personnel and equipment; airborne command
and control augmentation; pathfinder support;
battlefield illumination; tactical aero-medical evacuation;
and is an enabler for tactical recovery of aircraft
and personnel.
In response to an Urgent Universal Need, the
Marine Corps has acquired a bolt-on/bolt-off Multi-
Sensor Imagery Reconnaissance (MIR)/Weapon Mission
Kit for KC-130J aircraft. This kit, known as Harvest
HAWK, rapidly reconfigures the KC-130J aircraft
into a platform capable of performing persistent MIR,
targeting and delivery of precision fires using Hellfire
as well as Griffin and Viper strike stand-off precision
guided munitions. The KC-130J brings increased capability
and mission flexibility to combat planning
and operations.
propeller system provides thirty percent more thrust,
twenty four percent faster time to climb and twenty
percent better fuel efficiency.
A state-of-the-art flight station and integrated advanced
defensive system enables fewer aircrew to perform
the same missions. Other improvements include
an advanced cargo ramp and door, capable of operating
at airspeeds up to two hundred fifty knots and an
improved air-to-air refueling system which enables increased
fuel transfer rates without requiring the installation
of the fuselage fuel tank. All active component
legacy KC-130 aircraft have been replaced with KC-
130Js. Once reserve component squadrons have transitioned
to the KC-130J, the Marine Corps will have one
type, model, and series of this versatile aircraft.
Program Status
The Marine Corps KC-130J requirement (active
and reserve) is seventy-nine aircraft. The KC-130J is
currently in production with forty-six aircraft delivered.
A forty-seventh KC-130J is on contract for delivery
by May 30, 2014. Initial Operational Capability was
achieved in February 2005.
Procurement Profile: FY 13 FY 14
Quantity: 0 2
Developer/Manufacturer:
Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company, Marietta, GA
CH-53K HEAVY LIFT HELICOPTER
Description
The CH-53K is critical to sea-based expeditionary
maneuver warfare for the Marine Corps of 2025.
As Marine Air Ground Task Force (MAGTF) equipment
gets heavier, demand for vertical heavy lift assets
increase. Heavier equipment, such as up-armored
High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles (HM-
MWVs), the future Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV),
and the Light Armored Vehicle (LAV) eliminate medium-lift
assets as lift platforms and increase demand for
the heavy-lift CH-53K.
The CH-53K provides the Marine Corps with the
ability to transport 36,000 pounds of external cargo
and is specifically designed to lift 27,000 pounds of
cargo up to 110 nautical miles in support of future
warfighting concepts. The CH-53K generates nearly
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