1. CH-53K Marine Heavy Lift Replacement
Dan Miller
CH-53K Deputy APMSE

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CH-53K Program Overview
Program Status
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
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
CH-53K enables future warfighting concepts
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 middle-weight force concept
8 Active, 1 Reserve Squadrons = 200 A/C
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3. CH-53K Aircraft Configuration
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4. CH-53K Helicopter Requirements
Requirements Document: ORD #AAS 34.6 Ch 4 / JROCM of Sep 2010
Projected to Meet All KPPs
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5. Improved Payload Efficiency CH-53K Cabin Features
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6. Big Iron Static Ground Testing
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CH53K Production Plan
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Up and Away
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