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Product Name: HH-47 CSAR-X (Combat Search and Rescue) Helicopter
Product Description
Boeing has proposed the advanced HH-47 CSAR-X tandem rotor aircraft
as its entry in the U.S. Air Force combat search and rescue aircraft program.
Built on a new airframe, the Boeing HH-47 CSAR-X rescue aircraft is equipped
with advanced countermeasures and survivability enhancements similar to those
utilized in U.S. Army Special Operations MH-47G rotorcraft, known as the
Special Operations Chinook, which is currently in production.
HH-47 Capabilities
- An affordable, low risk, highly capable platform with a proven operational
and logistics track record; compliant with key performance parameters and
incorporates the advanced functionality to perform demanding CSAR missions
- Multi-mission capable platform with significant combat experience, at high
altitudes, in austere environments and with limited visibility
- The Air Force CSAR version will be a new build aircraft that meets all
Block 0 requirements and will require minimal upgrades to meet Block 10
requirements
- Key features include a net-ready cockpit, forward-looking infrared radar,
terrain-following-terrain avoidance radar, and in-flight refueling
capability
- Improved power, avionics, vibration reduction and transportability
enhancements will also distinguish the HH-47 CSAR-X model
- Improved digital maps, greater situational awareness, mission planning and
management capability enable flight crews to conduct missions with pinpoint
accuracy
- In use by military worldwide including the Netherlands Air Force, United
Kingdom's Royal Air Force, Egyptian Air Force and the defense forces of
Singapore, Japan, Australia and many more
Program Status
- Boeing's offer was submitted in November 2005
- A flight performance and cabin suitability demonstration was completed
using two MH-47Gs leased from USSOCOM
- An Air transportability evaluation was completed in December 2005 that
demonstrated the ability to prepare the HH-47 for strategic airlift and
re-build it to a flight worthy configuration in under three hours at each
end
- Proposal effort is currently in the Evaluation Notice (EN) phase
- Source select announcement is expected August 2006 with a stated Initial
Operational Capability of 2012
- If Boeing is selected, the HH-47 would be built at the Boeing Integrated
Defense Systems' rotorcraft manufacturing facility in Ridley Park, Pa., home
of Boeing's MH-47G Special Operations Chinook program
- Competition is the Sikorsky S-92 and Lockheed Martin / AgustaWestland
US-101
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