La USAF está intentando sustituir a uno 100 helicópteros HH-60G Pave Hawk por un nuevo diseño. El plan prevee conceder un contrato en 2012, y conseguir la capacidad operativa inicial en 2015 con ocho unidades. Los nuevos helicópteros deberán poder volar unas 250 millas (ida y vuelta), sin necesidad de reabastecerse, mantener una velocidad de 143 millas por hora y alcanzar los 6.000 pies de altura de vuelo a plena carga. Este programa, es el sucesor del cancelado por irregularidades contables. La USAF tiene la intención de adquirir nueve HH-60M en los próximos nueve años para reemplazar bajas.
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The U.S. Air Force is trying a second time to replace its approximately 100 HH-60G Pave Hawk rescue helicopters with a newly designed helicopter.The U.S. Air Force has come up with a new strategy to replace its aging HH-60G helicopter fleet. The new plan, released March 23 by the Aeronautical Systems Center, calls for awarding a contract in 2012 and reaching initial operational capability with eight aircraft by September 2015. No date has been set for replacing all HH-60Gs.
The new helicopter should be able to fly about 250 miles out and back without refueling, as well as reach a sustained speed of at least 143 mph and hover at 6,000 feet fully loaded.
The HH-60 recapitalization program is a successor to the canceled Combat Search and Rescue-X project, killed last year by Defense Secretary Robert Gates. A rescue version of Boeing's HH-47 Chinook won the CSAR-X competition in 2006, but the Air Force withdrew the contract award after the Government Accountability Office faulted the service's evaluation of entries from Boeing, Sikorsky and Lockheed Martin.
The Air Force also has a $313 million project to buy nine HH-60Ms in the next two years to replace HH-60Gs that are old or have been lost in crashes.
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