Joint High Speed Vessel JHSV Program Overview

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Joint High Speed Vessel (JHSV) Program
Overview SNAME SD-5 IHS
28 September 2006
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DoD High Speed Vessels
SWIFT
SPEARHEAD
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Fleet Ops .
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Platform History

• Program based on 5 years of experience with
  leased vessels
• Joint Venture
• Westpac Express
• Spearhead
• Swift
• Army Navy/Marine programs merged into Navy-led
  acquisition program
• PEO Ships (PMS-325) tasked with procuring Army
  and Navy ships

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Employment History

• OIF
• OEF
• JTF HOA support
• UNIFIED ASSISTANCE
• KATRINA Relief Ops
• Lebanon Support
• SOCOM GWOT missions
• Exercises in all COCOMs

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Operational Employment
JTF KATRINA OPS
Operation IRAQI FREEDOM
UNIFIED ASSISTANCE
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Operational Employment
Beirut, Lebanon
Cyprus
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Operational Employment
KATRINA
Bahrain
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Seabasing Littoral Maneuver
JLOTS Support
At-sea ship-to-ship transfer
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Access
RRDF Ops
Austere port ops
Degraded port ops East Timor
Quay wall offload Kenya (JTF HOA)
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Multi-Mission Utility
Maneuver of mechanized units
Sustainment
Riverine Ops
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HSV Flight Ops
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HSV Flight Ops
JTF KATRINA OPS
UNIFIED ASSISTANCE
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Program Status

• Initial Capabilities Document (ICD)
• Analysis of Alternatives (Dec 05)
• Milestone A (Apr 06)
• Capability Development Document (CDD)
• In JCIDS staffing as of 31 Jul 06
• Performance Specification development
• In development concurrent with CDD
• Industry Day 13 Sep 06
• Milestone B/DDC Award - 2QFY08

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Acquisition Constraints

• Cost is a KPP
• Lead ship acquisition cost capped at 210M,
  follow ships at 170M (FY08 dollars)
• Commercial, non-developmental acquisition
• Single platform design to support all services
• Lead ship award NLT 2QFY08
• JHSV is not a combatant will be built to
  commercial survivability standards
• JHSV weight sensitive added features detract
  from overall performance

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JHSV Capabilities

• Austere port access
• Mobility speed, range, payload
• Mission Operating Environment
• Minimal manning
• Habitability support for crew and mission
  personnel
• Mission Deck and Cargo Handling to support combat
  ready troops and equipment
• Aviation support

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JHSV Capabilities

• Crew-served weapons/Self-defense
• Command Control
• At least Open Architecture Computing Environment
  (OACE) level 3
• Refueling at sea
• 20-year service life

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Requirements Overview

• Ship size design to ensure austere port access
• Length less than 450 ft
• Panamax
• Navigation Draft less than 15 ft
• Draft includes thrusters (if provided)
• Mobility - Speed, Range, and Payload
• Loaded Transport at least 600 st of cargo, 1200
  nm at 35 knots (average speed) without refueling
  in SS3
• Unloaded Transit at least 4700 nm at 25 knots
  (average speed) without refueling
• Cargo includes embarked personnel and their
  equipment any mission specific equipment (with
  mission equipment related stores)

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Top Level Requirements

• Operating Environment
• Operate in SS5
• Survive at best speed/heading in SS7
• Air temps of 10 105 degree (F), relative
  humidity 50

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Manning and Habitability

• Crew design to minimize crewing requirement,
  maximum of 37
• Dedicated berthing area for mixed gender crew
• Seating - 312 passengers for 96 hours
• Some seats may be removable to make room for
  temporary berths
• Mission Berthing 150 passengers for at least 14
  days
• Up to 30 berths may be temporary and installed in
  place of some seating
• Galley and Mess area
• Support seating 60 people at a time
• Short term feeding may use tray pack rations,
  long term require fresh meals

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Mission Deck

• At least 20,000 sqft usable area
• Minimum 12,000 sqft in aft portion of mission
  deck must have at least 156 overhead clearance
• Capable of handling military vehicles including
  M1A2 tank, MTVR truck, Expeditionary Fighting
  Vehicle (EFV), 20 foot containers (TEUs)
• Designed to minimize onload/offload times
  (traffic patterns, obstructions, turning lanes)
• Services
• Mission module stations (power, LAN)
• Service Panels (potable water, LP air)
• Tie downs
• Air recirculation

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Cargo Handling

• Ramp
• Capable of supporting M1A2 tank
• Capable of offloading astern through 40 degrees
  to one side
• Capable of offloading M1A2 to lighterage (RRDF)
  in SS1
• Rapid deployment (5 min) and retraction (10 min)
• Move 27k pounds between mission deck and flight
  deck
• Move 40k pounds between pier and mission deck
• Launch and recover boats up to 40 feet long
• Not necessarily a dedicated system
• Launch 2nd boat within 40 minutes of launching
  initial boat
• Limited capability to move 40k TEUs around
  mission deck

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Aviation Support

• Single-spot flight deck for at least H-60/H-1
• NAVAIR certification for Level 1, Class 2
• Day/night, instrumented landing with full
  service, no maintenance
• Limited refueling capability for aircraft
• 18,000 gallons stowage 1000 gallons service
• Parking area adjacent to flight deck for at least
  (1) H-60 (T)
• Enclosed stowage area not required

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Questions