Marines Tout CH-53K Helo As Success Story After ‘Technical Deficiencies’ Forced Program Reset:  https://news.usni.org/2020/03/13/marines-tout-ch-53k-helo-as-success-story-after-technical-deficiencies-forced-program-reset --------------- https://armedservices.house.gov/2020/3/subcommittee-on-tactical-air-and-land-forces-hearing-department-of-defense-tactical-and-rotary-aircraft-acquisition-and-modernization-programs-in-the-fy21-president-s-budget-request Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces Hearing: “Department of Defense Tactical and Rotary Aircraft Acquisition and Modernization Programs in the FY21 President’s Budget Request” Tuesday, March 10, 2020 (2:00 PM – Rayburn 2118 – Open)   Witnesses:   The Honorable Bruce D. Jette Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics and Technology (ASA(ALT)) Department of the Army   Brigadier General Walter T. Rugen, USA Director, Future Vertical Lift Cross-Functional Team Army Futures Command   The Honorable James F. Geurts  Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development, and Acquisition  Department of the Navy   Lieutenant General Steven R. Rudder, USMC Deputy Commandant for Aviation Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps   Rear Admiral Gregory N. Harris, USN Director, Air Warfare (OPNAV N98) Office of the Chief of Naval Operations   The Honorable William Roper Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics (SAF/AQ) Department of the Air Force   General James M. Holmes, USAF Commander, Air Combat Command Headquarters, U.S. Air Force   Lieutenant General David S. Nahom, USAF Director of Programs, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Plans and Requirements Headquarters, U.S. Air Force

Senate Appropriations Committee / Defense Subcommittee https://youtu.be/TIFQWuyRlCw https://www.aviation.marines.mil/   https://www.lockheedmartin.com/ch53k 

https://youtu.be/C8cYkbnY8RI https://lockheedmartin.com/ch53k https://www.aviation.marines.mil/ 

https://youtu.be/mAuyotpfTOU https://www.military.com/daily-news/2019/04/10/army-secretary-defends-decision-cut-ch-47-chinook-program.html 

SENATE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE SEAPOWER SUBCOMMITTEE   April 10, 2019   Marine Corps Ground Modernization and Naval Aviation Programs   https://youtu.be/D_1ZBIIqm6A https://lockheedmartin.com/ch53k  https://www.aviation.marines.mil/ CH-53K Heavy Lift Replacement Program:  The FY 2020 President's Budget requests $516.7 million in RDT&E to continue the CH-53K Engineering Manufacturing Development phase and $1.0 billion in APN for procurement of six Lot 4 LRIP aircraft, including Advance Procurement and initial spares. The need for a heavy lift replacement aircraft remains vital to supporting the Marine Corps in present and future warfighting concepts. In spite of the recent setbacks associated with the program’s development – rate of closure in technical deficiencies – all of the technical deficiencies are solvable issues. To date, the CH-53K has flown more than 1,370 flight hours towards the completion of the program. It has also demonstrated the lifting of 36,000 lbs and operational gear like the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle. During FY 2020, the program will continue to execute developmental test flights including propulsion qualification, initial shipboard qualification, aerial refueling, hot/high altitude testing, structural loads demonstration, window/ramp guns testing and fire extinguishing system development. 

HOUSE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE TACTICAL AIR AND LAND FORCES SUBCOMMITTEE  https://youtu.be/K2Sr1LTyh-k https://lockheedmartin.com/ch53k  https://www.aviation.marines.mil/ CH-53K Heavy Lift Replacement Program:  The FY 2020 President's Budget requests $516.7 million in RDT&E to continue the CH53K Engineering Manufacturing Development phase and $1.0 billion in APN for procurement of six Lot 4 LRIP aircraft, including Advance Procurement and initial spares. The need for a heavy lift replacement aircraft remains vital to supporting the Marine Corps in present and future warfighting concepts. In spite of the recent setbacks associated with the program’s development – rate of closure in technical deficiencies – all of the technical deficiencies are solvable issues. To date, the CH-53K has flown more than 1,370 flight hours towards the completion of the program. It has also demonstrated the lifting of 36,000 lbs and operational gear like the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle. During FY 2020, the program will continue to execute developmental test flights including propulsion qualification, initial shipboard qualification, aerial refueling, hot/high altitude testing, structural loads demonstration, window/ramp guns testing and fire extinguishing system development.  

 @ Naval Helicopter Association Symposium 2018   https://lockheedmartin.com/ch53k 

Keynote address NATO Industry Forum by NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at the NATO Industry Forum in Berlin, Germany. https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/news_160297.htm

In a speech hosted by the German Atlantic Society in Berlin on Monday (12 November 2018), NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg underscored the importance of the transatlantic bond at a time of unprecedented security challenges. https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/news_160246.htm

Jeff Bezos, Chairman and CEO of Amazon, was the featured speaker at the April 20, 2018 Closing Conversation of the George W. Bush Presidential Center’s Forum on Leadership, in partnership with SMU.