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Because of a little disagreement over in Naval Projects, I did a bit more digging on this program and found some interesting facts that I thought merited a new topic (here for the moment, rather than Military, since the prototypes don't seem to have been built yet).
The Combatant Craft, Heavy, appears to have died sometime early in 2008. As a replacement for the Mk Vs, it was replaced by the requirement for the CCM Mk 1 (initial RFP issued as DRFP H92222-09-R-0002 on November 19th, 2008). The program has undergone quite a few changes since then, including the cancellation of the original solicitation in April 2010 and the eventual issuing of a new solicitation under the same program name. Interestingly enough the new requirements are supposed to be totally divorced from the original program, e.g. C-130 internal air transport or airdrop is no longer required. Instead, the "craft, trailer, and prime mover shall be capable of internal air transport on C-17 and larger aircraft (threshold = objective). There is no airdrop or tactical transport requirement."
It would appear that the new program is intended as a replacement for the RIBs as well as to supplement (but not replace) the Mk Vs [TomS was right there]. Threshold requirements for cruise speed, range, variable payload, and personnel capacity are bounded as follows:
The Combatant Craft, Heavy, appears to have died sometime early in 2008. As a replacement for the Mk Vs, it was replaced by the requirement for the CCM Mk 1 (initial RFP issued as DRFP H92222-09-R-0002 on November 19th, 2008). The program has undergone quite a few changes since then, including the cancellation of the original solicitation in April 2010 and the eventual issuing of a new solicitation under the same program name. Interestingly enough the new requirements are supposed to be totally divorced from the original program, e.g. C-130 internal air transport or airdrop is no longer required. Instead, the "craft, trailer, and prime mover shall be capable of internal air transport on C-17 and larger aircraft (threshold = objective). There is no airdrop or tactical transport requirement."
It would appear that the new program is intended as a replacement for the RIBs as well as to supplement (but not replace) the Mk Vs [TomS was right there]. Threshold requirements for cruise speed, range, variable payload, and personnel capacity are bounded as follows:
