Special Operations Command (SOCOM), which would be primarily looking to replace the MH-60s within the Army’s elite 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment, has only a few publicly stated additional requirements. In its Fiscal Year 2019, budget proposal, the Marines say its new MV-22s have a flyaway cost of $76 million. It is significantly cheaper than the flyaway cost for new V-22 Osprey, though. The flyaway cost for an M model in its latest budget request for the 2020 Fiscal Year is around $15.5 million. This is substantially higher than what the service is paying now for UH-60M Black Hawks. The service has also a target average unit price for the FLRAA design at $43 million in 2018 dollars. The Army plans for the FLRAAs to have an approximately 50-year long service life with the help of future upgrades to “increase capability and maintain relevancy,” according to the request for information.
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