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DTIC ADA560354: The Marines' Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle (EFV): ... |
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The Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle (EFV) is an armored |
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amphibious vehicle program that originated two decades |
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ago to replace the 1970s-era Amphibious Assault Vehicle |
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(AAV). Like current AAVs, the EFV is designed to roll off |
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a Navy amphibious assault ship, move under its own power |
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to the beach, and cross the beach and operate inland. The |
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EFV has experienced a variety of developmental |
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difficulties, resulting in significant program delays and |
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cost growth. The EFV is currently in its second systems |
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design and development (SDD) phase attempting to improve |
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the EFV's overall poor reliability and performance that |
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it demonstrated during its 2006 operational assessment. |
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On January 6, 2011, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates |
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announced, based on the recommendation of the Secretary |
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of the Navy and Commandant of the Marine Corps, that he |
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would recommend the cancellation of the EFV. Secretary |
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Gates also reaffirmed the Marines' amphibious assault |
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mission and pledged to fund future efforts to acquire a |
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more affordable and sustainable replacement and also to |
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upgrade existing amphibious assault vehicles. The |
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improvised explosive device (IED) threat that plagued |
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operations in Iraq and Afghanistan was not envisioned in |
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1988 when the EFV program was initiated. The EFV's low |
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ground clearance and flat bottom make it particularly |
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vulnerable to IEDs; this has raised congressional concern |
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that the EFV, as currently designed, would provide |
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inadequate protection to transported Marines. Another |
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change to the battlefield is the proliferation of longer- |
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ranged, shore-based, antiship cruise missiles (ASCMs), |
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which put the Navy's amphibious ships disembarking EFVs |
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at their 25-mile operating limit vulnerable to attack. |
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Potential issues for congressional consideration include |
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upgrading current AAVs, possible commercially available |
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vehicles, and a future AAV replacement program. |
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Date Published: 2018-09-02 08:29:15 |
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Identifier: DTIC_ADA560354 |
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