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	Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle (EFV) is the newest USMC amphibious vehicle, intended for deployment in 2008.
		The EFV is designed to replace the aging AAV, and is the Marine Corps' number one priority ground weapon system acquisition.
		The General Dynamics Land Systems EFV is an amphibious armored tracked vehicle with an aluminum hull.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Expeditionary_Fighting_Vehicle (398 words)

	Latest Version of Marine Corps' Amphibious Fighting Vehicle (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		The new vehicle, formerly known as the Advanced Assault Amphibious Vehicle, was recently renamed the Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle.
		The vehicle, which was originally fielded in 1972, has been overhauled and upgraded numerous times throughout its career but a 1988 Mission Area Analysis determined that it was deficient to meet the Corps' needs in areas such as water and land speed, firepower, armor protection and system survivability.
		EFV will be one of the most capable and advanced fighting vehicles ever fielded," said Gen. Michael W. Hagee, Commandant of the Marine Corps, in a letter to the Direct Reporting Program Manager of the EFV program.
	www.dcmilitary.com /marines/hendersonhall/9_01/features/26923-1.html (767 words)

	Navy League of the United States - Citizens in Support of the Sea Services
		Like its predecessors, the Alligators and tracked landing vehicles of yesteryear, EFV is one of the pillars of the Marines' modern tactical mobility plan, which these days includes the MV-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft and the improved Navy landing craft, air cushion (LCAC).
		Expeditionary maneuver warfare is all about moving Marine fighting units at high speed from ships at sea, far inland to target locations.
		The EFV industry team is now closing in on the end of the system development and demonstration phase of the program, which includes building nine vehicle prototypes, including both the personnel carrier version and a specially equipped command and control version.
	www.navyleague.org /sea_power/nov_03_20.php (670 words)

	Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		The designed is an amphibious armored personnel carrier; launched at sea, from a mother ship beyond the horizon, able to transport a full Marine rifle squad to shore.
		The EFV is an amphibious armored tracked vehicle with an aluminum hull.
		You can find it there under the keyword EFV (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EFV)The list of previous authors is available here: version history (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=EFVandaction=history).
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/EFV (440 words)

	NDM Article - Marine Vehicle Upgrades Reflect Combat Demands
		As far as vehicles are concerned, the Light Armored Vehicle is going to stay in the force until 2015, the Abrams M1A1 tank is staying until 2020, while the Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle is going to start replacing the Amphibious Assault Vehicle—which now is undergoing some upgrades—in 2008.
		The maintenance is a “nightmare,” and the vehicle “is tactically a horrendous weapon for a crew going into combat against tanks.” The LAV cannot be driven around the battlefield with its turret in an erect position.
		For operations on land, the EFV personnel carrier has a two-man turret, while the command-and-control version has a cupola instead of a turret, so the roof of the hull area has to be raised.
	www.nationaldefensemagazine.org /issues/2004/Jan/Marine_Vehicle.htm (3699 words)

	Navy League of the United States - Citizens in Support of the Sea Services
		The 78,000-pound EFV, developed by General Dynamics Amphibious Systems, is an armored, fully tracked, infantry fighting vehicle with what is perhaps the world’s largest jet ski, enabling it to transition rapidly between water and land operations.
		The EFV, which has a crew of three — vehicle commander, gunner and driver — will be the primary means of tactical mobility for a rifle squad of 17 Marines during an amphibious landing and subsequent ground combat operations ashore.
		The vehicle’s high water speed is made possible by its powerful 12-cylinder, 2,700-horsepower diesel engine from Germany’s MTU and twin 23-inch-diameter water jets from Honeywell, which move a total of 100,000 gallons per minute.
	www.navyleague.org /sea_power/may06-44.php (584 words)

	General Dynamics Announces Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle Sites
		EFV also provides the elements of flexibility and tactical surprise critical to establishing battlefield dominance.
		EFV can launch forces from 20 to 25 nautical miles at sea and transport its crew of three and 17 combat-ready Marines to shore at speeds in excess of 20 knots (three times faster than the current platform's speed).
		The EFV is replacing the 30 year-old and less capable AAV7s.
	www.prnewswire.com /cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/08-26-2003/0002006950&EDATE= (463 words)

	Advanced Amphibious Assault Vehicle (AAAV)
		The Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle (EFV) will provide a tremendous increase in the flexibility, agility, and effectiveness of naval power-projection capabilities.
		However, expeditionary maneuver warfare in the 21st century will emphasize amphibious assaults that begin over the horizon from an enemy-held coastline and proceed directly to their operational objectives ashore, without stopping to seize and defend a beachhead or landing zone.
		Taking full advantage of emerging technologies the Marine Corps is developing a new family of amphibious assault vehicles - the Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle (EFV) - to provide a tremendous increase in the flexibility, agility, and effectiveness of naval power projection capabilities.
	www.exwar.org /Htm/5000PopE1.htm (590 words)

	U.S. Marine Corps Awards General Dynamics $43 Million Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle Contract
		The EFV is an amphibious vehicle that allows Marines to implement operational maneuvers from the sea doctrine.
		The EFV is capable of speeds up to 45 mph on land and is replacing the 30-year-old, less capable AAV7s.
		EFV provides the elements of flexibility and tactical surprise critical to establishing battlefield dominance.
	www.prnewswire.com /cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/07-27-2005/0004076589&EDATE= (384 words)

	The U.S. Army Professional Writing Collection
		The M1A2 Abrams tank and the M2 Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicle have the armored protection to provide a relatively high degree of battlefield survivability, as was shown during Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF), and the tactical mobility to maneuver rapidly on the battlefield.
		Wheeled combat vehicles, without the weight of their fully tracked counterparts, have improved to the point that they are fully capable of rapid cross-country movement.
		Heavier vehicles tended to serve as mobile artillery platforms, assault guns or, in the case of main battle and heavy tanks, as counter-armor platforms.
	www.army.mil /professionalwriting/volumes/volume2/november_2004/11_04_1_pf.html (7355 words)

	Amphibious Assault Vehicle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Amphibious Assault Vehicle (AAV)—official designation AAV-7A1 (formerly known as LVT-7) is the current amphibious troop transport of the United States Marine Corps and is also operated by other forces.
		It is used by USMC Amphibious Assault Battalions to land the surface assault elements of the landing force and their equipment in a single lift from assault shipping during amphibious operations to inland objectives and to conduct mechanized operations and related combat support in subsequent mechanized operations ashore.
		An AAVR-7A1 attached to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit splashes into the Pacific Ocean from the well deck of USS Juneau before heading to the beach.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Amphibious_Assault_Vehicle (447 words)

	L-3 Communications Cincinnati Electronics
		Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle: A self-deploying, high-water-speed, amphibious-armored vehicle.
		The Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle (EFV) is the primary means of tactical mobility for the U.S. Marine Corps Rifle Squad during amphibious operations and subsequent ground combat operations ashore.
		The self-deploying high-water-speed armored amphibious vehicle is capable of transporting 18 Marines (and a crew of three) from Naval ships located beyond the visual horizon to inland objectives.
	www.cinele.com /irSea.html (878 words)

	General Dynamics Land Systems :: U.S. Marine Corps Awards General Dynamics $19 Million for Expeditionary Fighting ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		The EFV is an expeditionary vehicle that can launch forces from 20 to 25 nautical miles at sea and transport them to shore at speeds in excess of 20 knots, three times faster than the current platform's speed.
		The EFV is capable of land speeds up to 45 mph while exhibiting mobility characteristics equal to or greater than the M1A1 Abrams tank.
		The EFV's breakthrough expeditionary design provides outstanding cross- country mobility, lethal firepower, high water and land speed, extensive information and communications networking, and optimum crew protection and survivability.
	sev.prnewswire.com /aerospace-defense/20051004/DCTU02304102005-1.html (524 words)

	The USMC's Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle: SDD Phase (updated) (defense acquisition, defence purchasing, military ...
		The EFV program has also completed foreign comparative testing for programmable fuse rounds similar to those slated for the XM307 machine gun, and those rounds were found to be more lethal.
		Brogan of the EFV Program Office notes that this requirement was handed to them in order to give friendly forces 2 opportunities to take down enemy missiles before they could hit the Navy's ships, assuming AEGIS-equipped ships on station plus Cooperative Engagement Capability on the Navy's amphibious assault vessels.
		EFV top speed after landing will be about 45 miles per hour, which is comparable to the land speed of a modernized AAV7 RAM/RS and enables the vehicles to keep up with a USMC's M1 Abrams tank's cruising speed.
	www.defenseindustrydaily.com /2006/07/the-usmcs-expeditionary-fighting-vehicle-sdd-phase-updated/index.php (4023 words)

	The U.S. Army Professional Writing Collection
		Unlike the U.S. and British armies, where the infantry fighting vehicles are organic to the mechanized infantry battalions, the Marines have a large assault amphibian battalion at division level that attaches its vehicles to infantry regiments based on the mission.
		Although Marine infantry fought outside their vehicles far more often than the Army infantry, the large number of AAVs in 1st Marine Division meant the Marine rifle battalions were for the most part mechanized infantry.
		Probably the worst vehicle loss occurred when a Marine AAV near An Nasiriyah was struck in the rear by an RPG, exploding a large load of mortar ammunition and causing numerous casualties.
	www.army.mil /professionalwriting/volumes/volume3/december_2005/12_05_3.html (4042 words)

	General Dynamics Corporation WebCenter (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Last year the Lima, Ohio, plant was selected to fabricate EFV structures, which is now being expanded to include final assembly and land testing.
		The Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle is the Marine Corps’ highest priority ground combat modernization program.
		The vehicle is capable of speeds up to 45 mph on land and is replacing the 30 year-old and less capable AAV7s.
	www.shareholder.com /gendyn/ReleaseDetail.cfm?ReleaseID=151255 (459 words)

	EFV (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		The Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle (EFV), formerly known as the Advanced Amphibious Assault Vehicle or AAAV, is being designed to replace current AAV7 vehicles within the USMC.
		The advanced EFV vehicle will be capable of transporting up to 17 US Marines and a crew of three over water at a speed of 29 miles per hour (47 km/h) propelled by two water jets.
		The vehicle has been designed to be released from an amphibious ship ranging 20 to 25 nautical (37 to 46 kilometers) miles away from the shore.
	www.deagel.com /pandora/?p=pm00089001 (306 words)

	Advanced Amphibious Assault Vehicle
		Until the new vehicle is fielded, beginning in 2008, the Marine Corps anticipates spending more to maintain the current vehicle.
		A truly amphibious vehicle that will replace the USMC's aging current system and provide the capability to maneuver, combat loaded with a Marine rifle squad, at 20-25 knots in the water and maneuver cross country with agility and mobility equal or greater than that of the M1 Main Battle Tank (MBT).
		The Advanced Amphibious Assault Vehicle (AAAV) was officially renamed the Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle (EFV) sometime in late 2003.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/systems/ground/aaav.htm (1088 words)

	Worldandnation: Is amphibious vehicle out of place in Iraq?
		Experts say none of the U.S. military's vehicles are guaranteed to withstand such an attack, the deadliest roadside bombing of U.S. troops in Iraq.
		AAV's are protected with an inch of aluminum armor, and the vehicles assigned to Iraq have additional armor designed to protect them from the blast of 7.62mm rifle rounds and 155mm artillery fragments.
		Modifications were made over the years, and a sturdier AAV - called an Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle - is scheduled to roll out within the next couple of years.
	www.sptimes.com /2005/08/05/news_pf/Worldandnation/Is_amphibious_vehicle.shtml (857 words)

	Newhouse A1
		Even so, Coffey said, the AAV "is a lightweight amphibious personnel carrier not intended to be a fighting vehicle or anything like a tank.
		Others contend that the AAV, which the Marines plan to replace eventually with an all-new "expeditionary fighting vehicle," is obsolete for combat in Iraq even with added armor.
		That's because the entire vehicle must be designed to absorb close blasts, requiring a flexible frame, liners to protect crew from flying metal fragments, and restraints to prevent people and gear from being thrown around when taking a hit.
	www.newhousenews.com /archive/wood080405.html (570 words)

	The Log (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		The Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle is a modern advanced amphibious assault vehicle that provides the Marine Corps with the element of flexibility and tactical surprise critical to establish battlefield dominance.
		The 88,063 square feet, two-story Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle Headquarters, Training, and Maintenance Complex was the first Marine Corps facility built to provide headquarters, training, and maintenance for the modern advanced amphibious assault vehicle.
		The EFV is a modern advanced amphibious assault vehicle that provides the Marine Corps with the element of flexibility and tactical surprise critical to establish battlefield dominance.
	www.navycompass.com /printer/article.asp?c=168710 (261 words)

	Marines' 'Amtrac' vulnerable when put onto land (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		The vehicle, which Marines call the "Amtrac," was designed to ferry Marines from ship to shore.
		The Army's Bradley Fighting Vehicle, which is made to carry combat troops overland while wreaking havoc, is five feet shorter and carries a crew of three, plus six dismounting soldiers.
		The Marines want to replace the Amtrac with the Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle, which would be better equipped to fight on land.
	www.post-gazette.com /pg/05217/549231.stm (793 words)

	Sealift -- Marines test new fighting vehicles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		A new U.S. Marine Corps expeditionary fighting vehicle drives up the stern ramp of Military Sealift Command prepositioning ship SS Sgt. Matej Kocak during the vehicle’s testing phase July 12-13.
		Built to replace the existing amphibious assault vehicles, each EFV is big enough to hold 17 combat-ready Marines and can maneuver at 20 to 25 knots in water and 45 miles per hour on land.
		The vehicle offers nuclear, biological and chemical protection to crew and embarked Marines and will provide the crew with superior command, control and navigation capabilities.
	www.msc.navy.mil /sealift/2004/August/marines.htm (609 words)

	Allen Economic Development Group - Economic News
		LIMA — Landing the Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle assembly contract may be as significant an event as when the M1 Abrams tank construction program first came to Lima in 1976.
		Hiring for the EFV is expected to begin in early 2005.
		Other than the job creation, White said the EFV is important to the manufacturing center because of the ongoing Base Realignment and Closure being considered at the Pentagon.
	www.aedg.org /economicNews/index.php (1698 words)

	SBIR/STTR Interactive Topic Information System (SITIS)
		The Marine Corps Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle (EFV) is a 76,000-pound armored vehicle designed to operate over harsh off-road terrain and in oceans and rivers.
		The EFV is expected to operate in severe environments such as high humidity, seawater, sand, mud, rocks, gravel, etc. and must be capable of withstanding severe impact and abrasion loads from rock and debris while moving at high speed (45 mph) over rough cross country terrain.
		The EFV uses a significant amount of titanium, which contributes to increased cost for the material and processing, specifically machining.
	www.dodsbir.net /sitis/archives_display_topic.asp?Bookmark=27506 (1051 words)

	US Marine Corps Awards GD Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle Contract
		The EFV is an amphibious assault vehicle with a breakthrough design that provides the Marines with a transformational leap in technology and capability resulting in dramatically improved land and sea performance.
		The vehicle is capable of speeds up to 45 mph allowing it to complement the Abrams main battle tank during offensive maneuvers to inland objectives.
		The EFV can launch forces from 20 to 25 nautical miles at sea, carrying its crew of three and 17 combat-ready Marines to shore at speeds in excess of 20 knots, three times faster than the current AAVP7-A1.
	www.spacewar.com /reports/US_Marine_Corps_Awards_GD_Expeditionary_Fighting_Vehicle_Contract.html (732 words)

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