The Marines' Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle (EFV): Background and Issues for Congress

Abstract

The Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle (EFV) is an armored amphibious vehicle program that originated two decades ago to replace the 1970s-era Amphibious Assault Vehicle (AAV). Like current AAVs, the EFV is designed to roll off a Navy amphibious assault ship, move under its own power to the beach, and cross the beach and operate inland. The EFV has experienced a variety of developmental difficulties, resulting in significant program delays and cost growth. The EFV is currently in its second systems design and development (SDD) phase attempting to improve the EVF's overall poor reliability and performance that it demonstrated during its 2006 operational assessment. If the EFV passes the current SDD in early 2011, it is expected to begin initial production if DOD has not cancelled the program and if it is fully funded.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 17, 2010
Accession Number
ADA535986

Entities

People

  • Andrew Feickert

Organizations

  • Library of Congress

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Amphibious Military Vehicles
  • Amphibious Operations
  • Amphibious Ships
  • Amphibious Vehicles
  • Armored Personnel Carriers
  • Armored Vehicles
  • Combat Vehicles
  • Congress
  • Department Of Defense
  • Governments
  • House Of Representatives
  • National Security
  • Navy
  • Procurement
  • Systems Engineering
  • United States Government
  • Warfare

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