Manuever Support Vessel -Light (MSV-L)
Abstract
The Maneuver Support Vessel (Light) (MSV(L)) program element supports the Engineering and Manufacturing Development (EMD) phase of the program. The MSV(L) is a multifunctional waterborne mobility platform, which displaces the current Landing Craft Mechanized-8 (LCM-8) with greater capabilities in the areas of payload, speed, and functional draft (shallower water). This vessel also provides new roll-through capability via stern access and bow ramps. The MSV(L) provides a waterborne corridor for movement and maneuver; expeditionary delivery of combat configured equipment, troops, and logistics, in austere anti-access/area denial environments; and operational capability from ship to shore and along coastal waters, narrow inland water ways, and rivers. This vessels capability supports transporting multiple combat configured ready-to-fight payloads with crew (i.e. an Abrams tank; or two Strykers with bar armor; or four Joint Light Tactical Vehicles (JLTVs); or two 20 ft. or one 40 ft. ISO container (Intermodal container); or a Heavy Expandable Mobility Tactical Truck (HEMTT); or a Load Handling System (LHS), and trailer). The MSV(L) provides the capability to operate fully loaded at a speed of 15 knots in Beaufort Sea Scale 3 conditions, while being survivable (seaworthy) in Beaufort Sea Scale 7 conditions. The vessels force protection attributes includes a subsurface surveillance device for obstacle detection and avoidance, protection from small arms fire, and two Common Remotely Operated Weapon Stations (CROWS II) for vessel defense, and the capacity to mitigate detection through reduction of thermal and acoustic signature. The MSV(L) provides increased capability that moves combat configured forces and supplies more efficiently than the LCM-8. FY18 funding will primarily support maturation of the contractor's design, start of full scale prototype build, and potentially enable program acceleration.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Project
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2018
- Source ID
- EJ9_0604804A_5_2040_PB_2018
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