and Control, Personal Computer). C2PC is similar to the US Army's "Blue Force Tracker," that shows an overlay of friendly units and detected enemies on a common digitalized map. The two systems aren't interoperable yet, though C2PC is used in the US Army at brigade level and information can be shared through that command structure. With electronics playing an important role in all vehicles, a new upgradeable embedded computing architecture addresses obsolescence issues by making core swap-outs simpler as available computing power improves. Electronics and salt water don't exactly mix, however, so the EFV program has had to take precautions. All electronics must be fully sealed, and all cables have shielding & protection, and design efforts were made to remove voids and enclosures where salt might become trapped. On the outside, a series of enviro-friendly coatings were used that avoided the use of carcinogenic hexavalent chrome, and areas where dissimilar metals are mated have barriers to prevent electricity-producing galvanic reactions. |
mostly clustered around design development, enhancements, and survivability. It also features $256.2M in procurement funds, which includes the first batch of 15 Low-Rate Initial Production (LRIP) EFV vehicles and $25.6 million of Advance Procurement funding for FY 2008 vehicles. The overall cost for the vehicle is $12.5billion with $2.5 billion for research, development, test and evaluation. The average cost per vehicle would work out at $10.1million.
The EFV would definitely be the vehicle of the future. Speed over sea and land, mobility and fire-power makes this vehicle ultimately superior to all Armoured Personnel Carriers. What’s next to come out of the production line? A flying tank?
Brian Karnik
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