Ball Aerospace technology aboard the Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle allows for reliable communications and navigation.

Overview

The Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle, or EFV, is the U.S. Marine Corps newest amphibious armored personnel carrier. The vehicle was designed to replace the Amphibious Assault Vehicle (AAV) and is expected to provide three times its speed in water, increased armor and significant firepower.

Our Role

Ball Aerospace is the communications systems integrator and is producing a conformal, high-performance antenna subsystem to meet U.S. Marine Corps requirements. On the EFV, Ball Aerospace is providing UHF SATCOM and Line of Sight (LOS) antennas and amplifiers (HPA/LNA), Emergency Personnel Locating and Recovery System (EPLRS), Global Positioning System (GPS), wireless headset antennas, and link analysis.

Ball also provides the VHF Cosite Unit (VCU), which gives the Expeditionary Fighting Vehicles the ability to use four fixed-frequency, or frequency-hopping, 30 to 88 MHz radios simultaneously without interfering with transmissions. The VCU is slated to become the first field-deployed active cosite canceller.