Amphibious Assault

Amphibious Assault

Technology Systems is developing a variant of ARVCOP for the Amphibious Assault Vehicle (AAV) and the Assault Lane environment (ARVCOP-AL).  This system is being designed for integration into the AAV to support the full range of normal operations, both in the water and on land.  The AAV driver and vehicle commander stations are particularly challenging due to display space limitations and the need to support both popped and closed hatch operations.

This effort complements previous designs we have developed for landing craft (LCU-1643) and hovercraft (LCAC).

Systems are being designed to:

  • Interface with emerging systems such as to the Joint Mission Planning System (JMPS)
  • Provide a Real Time Position Interface for tracking AAV locations
  • Support direct real-time video feeds from UAV video feeds
  • Visibly depict real-time coastal data such as current set/drift and wave heights
  • Provide capability to capture geo-referenced ARVCOP video screenshots or snippets

ARVCOP-AL is ideally suited for emerging platforms such as the Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle (EFV).  Not only will it support high speed navigation, it can provide real-time depth information (e.g.; shallow waters) based upon local tidal information, thus enabling successful operations in the transition from high speed to low speed hull configurations.