Elbit Systems of America, a subsidiary of Israel-based international defense electronics company Elbit Systems, has teamed with Textron Systems to produce a solution that provides the United States Marine Corps with transformational capabilities, including enhanced situational understanding technologies.
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The move comes amid efforts by the US Marine Corps Systems Command to replace the legacy Light Armored Vehicle with a modern, robust Advanced Reconnaissance Vehicle.
The USMC identified characteristics their new ARV must include as the core-manned next-generation system for light armored reconnaissance battalions, and Elbit Systems of America, Textron Systems and others partnered to create the Cottonmouth prototype ARV.
"Elbit Systems of America is excited to be teamed with Textron Systems as a key partner for building the Advanced Reconnaissance Vehicle for the United States Marine Corps," said Ridge Sower, Vice President of Ground Combat and Precision Targeting at Elbit Systems of America. "Our ARV concept will provide a key and critical capability to the USMC and include advanced technologies that will make it relevant both today and for decades to come. Our 360-degree multi-domain situational awareness suite will provide significant increases in the lethality and survivability of Marines."
Elbit Systems of America's 360-degree Situational Awareness vision suite for the Cottonmouth prototype ARV will bring together video images from outside the ARV, overlay terrain and obstacle information, along with navigation and battlespace symbology, and present a single image of the ARV's surroundings to all crew members within the vehicle.
This comprehensive and intuitive view of their surroundings will be available both on crew workstations and a helmet-mounted display, empowering the crew with unparalleled situational understanding while under armor.
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