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Navy/USMC

ACV Would Have Minimal Changes from Contractor Design, Which is Already Highly Survivable

Defense Daily Staff

Wednesday, July 16th, 2014

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ACV Would Have Minimal Changes from Contractor Design, Which is Already Highly Survivable

BAE Systems' entry for the Amphibious Combat Vehicle program.

The Marine Corps will look to make as few changes as possible to the existing designs for the four Amphibious Combat Vehicle (ACV) competitors in the hopes of getting the vehicles into the fleet as quickly as possible, Brig. Gen. William Mullen, director of the Marine Corps’ Capabilities Development Directorate, said Tuesday at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. Other service and Pentagon officials have said that some changes will need to be made–definitely adding Marine Corps-specific communications equipment,…

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