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Navy/USMC

BAE Systems Looking To Offer BvS10 As Marines’ Next Tracked Vehicle To Tackle Arctic

By Matthew Beinart

Wednesday, September 26th, 2018

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BAE Systems Looking To Offer BvS10 As Marines’ Next Tracked Vehicle To Tackle Arctic

BAE Systems' BvS10 at Modern Day Marine. Photo: Matthew Beinart.

BAE Systems is looking to offer its BvS10 as an option for the Marine Corp’s potential search for a new all-terrain tracked vehicle, as the force begins considering options needed to better traverse harsher conditions in the face of increased activity in the Arctic region.Keith Klemmer, program director for BAE Systems’ U.S. BvS10 effort, told reporters that officials haven’t officially started searching for a tracked vehicle replacement but had a group of Marines test the vehicle during an exercise with…

Congress

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Army

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