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Navy/USMC

First-Increment Amphibious Vehicles Might Give Marine Corps More Combat Power Than Expected

Tuesday, December 13th, 2016

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First-Increment Amphibious Vehicles Might Give Marine Corps More Combat Power Than Expected

BAE Systems ACV 1.1

The Marine Corps may have tempered its appetite for a vehicle that could both swim to shore from a ship and fight ashore, but the designs it settled for as incremental capabilities could end up being the full package.Vehicles from both competitors in the amphibious combat vehicle 1.1 program are delivering on time, on budget and with such impressive capabilities that John Gardner, the Marine Corps program manager for advanced amphibious assault, said the prototypes would likely cover requirements for…

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