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Navy/USMC

GD Delivering Advanced Reconnaissance Vehicle Prototype To Marine Corps On Friday

By Matthew Beinart

Wednesday, December 21st, 2022

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GD Delivering Advanced Reconnaissance Vehicle Prototype To Marine Corps On Friday

General Dynamics Land Systems' prototype for the Marine Corps' Advanced Reconnaissance Vehicle program. Photo: GD Land Systems.

General Dynamics Land Systems [GD] will deliver its Advanced Reconnaissance Vehicle (ARV) prototype to the Marine Corps on Friday, the company announced on Wednesday. The Marine Corps will receive the ARV prototype as well as a blast hull for survivability testing and a system integration lab from GD Land Systems for the program’s upcoming government evaluation period. “Our purpose-built ARV prototype is the fruition of several years of research and development internally and in collaboration with the USMC. We can’t…

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