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Navy/USMC

GD Details ARV Prototype Testing To Date, Looks To Build 30mm Turret Variant

By Matthew Beinart

Friday, January 19th, 2024

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GD Details ARV Prototype Testing To Date, Looks To Build 30mm Turret Variant

General Dynamics Land Systems' Advanced Reconnaissance Vehicle prototype. Photo: GD Land Systems.

After completing a series of testing with the General Dynamics [GD] prototype for the Marine Corps’ Advanced Reconnaissance Vehicle (ARV) program in 2023, this year will include further risk reduction efforts to inform requirements and ongoing discussions with the service to potentially build a 30mm gun and turret version of the platform, the company said. In an interview with Defense Daily, Phil Skuta, GD Land Systems’ director of U.S. Marine Corps and Navy strategy and business development, detailed the company’s…

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