
General Dynamics’ [GD] Land Systems division this week announced it submitted a prototype proposal for the Marine Corps’ Advanced Reconnaissance Vehicle (ARV) prototype competition. GD is the incumbent that built the current fleet of over 600 Light Armored Vehicle-25s (LAV-25) that the service aims to replace with 500 ARVs. GD’s confirmation comes after Textron [TXT] said it submitted its own offering as it underscored it already built an initial prototype as a clean-sheet design, which it calls the Cottonmouth (Defense…