
QUANTICO, Va. -- The Marine Corps has scrapped, for a time, its two-decade, $4 billion search for a planing amphibious tracked vehicle in favor of an immediate upgrade to its amphibious assault vehicle (AAV).For the first time, all the competing companies are displaying their ship-to-shore Marine rifleman carriers in the same place at the same time: Modern Day Marine in Quantico, Va.BAE Systems, which manufactures the current amphibious assault vehicle (AAV), is up against General Dynamics [GD], Lockheed Martin [LMT],…