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Marine Corps Looking For New Ultra-Light Tactical Vehicle

By Matthew Beinart

Wednesday, November 14th, 2018

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Marine Corps Looking For New Ultra-Light Tactical Vehicle

MRZR-2 Photo: Polaris Industries.

The Marine Corps has opened its search for a new ultra-light all-terrain tactical vehicle intended to replace the Polaris [PII] MRZR around the fiscal year 2022 timeframe.Program Executive Office - Land Systems (PEO LS) released a request for information notice Nov. 9 for the Ultra-Light Tactical Vehicle (ULTV), which officials said must be capable of handling infantry units’ electronic warfare and logistics operations.The ULTV will replace the MRZR, the Marine Corps’ Utility Task Vehicle (UTV), which only started fielding in…

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