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Navy/USMC

Marines Expect ACV RFP in Spring; Will Choose 2 Winners for Prototype Production, Testing

Defense Daily Staff

Friday, September 26th, 2014

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Marines Expect ACV RFP in Spring; Will Choose 2 Winners for Prototype Production, Testing

General Dynamics Land Systems' entry for the Amphibious Combat Vehicle competition.

The Marine Corps held its second Amphibious Combat Vehicle (ACV) industry day at the Modern Day Marine military expo at Quantico, with plans to release two draft requests for proposals (RFP) later this year before putting out the final RFP in the spring and moving quickly into prototype production and testing. Col. Wendell Leimbach, the deputy program manager for the Program Management Office for Advanced Amphibious Assault (PM AAA), told Defense Daily at Modern Day Marine that, “while we understand…

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