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Marines Pushing Fast Schedule For New Amphib Vehicle

Julie Samuel

Monday, June 13th, 2011

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The Marine Corps revamped the requirements-setting process for a new amphibious vehicle and hopes to complete an analysis of it in six instead of 18 months, the service's top equipment planner said. Lt. Gen. George Flynn, commander of Marine Corps Combat Development Command and deputy commandant for combat development and integration, said in Washington last Thursday that his service is working “pretty hard” on planning an Amphibious Combat Vehicle (ACV) that will take the place of General Dynamics’ [GD] long-delayed…

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