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SASC To USMC: Tweak Post-EFV Plans

Julie Samuel

Tuesday, June 28th, 2011

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The Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) said the Marine Corps cannot afford to carry out its ground-vehicle strategy and wants changes to the service’s plans for vehicles intended to replace the Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle (EFV). The Marine Corps is planning to develop a new Amphibious Combat Vehicle (ACV) to replace the EFV, General Dynamics’ [GD] long-delayed amphibious vehicle that Defense Secretary Robert Gates called for canceling earlier this year. The service’s post-EFV plans include buying a Marine Personnel Carrier (MPC) and…

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