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Textron Bids New Cottonmouth For Marine Corps ARV Prototype

Tuesday, May 4th, 2021

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Textron Bids New Cottonmouth For Marine Corps ARV Prototype

Textron Systems’ Prototype Cottonmouth vehicle for use in the Marine Corps’ Advanced Reconnaissance Vehicle (ARV) competition. (Photo: Textron.)

Textron Inc. submitted its prototype offering for the Marine Corps’ Advanced Reconnaissance Vehicle (ARV) program, a purpose-built vehicle it named the Cottonmouth, the company revealed Tuesday. The ARV effort began as a Marine Corps effort to replace the Light Armored Vehicle-25 (LAV-25), originally built by General Dynamics [GD] and in use since the 1980s, with the new vehicles to be used in light armor reconnaissance battalions. The Marine Corps intends to replace its current fleet of over 600 LAV-25s with…

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