Amphibious Combat Vehicle (ACV)
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Navy/USMCMarines Will Change Cost-Reporting On ACV But Refuse Suggested Production Delay
The Marine Corps has agreed to recalibrate the troop-carrying capacity of the amphibious combat vehicle (ACV) so its operation and maintenance cost can be more accurately compared to the vehicle […]
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Navy/USMCItalian Navy Gives U.S. Marines Sneak Peek At BAE’s Amphibious Vehicle Offering
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. – One of the two vehicles that will become the U.S. Marine Corps’ new Amphibious Combat Vehicle exercised its sea legs last month with the Italian military, […]
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Navy/USMCFirst-Increment Amphibious Vehicles Might Give Marine Corps More Combat Power Than Expected
The Marine Corps may have tempered its appetite for a vehicle that could both swim to shore from a ship and fight ashore, but the designs it settled for as […]
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ArmyArmy Light Tank Program Pulls Page From Marine Corps Acquisition Playbook
As a smaller service with limited resources, the Marine Corps usually follows the Army’s lead when buying ground combat equipment, but the roles have reversed with a new light tank […]
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Navy/USMCSAIC To Begin Integration Work On First Amphibious Combat Vehicle In October
MARINE CORPS BASE QUANTICO, Va. — Science Applications International Corp. [SAIC] in October will begin integrating subsystems onto the hull of the first amphibious combat vehicle it will build for the Marine […]
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BAE’s First Amphibious Combat Vehicle Surfaces With New 690-HP Engine
Marine Corps officials on Tuesday got a look at the first Amphibious Combat Vehicle (ACV) that has rolled off the BAE Systems production line. The eight-wheeled, 690-horsepower armored personnel carrier […]
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ArmyLt. Gen. Walsh: Marines ‘Must Have’ Active Vehicle Protection For Future Fights
Guided missiles have advanced and proliferated to such a point that the Marine Corps must deploy its vehicles with more than old fashion armor to protect them, according to Lt. […]
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BudgetSenate Seeks To Prevent Knee-Jerk Protests Of Major Defense Contract Awards
Concerned about major acquisition programs being routinely stalled by protests by losing companies of the contract award, the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) wants to up the ante on filing […]
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Navy/USMCNavy, Marine Corps Chiefs Lament Sluggish Acquisition System
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. –-The military and defense contractors must find ways to speed the acquisition and fielding of new technologies so that gear is not obsolete by the time it […]
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Navy/USMCBAE Systems Awarded $149 Million To Build Amphibious Vehicles For Japan
BAE Systems has been awarded a $149 million direct commercial sale contract to produce new assault amphibious vehicles (AAVs) for the Japanese Ministry of Defense. The company will provide 30 […]