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USMC: ACV Requirements Based on MPC, Plus More Seating, More Robust Swimming Abilities

Defense Daily Staff

Wednesday, April 2nd, 2014

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USMC: ACV Requirements Based on MPC, Plus More Seating, More Robust Swimming Abilities

Deputy Commandant for Combat Development and Integration Lt. Gen. Kenneth Glueck

The Marine Corps should have its requirements documents for the Amphibious Combat Vehicle (ACV) Increment 1 complete within about six months and award a production contract in fiscal year 2017, the deputy commandant for combat development and integration told a Senate subcommittee Wednesday. Lt. Gen. Kenneth Glueck told the Senate Armed Services seapower subcommittee that the requirements would be largely based off those from the canceled Marine Personnel Carrier program and that the four vehicles the Marines tested at the…

Congress

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Budget

Hegseth Pushes For Reconciliation With At Least $350 Billion For Defense ‘Regardless’ Of Midterms Outcome

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Congress

Bipartisan Push in Senate to Hasten Export of 155 mm, GMLRS, HIMARS for Ukraine

A small, bipartisan group of senators is backing the Fast Tracking European Investment in Ukraine’s Defense Act, S. 5175, to hasten the export of allied buys of U.S. munitions for […]