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Amos: USMC Could Start ACV Planning This Fall

Julie Samuel

Thursday, May 30th, 2013

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Amos: USMC Could Start ACV Planning This Fall

The Marine Corps expects to kickstart stalled plans this fall to begin developing an amphibious vehicle to replace the troubled and now-defunct Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle (EFV) effort, the service’s top general said yesterday. Even though the Pentagon already completed an analysis of alternatives (AoA) on a new Amphibious Combat Vehicle (ACV) last year, Marine Corps Commandant Gen. James Amos said he wants to collect more information from industry later this year before moving forward with developing the vehicle. Amos said…

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