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Lockheed Martin, Patria Part Ways on Marine Corps’ ACV

Lockheed Martin, Patria Part Ways on Marine Corps’ ACV
The four designs for the now-canceled Marine Personnel Carrier, including the Lockheed Martin/Patria design, above, are under consideration for the Amphibious Combat Vehicle Increment 1.1. Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. James Amos said he has ridden in all four and can attest to their superiority over the canceled Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle. Photo courtesy Lockheed Martin.

Lockheed Martin [LMT] has put forward an entrant for the Marine Corps’ amphibious combat vehicle program, but it’s not the Havoc 8x8 armored modular vehicle they developed with Finnish company Patria and marketed together for four years.The U.S.-based defense giant and European vehicle manufacturer broke off their partnership before the former submitted its bid in May, Lockheed Martin spokesman John Kent told Defense Daily.Because Lockheed Martin is not an original equipment manufacturer of combat vehicles, it likely partnered with another firm…

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