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Navy/USMC

Marine Corps Releases Market Survey For Armored Reconnaissance Vehicle

By Matthew Beinart

Thursday, May 30th, 2019

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Marine Corps Releases Market Survey For Armored Reconnaissance Vehicle

LAV II Photo: General Dynamics

The Marine Corps on Wednesday released a new market survey to gauge industry’s input on building prototypes for its next reconnaissance vehicle and detailing plans to eventually award up to four contracts to start testing platforms in fiscal year 2021. Officials are looking to kickstart the effort to replace its aging Light Armored Vehicles with the new Armored Reconnaissance Vehicle after pushing back the start of the program to better align with industry’s capability advancements, with plans to finalize an…

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