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Marines Developing New Concepts of Operations for ACV as Acquisition Process Begins This Summer

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Marines Developing New Concepts of Operations for ACV as Acquisition Process Begins This Summer
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.

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. – The Marine Corps is considering alternative concepts of operations for amphibious landings as its future force begins to take shape: the service expects to award a contract for its Assault Amphibious Vehicle upgrades soon and issue a request for information on its newly restructured Amphibious Combat Vehicle (ACV) this summer. The new ACV approach–in which the service will buy an initial 200 Increment 1.1 vehicles and later 490 Increment 1.2 vehicles with different variants of weapons…

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