The service first put the new ACV, which replaces the decades-old amphibious assault vehicle, to use overseas in May, Marine Corps Times previously reported. BAE Systems won the contract to ...
From ship to shore to objective, no equipment better defines the distinction and purpose of Marine Corps expeditionary capabilities than the AAV-7 Amphibious Assault Vehicle. Designed to assault ...
“The ceremony was held to officially introduce the Marine Corps’ Amphibious Combat Vehicle, which is meant to supplement and eventually replace the current Amphibious Assault Vehicles,” the ...
The ACV is intended to eventually replace the older Amphibious Assault Vehicle that’s been in use since the 1970s. The Marine Corps in June 2018 awarded $198 million in contract options to BAE ...
Nearly 200 Marines and 400 sailors from I Marine Expeditionary Force and Expeditionary Strike Group 3 conducted the drills ...
The Marine Corps has announced new standards on ... an entity that oversees the shift from the Corps' decades-old Amphibious Assault Vehicle to the newer ACV. "The AATOPS program represents ...
A sinking Marine Corps amphibious assault vehicle is a "death trap" because of how hard it can be to get everyone out alive, Marine veterans told Insider after a deadly incident this summer.
The new standards outline the use of safety boats to accompany the Amphibious Combat Vehicle during waterborne operations.
The US Marine Corps is pulling its amphibious assault vehicles from regular deployments and out of the water except in emergencies after a deadly accident last year, the service said in a statement.
Marines on Okinawa, Japan, have received their first batch of amphibious combat vehicles ― the Corps' upgrade for the assault ...