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 ...

BAE Systems Land & Armaments has been awarded ... The ACV programme was initiated by the USMC in 2011 to replace its amphibious assault vehicles (AAV) family, which entered service in 1972.

The Corps’s first new amphibious ... Assault Vehicles,” the service said in a statement. Its fielding years in the making, the Corps first awarded $198 million in contract options to BAE ...

The Marine Corps plans on fielding its first batch of Amphibious Combat Vehicles to grunts ... replace the AAV,” said PEO Land Systems Advanced Amphibious Assault program manager Col.

US Marines with Amphibious Vehicle Test Branch, Marine Corps Tactical Systems Support Activity ... to replace the legacy platform (Amphibious Assault Vehicle), it goes without saying the ACV ...

The U.S. Navy's newest Wasp Class multipurpose amphibious assault ship was commissioned ... with a beam of 106 feet. Two steam propulsion plants, developing a combined 70,000 hp, will drive ...

The Marine Corps debuted its amphibious combat vehicles overseas, signaling the service believes it has resolved the training hiccups that previously had prompted it to restrict the vehicles ...

The Corps' new Amphibious Combat Vehicle is here to improve Marines' amphibious capabilities. Marines with the Amphibious Vehicle Test Branch, Marine Corps Tactical Systems Support Activity ...

Mission: AAV-7s are tracked highly mobile vehicles that serve to ferry Marines and cargo through hostile territory. The vehicles are amphibious ... the LAV is used for assault, reconnaissance ...

Manufacturer: Ingalls Shipbuilding Service: USN, USMC Armament: 2x RAM launchers; 2x NATO Sea Sparrow launchers; 3x 20mm Phalanx CIWS mounts; 4x .50 cal. machine guns; 4x 25 mm Mk 38 machine guns ...

The Chinese navy has launched an amphibious assault ship which will double up as a drone carrier, integrating the battleship with unmanned aerial vehicles ... uncrewed or UAV systems into military ...

Japan is in the process of building a miniature amphibious assault vehicle (AAV) demonstrator that, if all goes according to plan, will result in a full-scale demonstrator by October of ...