The Marine Corps' next-generation amphibious assault vehicle is under close scrutiny as a result of program delays and budget overruns. But supporters of the vehicle claim that the delays are justified, because additional testing is needed. The cost increases are moderate, supporters said, and ...
A Marine Corps Amphibious Assault Vehicle hitting the beach during Exercise Iron Fist 2017. As happens to all weapons, the AAV has slowly become obsolete. Among other things, its aluminum hull had to be buttressed with additional armor to make it survivable on the modern battlefield. The Mari...
The U.S. Marines are looking for a new armored vehicle. Their requirements: The vehicle must be capable of scouting ahead of friendly forces and reporting on enemy positions, while at the same time packing enough firepower to hold their own on the battlefield. The future Armored Reconnaissanc...
The Marine Corps put an assault amphibious vehicle (AAV) back in the water this week for the first time since one sank last summer, killing nine service members, Marine Corps officials told Insider Thursday. Last July, an AAV assigned to Bravo Company, Bat...
The 15th MEU also oversaw the first operational deployment of the amphibious combat vehicle, or ACV, which Military.com previously reported had "surf zone" restrictions, meaning that it could not transit where waves break before the shore. ...
The Royal Marines maintain no heavy armoured units, instead, they operate a fleet of lightly armoured and highly mobile vehicles intended for amphibious landings or rapid deployment. The primary armoured fighting vehicle operated by the Armoured Support Group is the BvS 10 Viking All Terrain Armoured...
The Marine Corps has carried on its line of amphibious tracked vehicles with the AAV7, but is planning on replacing it with the new wheeled Amphibious Combat Vehicle; likewise, the Corps plans to replace the older LAV-25 with the Armored Reconnaissance Vehicle to compliment the M1A1 Abrams main...
aboard tiny scan eagle drones out at sea, creating the equivalent of flying cell towers. once on the beach, marines can do the same with an enabler mounted on an internally transportable vehicle, a rolling platform that marine units can pack up onto their ch-53 helicopters or ospreys. for...
Martin Defense to design unmanned amphibious vehicle to deliver fuel to Marines Machine autonomy experts at Martin Defense Group LLC in Honolulu arc designing an unmanned amphibious vehicle to help deliver fuel to U.S. Marines fighting... J Keller - 《Military & Aerospace Electronics》...
The service members had been missing since their amphibious assault vehicle (AAV) sank during an exercise on Thursday. Seven other Marines were rescued while one was killed, the Marine Corps had said previously. The search included a U.S. Navy destroyer and a Coast Guard cutter but failed to...