Eying Smaller Price Tag, DOD Formally Launches EFV Replacement Effort

摘要

Less than a year after terminating the Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle program for runaway costs, the Pentagon has formally launched a replacement acquisition effort to develop an Amphibious Combat Vehicle - a pared-down successor in terms of capability and cost the Marine Corps hopes will begin ferrying troops from ship to shore as soon as 2022. In a first step, the Marine Corps recently began an analysis of alternatives that will explore options for developing an ACV to carry infantry units from ships over the horizon to shore. The findings of the AOA will give shape to a proposed vehicle type with more refined capabilities and, if they are persuasive to Pentagon leaders, technology development contracts for industry.