Marine Corps awards Textron, General Dynamics second rapid ARV prototype contract
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Marine Corps awards Textron, General Dynamics second rapid ARV prototype contract | news world defense. WASHINGTON - The Marine Corps has signed off on another rapid prototyping phase for both Textron and General Dynamics Land Systems (GDLS) for the Advanced Reconnaissance Vehicle (ARV) program. The Marine Corps is seeking an ARV "family of vehicles" for the program to replace its Light Armored Vehicle (LAV) fleet. The new vehicles Textron and GDLS will deliver are designed to take on a series of roles with a command, control, communications and computers-unmanned aerial system (C4/UAS) variant; a 30mm autocannon and anti-tank guided missile variant; and a logistics variant. "In the future fight, the Marine Air-Ground Task Force [MAGTF C2] must out cycle the fight for information to shape the battlespace and deliver precision fires," Col. Chris Stephenson,...
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