Army official outlines watercraft carrier replacement work

By Connie Lee / May 23, 2017 at 9:50 AM
As the Army works on replacing the Landing Craft Mechanized-8 with the Maneuver Support Vessel (Light), the service has also been developing its plans for the next version of the MSV to replace the Logistics Support Vessel. Fred Wehrli, deputy Training and Doctrine Command capability manager for transportation for autonomous air-maritime ground systems, said May 16 the service needs to "make sure" to have the requirements for the MSV (Heavy) developed around the fiscal year 2027 time frame. He said...

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