BAE Systems Performs First-Ever Launch And Recovery Of ACV 1.1 Prototype Vehicle

By Lee Hudson / January 29, 2015 at 4:30 PM
BAE Systems performed the first-ever launch and recovery of an amphibious vehicle that is competing in the Marine Corps' Amphibious Combat Vehicle program, according to a company executive. In early December, the company was able to remove its vehicle from the Nevada Automotive Test Center in Silver Springs, NV, where the prototype is undergoing land mobility testing and bring it to the company's shipyard in San Francisco, CA, John Swift, BAE Systems program director told Inside the Navy Jan...

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