Marine Corps next-generation amphibious vehicle competition ramps up

By Lee Hudson Marjorie Censer / May 9, 2017 at 9:15 AM
MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP PENDLETON, CA -- The Marine Corps is ramping up its next-generation amphibious vehicle testing as the two vendors continue to deliver prototypes. Col. Wendell Leimbach, acting advanced amphibious assault program manager, described to reporters here April 26 the service's new vehicle acceptance review process. Leimbach was previously the deputy program manager for advanced amphibious assault. It "includes the information that they [the vendors] collect as far as their break-in operations, from that they submit information to...

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