Senate appropriators are concerned with aspects of the proposed acceleration of the Marine Corps' Amphibious Combat Vehicle program, such as inadequate test schedules and excessive numbers of prototypes, according to the report accompanying the Senate committee's version of the fiscal year 2015 defense spending bill. Funding in FY-15 will be used to manufacture 33 prototype vehicles for the ACV Increment 1.1 program. "The Committee fully funds the fiscal year 2015 request, but rescinds $40 million previously appropriated in the Department...
