Marines test 'critical link' between Amphibious Vehicle Increment 1.1, 1.2

By Lee Hudson / June 23, 2017 at 4:35 PM
The Marine Corps recently tested a "critical link" between Amphibious Combat Vehicle Increment 1.1 and 1.2, which was the ability to launch and recover the system from an amphibious assault ship. Col. Kirk Mullins, ACV Increment 1.1 deputy program manager, told Inside the Navy June 21 the service tested two of BAE Systems' prototype vehicles and one of Science Applications International Corp.'s vehicles aboard the Somerset (LPD-25) June 17-18. "This is kind of historic in the sense that an ACV,...

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