With the fate of the program uncertain, the first new prototype of the Marine Corps' Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle was unveiled last week with initial testing slated to begin next month ahead of operational testing in 2011. The General Dynamics-built EFV is an armored, tracked amphibious vehicle designed to carry Marines from ship to shore. The 14-year-old program has suffered a series of setbacks, including prototypes that were found to be unreliable in operational tests in 2006. The fielding of the...
