Washington: The US Marine Corps is now looking to secure amphibious combat vehicles (ACV) to meet the transporting requirements. They have decided to purchase hundreds of such vehicles capable to transport troops over water and to land.
Over the next few months, weapons manufacturers like Lockheed Martin and BAE Systems will compete to supply the US Marine Corps with ‘amphibious combat vehicles’ (ACVs), priced somewhere between $3 million and $6 million each.
Marine Corps spokesperson Manny Pacheco told Reuters that, as per the ACV program they have plan is to purchase roughly 200 vehicles during the first phase. Altogether 800 such vehicles are required by them over the time.
According to the Defense News source, the marine corps have decided to replace last year’s ‘Effective Fighting Vehicle’ (EFV) program with the current ACV program.

Video on the movement of Amphibious vehicle