Amphibious Combat Vehicle: Program Should Take Steps to Ensure Manufacturing Readiness

Abstract

In June 2018, the United States Marine Corps plans to select a contractor and begin low-rate production for the ACV, a vehicle used to transport Marines from ship to shore under hostile conditions. The ACV will replace all or part of the current Assault Amphibious Vehicle fleet. The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 included a provision for GAO to annually review and report on the ACV program until 2018. This report, GAO's last under that provision, assesses the extent to which the Marine Corps is making progress toward (1) meeting cost and schedule goals for the ACV program and (2) demonstrating manufacturing readiness. GAO reviewed program cost estimates, updated schedules, and program assessments of test results and production readiness, as well as compared ACV acquisition efforts to DOD guidance and GAO-identified best practices. GAO also interviewed program and testing officials, and visited both ACV primary assembly locations.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 17, 2018
Accession Number
AD1156296

Entities

People

  • Jon Ludwigson

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accountability
  • Acquisition
  • Best Practices
  • Combat Vehicles
  • Congress
  • Contractors
  • Contracts
  • Cost Estimates
  • Department Of Defense
  • Governments
  • Incentive Contracts
  • Manufacturing
  • Marine Corps
  • Production
  • United States
  • United States Government
  • Vehicles

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  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.
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