Status of Efforts to Initiate an Amphibious Combat Vehicle Program

Abstract

Since 1972, the primary platform for transporting Marines from ship to shore under hostile conditions has been the Assault Amphibious Vehicle (AAV). Although planned upgrades for the AAV will bolster force protection, survivability, and mobility, enabling the vehicle to remain in service through at least 2030, the Marines report that the AAV has become increasingly difficult to operate, maintain, and sustain. As weapons technology and threat capabilities have evolved over the past four decades, the AAV is viewed as having capability shortfalls in the areas of water and land mobility, lethality, protection, and network capability. In addition, the AAVs need to be deployed and recovered from within sight of the shore may represent a significant survivability issue not only for the vehicles occupants but also for naval amphibious forces that support it.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 10, 2014
Accession Number
AD1183091

Entities

People

  • Michael J. Sullivan

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accountability
  • Acquisition
  • Amphibious Vehicles
  • Best Practices
  • Combat Vehicles
  • Congress
  • Department Of Defense
  • Electronic Mail
  • Force Protection
  • Governments
  • House Of Representatives
  • Marine Corps
  • Military Acquisition
  • Mobility
  • National Security
  • Procurement
  • Standards
  • Survivability
  • Systems Engineering
  • United States
  • Vehicles
  • Weapon Systems

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.
  • Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Autonomous Capabilities and Mission Reconnaissance.