Acquisition of Advanced Amphibious Assault Vehicles.

Abstract

The Advanced Amphibious Assault (AAA) Program was the only major acquisition program in the Marine Corps at the time of the audit. The Marine Corps established the AAA Program to develop and procure vehicles to replace the Amphibious Assault Vehicle (AAV) that was fielded in 1972. The AAA Program should satisfy mobility and survivability deficiencies in the AAV as well as provide fast assault capability from extended sea ranges. The Marine Corps evaluated seven vehicle alternatives to satisfy the deficiencies in the AAV and planned to develop and procure 951 AAA vehicles. The AAA Program had an estimated research and development cost of $900 million and a procurement cost of $3.8 billion. Initial fielding of the AAA Program was scheduled for calendar year 2003; however, due to delays in selecting the most cost-effective alternative, the initial fielding of a vehicle under the AAA Program slipped.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 18, 1993
Accession Number
ADA376757

Entities

Organizations

  • Office of the Inspector General, U.S. Department of Defense

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Amphibious Military Vehicles
  • Amphibious Operations
  • Business Administration
  • Collective Protection
  • Combat Vehicles
  • Congress
  • Contract Administration
  • Contracts
  • Control Systems
  • Engineers
  • Financial Management
  • Law
  • Military Applications
  • Military Research
  • Propulsion Systems
  • Systems Engineering
  • Test And Evaluation

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