Amphibious Combat Vehicle: Some Acquisition Activities Demonstrate Best Practices; Attainment of Amphibious Capability to be Determined

Abstract

The Marine Corps ACV is intended to transport Marines from ship to shore and provide armored protection on land. It is to potentially replace all or a portion of the decades old AAV fleet, and is expected to eventually offer increased amphibious capability and high water speed. The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 included a provision that GAO annually review and report on the ACV program until 2018. This report provides an updated discussion of (1) how the ACV program s efforts compare to acquisition best practices and examines (2) how the increments of ACV will achieve amphibious capability. To conduct this work, GAO reviewed program documentation and other materials for the ACV acquisition and Navy surface connector programs. GAO identified acquisition and analysis of alternatives best practices based on its prior body of work and DOD guidance. GAO also interviewed program and agency officials.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2015
Accession Number
ADA623320

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Amphibious Vehicles
  • Best Practices
  • Business Administration
  • Combat Vehicles
  • Congress
  • Contractors
  • Contracts
  • Cost Estimates
  • Department Of Defense
  • Governments
  • Landing Craft
  • Procurement
  • Systems Engineering
  • Test And Evaluation
  • United States Government
  • Vehicles

Readers

  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.