PEO Land Systems News

Marine Corps begins fielding Amphibious Combat Vehicle - Marines from the Amphibious Combat Vehicle new equipment training team complete an operator course in the vehicle in February 2019. Managed by Program Executive Officer Land Systems, the ACV was approved for Initial Operational Capability on Nov. 13 and for Full-Rate Production on Dec. 8 (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Ashley Calingo)

MCSC, PEO LS recognized during DON Acquisition Excellence Awards - John Garner, the Program Executive Officer Land Systems, stands by the PEO LS sign Nov. 16 aboard Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia. The Department of Navy recognized Garner along with several MCSC representatives for their acquisition efforts during the DON Acquisition Excellence Awards on Nov. 5, 2020. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Matt Gonzales)

Annual awards recognize superior performance among Corps’ acquisition workforce - Retired Marine Corps Lt. Gen. William Faulkner, president and chief executive officer of the Marine Corps Association and Foundation, congratulates recipients of the Higgins, Stoner and Roebling awards during the annual Marine Corps Systems Command Acquisition Excellence Awards, July 28 aboard Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia. These three awards are signed by Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. David H. Berger and sponsored by MCA&F. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Andrew Reynolds)

MCSC, ONR and CD&I collaborating to inform ARV path forward - A Light Armored Vehicle-25 with Company C, 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, is used to secure a position during a Marine Corps Combat Readiness Evaluation (MCCRE) at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., March 31, 2020. Marine Corps Systems Command is working toward the next phase of transforming the LAR mission through the development of Next Generation Reconnaissance capabilities. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Corey A. Mathews)

Retiring PEO LS logistician reflects on generosity - Rod Montgomery, a logistician for Program Executive Officer Land Systems, addresses the crowd during his retirement ceremony, Dec. 16 aboard Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia. Montgomery has assisted Marine Corps Systems Command and the greater community in various ways for decades. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Monique Randolph)

A Marine conducts pre-deployment training and evaluation. Additionally, Marines are evaluating the Compact Laser Weapons System, the first ground-based laser approved by the Department of Defense for use by warfighters, as another potential C-UAS defeat capability. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Dalton S. Swanbeck) - A Marine conducts pre-deployment training and evaluation. Additionally, Marines are evaluating the Compact Laser Weapons System, the first ground-based laser approved by the Department of Defense for use by warfighters, as another potential C-UAS defeat capability. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Dalton S. Swanbeck)

A Marine with 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit programs a counter-unmanned aircraft system on a Light Marine Air Defense Integrated System during a predeployment training exercise at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California, Nov. 13, 2018. The LMADIS and other innovations will be on display during the 54th annual Sea-Air-Space Exposition, held May 6–8 at the Gaylord Convention Center in National Harbor, Maryland. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Dalton S. Swanbeck) - A Marine with 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit programs a counter-unmanned aircraft system on a Light Marine Air Defense Integrated System during a predeployment training exercise at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California, Nov. 13, 2018. The LMADIS and other innovations will be on display during the 54th annual Sea-Air-Space Exposition, held May 6–8 at the Gaylord Convention Center in National Harbor, Maryland. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Dalton S. Swanbeck)

Marine Corps plans to replace LAV with new, ‘transformational’ ARV - Light Armored Reconnaissance Vehicles with Weapons Co., Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, finish a 379-mile movement into the Australian outback. The Marine Corps plans to start replacing its legacy Light Armored Vehicles with modern Armored Reconnaissance Vehicles late in the next decade. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Codey Underwood)