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Marines

Advanced Amphibious Assault



MISSION

Provide and support amphibious combat capabilities that enable our Marines to win.
 

VISION

Lead innovation and Acquisition for amphibious combat vehicles.

PROGRAMS

The ACV is the Corps’ next-generation vehicle designed to move Marines from ship to shore. The ACV is a full replacement for the aging Amphibious Assault Vehicle, the ACV will be the primary means of tactical mobility for the Marine infantry battalion at sea and ashore. The ACV will support expeditionary mobility capability and capacity with balanced levels of performance, protection, and payload. The vehicles within the ACV FoV program are a personnel carrier (ACV-P), command and control (ACV-C), a medium caliber cannon (ACV-30) and maintenance/recovery (ACV-R).

The AAV, initially fielded in 1972, remains the primary general-support armored personnel carrier for Marines. The AAV family of vehicles consists of a personnel, a command and control, and a recovery variant. The Amphibious Combat Vehicle will eventually replace the AAV family of vehicles.

media & releases

201104-M-WQ429-1048

ACV Redesignation Ceremony

U.S. Marines with Amphibious Vehicle Test Branch, Marine Corps Tactical Systems Support Activity, test Amphibious Combat Vehicles along the beach during low-light surf transit testing at AVTB Beach on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Dec. 16, 2019

Marines take new ACV out for low-light surf transit

U.S. Marines with Combat Assault Company (CAC), 3d Marine Regiment, clear vegetation with an amphibious assault vehicle (AAV) from the Nu'upia Ponds Wildlife Management Area during the 35th annual 'Mud Ops', Marine Corps Base Hawaii (MCBH), Jan. 29, 2020. The MCBH Environmental Compliance and Protection Department partnered with Combat Assault Company to utilize their AAVs in an effort to fight back against invasive plants and prepare plots of wetlands for local water fowl. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Matthew Kirk)

200129-M-RA909-1112

U.S. Marines with Amphibious Vehicle Test Branch, Marine Corps Tactical Systems Support Activity, drive a new Amphibious Combat Vehicle ashore during low-light surf transit testing at AVTB Beach on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Dec. 18.

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Program Executive Officer Land Systems