The episode underlines broader delays, sustainment issues flagged in US oversight reports. A large team has been flown in ...

An eyewitness to the ambush which took Rios’ life credited Rios with saving the lives of other Marines by putting down intensive covering fire which allowed the others to evacuate their Amphibious ...

YORK, Penn. — April 29, 2025 — BAE Systems has been awarded a $188 million full-rate production contract from the U.S. Marine Corps for 30 ACV-30mm vehicles, which includes fielding support, spares ...

The ACV is the Corps’ first new amphibious vehicle in half a century, fielded to replace what Hough described as the service’s “armored Winnebago,” the Assault Amphibious Vehicle. But the ...

The 844-foot Wasp-class amphibious assault ship carries a crew of up to 66 officers and 1,004 enlisted while still having room for a Marine detachment of 1,687 troops .

The service first put the new ACV, which replaces the decades-old amphibious assault vehicle, to use overseas in May, Marine Corps Times previously reported. BAE Systems won the contract to ...

The Marine Corps has announced new standards on training and operations for its Amphibious Combat Vehicle, or ACV, as it continues to deploy the 32-metric-ton machine in key training after early ...

U.S. Marines of the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) joined the Philippine 3rd Marine Brigade and other allies in a live-fire coastal defence exercise at Apurawan Beach on Oct. 22, 2024 ...

The U.S. military’s Amphibious Combat Vehicle (ACV) was developed to replace the aging Assault Amphibious Vehicle (AAV), which had been in service since the early 1970s.

The U.S. military's Amphibious Combat Vehicle (ACV) was developed to replace the aging Assault Amphibious Vehicle (AAV), which had been in service since the early 1970s.

It is wheeled, rather than tracked, as its predecessor platform was. In 2020, an amphibious assault vehicle sank off the coast of California, killing eight Marines and a sailor.