Marine Corps to release vehicle requests for information
With the cancellation of the Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle (EFV) program on 6 January 2011, the United States Marine Corps (USMC) is preparing to release four separate requests for industry assistance in crafting a revised ground mobility strategy.
Brigadier General Daniel O’Donohue, director of the USMC Capabilities Development Directorate, outlined aspects of the current plan in a 7 February panel presentation to the 2011 Tactical Wheeled Vehicles Conference, in Monterey, California.
‘We’re in a little bit of flux,’ he admitted pointing to both ‘the recent termination of the EFV’ as well as ‘a huge effort for the Marine Corps to shape
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