New Amphibious Vehicle Special Notice

Title 10, U.S. Code, directs the Marine Corps to develop equipment used by landing forces in amphibious operations and sustained operations ashore. The Marine Corps continues to have a critical requirement for an affordable amphibious combat capability to support future expeditionary operations. In response to this operational need and an aging fleet of assault amphibious vehicles, the Marine Corps requirement for an amphibious tracked vehicle that will provide force protection, water speed, land mobility, lethality and survivability, while balancing payload, mobility, transportability and total ownership costs over the current Assault Amphibious Vehicle (AAV) is enduring. As such, the Marine Corps is conducting an amphibious requirements review in order to explore more affordable solutions to replace the aging AAV. Additionally, the Marine Corps has a requirement to provide a medium lift combat capability to support sustained operations ashore. This requirement for a Marine Personnel Carrier (MPC); an advanced generation, eight-wheeled, armored personnel carrier, must also provide force protection, land mobility, lethality, and survivability while balancing payload, mobility, transportability and total ownership costs. With this in mind, the Marine Corps is developing both interim and long-term investment strategies and plans and will release three (3) Requests for Information (RFIs) as follows: (1) for an AAV upgrade to serve as an interim solution, (2) for a Marine Personnel Carrier, and (3) for an AAV replacement. Marine Corps Systems Command and Program Executive Office Land Systems (PEO LS) in coordination with Combat Development and Integration (CD&I) intends to release these RFIs in the near future. These RFIs will serve to obtain industry input relative to its ability to provide affordable materiel solutions and inform the timeframe to provide upgrades to the AAV, develop and field an MPC and replace the AAV. Point of Contact: Valerie Mosqueira, Contracting Officer, Phone (703) 432-3159, Fax (703) 432-3160, Email [email protected]