{"id":22925,"date":"2019-09-11T19:48:20","date_gmt":"2019-09-11T19:48:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2019\/09\/11\/two-lav-replacement-prototypes-to-be-evaluated-by-the-marines-by-the-end-of-2020\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T20:31:56","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T20:31:56","slug":"two-lav-replacement-prototypes-to-be-evaluated-by-the-marines-by-the-end-of-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/land\/2019\/09\/11\/two-lav-replacement-prototypes-to-be-evaluated-by-the-marines-by-the-end-of-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Armored reconnaissance vehicle prototypes to be evaluated by the Marines by the end of 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Corps plans to have a replacement for one of its oldest combat vehicles, the light armored vehicle<\/a>, or LAV, by the end of the next decade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And, by the end of 2020, the Corps says it will evaluate two armored reconnaissance vehicle, or ARV, prototypes \u2014 the replacement vehicle for the LAV, according to a news release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Office of Naval Research said it awarded two contracts in 2019 to General Dynamics and SAIC to design and build \u201cfull-scale technology-demonstration vehicles,\u201d according to the news release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The General Dynamics ARV will incorporate advanced technologies that are available today, while the SAIC vehicle will be an \u201cat-the-edge\u201d prototype using the most advanced technologies that aren\u2019t quite \u201cmature\u201d today, the release said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe future ARV will provide transformational sensor, communications and combat capabilities to collect and communicate information, while integrating robotics and artificial intelligence technologies in manned-unmanned teams,\u201d the Office of Naval Research, or ONR, said in a news release.<\/p>\n\n\n\t