Construction of Marine Corps' Ancillary Surface Craft to begin this summer

Construction of Marine Corps' Ancillary Surface Craft to begin this summer

Contractors Birdon and C&C Marine and Repair are set to begin production of two prototype vessels designed to carry gear and personnel and perform beach landings under a contract with the Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory linked to the service's Landing Ship Medium and interim bridging solution efforts. According to a Birdon announcement, the two Ancillary Surface Craft will inform future landing craft capabilities, tactics and procedures unde…

This New Beach Landing Vessel Is Being Bought By The Marines

The U.S. Marine Corps is buying a pair of new medium landing craft from Australia-headquartered firm Birdon to help the service continue to refine its new expeditionary and distributed concepts of operations. The purchase of the two Ancillary Surface Craft-Medium (ASC-M) vessels aligns with a “bridging solution” that the Marines have been working on with the U.S. Navy to pave the way for already much-delayed plans to acquire a fleet of larger Me…