Havoc 8x8 Completes Swim Tests

via Reuters

The trials in and near the surf at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., were conducted with the vehicle loaded to its full combat weight. During the Camp Pendleton testing, Havoc demonstrated its resistance to water penetration while easily accommodating a full complement of Marine Corps battle gear for the crew.
"The Havoc 8x8 showed its ability to negotiate all surf and wave conditions required by the United StatesMarine Corps," said Scott Greene, vice president of Ground Vehicles for Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control. "The vehicle maintained 100 percent operational readiness throughout the test."
Lockheed Martin leads a team that includes industrial partner Patria Land Systems. Havoc is a multi-mission, expeditionary ground combat vehicle that is an evolution of the Patria 8x8 Armored Modular Vehicle, a battle-tested design used by armed forces globally. Its configuration allows for a wide range of weapons, sensor and communications options to address evolving mission requirements. Employing the baseline architecture of the Patria vehicle, Havoc features exceptional mobility and transportability, and can protect its crew against a variety of extreme threats.
Havoc's designed-in supportability combined with Lockheed Martin's award-winning experience in managing performance-based logistics programs for ground platforms enables increased system readiness and lower ownership costs. Lockheed Martin's total-system approach to vehicle missionization reduces crew workload and ensures troops remain connected on the battlefield.

Interesting.  Ordinarily this would be a big "meh" (where did that come from...meh isn't even a word) but I wonder if they're doing a X-35.

They show up and do the armored vehicle version of flying supersonic and then performing a vertical landing on the competition.

100 percent reliability, full combat load and meeting all objectives in the swim test?

Sounds like they're banging on a drum saying we're ready now.

One other thing has me curious too.  The release photo is the best fan dance I've seen in a long time.  They show just enough of the vehicle so its recognized as the Havoc but nothing else.  Could a design change of some type taken place?

Who knows.  Next up....General Dynamics and BAE.