Gibbs amphibious vehicles

As mentioned in a recent A-C-E post (linking to a 26MAR07 Defense Review post), Gibbs Technologies (Warwickshire, UK) and Lockheed Martin have agreed to develop a family of high-speed amphibious vehicles designed specifically for military operations, based on technology Gibbs uses in vehicles for civilian use.

Here's a better image:

And here's a video.

Remember the James Bond car which converted to a submarine by retracting its wheels very similarly? (Scroll down at this link to see it with the wheels retracted.)

Gibbs and Lockheed Martin will advance the development by integrating expeditionary command and control capability, armor, and weapons systems.

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The military version will have network ability to share and distribute information from onboard and remote sensors. Gibbs and Lockheed Martin will advance the development by integrating expeditionary command and control capability, armor, and weapons systems. The military version will have network ability to share and distribute information from onboard and remote sensors.

Gibbs and Lockheed Martin are developing three military concept vehicles, representing a scalable capability to meet various missions:

-- The Amphibious Combat Craft -- Expeditionary (ACC-E) is a 20-foot amphibian capable 45 mph on the water and 80 mph on land;

-- The Amphibious Combat Craft -- Riverine (ACC-R) is a 35-foot amphibian capable of 40 mph on the water and 65 mph on land; and,
 
-- The Terraquad, capable of over 55 mph on the water and 50 mph on land.