The video displays a prototype of US Marine Corps’ new amphibious vehicle UHAC (Ultra Heavy-lift Amphibious Connector) at its demonstration in Hawaii on 11 July 2014 during a Marine Corps Advanced Warfighting Experiment during RIMPAC 2014. In this demonstration the prototype of UHAC carries an assault vehicle from Rushmore to the shore.
Developed by the Office of Naval Research and Navatek Ltd., this amphibious vehicle is capable of travelling both on sea and land and meant to replace US Marine Corps’ Landing Craft Air Cushion which is being used in operations for more than 20 years.
This prototype is a half-scale version of the full scale UHAC which is made of aluminum and air-filled blocks of foam for giving the vehicle appropriate propulsion. The prototype is 13 metres (42 feet) long, 8 metres (26 feet) wide and 5 metres (17 feet) high. The full-scale UHAC is going to be much bigger and will be able to carry more loads than this half scale prototype. The final UHAC would be 25 (84 feet) metres in length, 10 (34 feet) metres in width and will have a range of 320 kilometres (200 miles). It will be capable of carrying up to 200 tons weight at the speed of 40 kilometers (20 miles) per hour and will be able to scale 3 meters ( 10 feet) high obstacles like sea walls.
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