Marines ask BAE Systems to build 36 amphibious armored combat vehicles with modern sensors and vetronics
March 29, 2022
The ACV is a wheeled armored combat vehicle able to move Marine infantry warfighters from ships offshore to fight their way onto invasion beaches.
John Keller
Acv 29 March 2022
QUANTICO, Va. – U.S. Marine Corps amphibious warfare experts are ordering 36 Amphibious Combat Vehicles (ACVs) and accompanying vetronics to replace the Corps's ageing fleet of amphibious assault vehicles (AAVs).
Officials of the Marine Corps Systems Command at Quantico Marine Base, Va., announced a $173.6 million order Friday to the BAE Systems Platforms & Services segment in Sterling Heights, Mich., for 36 ACV armored combat vehicles. The total cumulative value of the contract is $1.7 billion.
In 2018 the Marine Corps chose BAE Systems as the ACV prime contractor over competitor Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) in Reston, Va.
The ACV is a wheeled armored combat vehicle able to move Marine infantry warfighters from ships offshore to fight their way onto invasion beaches. Marine Corps leaders cancelled the expensive expeditionary fighting vehicle (EFV) program in 2011.
https://www.militaryaerospace.com/sensors/article/14270106/vetronics-sensors-armored-combat-vehicles
