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BAE Systems to supply 30 additional ACV Amphibious Combat Vehicles to US Marine Corps.
BAE Systems Land & Armaments LP is awarded a $153,735,465 firm-fixed-price modification to previously awarded contract M67854-16-0006 for Amphibious Combat Vehicles (ACVs). The total cumulative face value of the contract is $2,074,435,899. This contract modification provides for the exercise of options for the procurement of 30 full-rate production ACVs and associated production, fielding and support costs.
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U.S. Marines offload amphibious combat vehicles (ACVs) with 3d Assault Amphibian Battalion, 1st Marine Division from the amphibious assault dock landing ship USS Anchorage (LPD 23) during exercise STRATMOBEX at Naval Base San Diego, California, Oct. 19, 2021. (Picture source: U.S. DoD)
Work will be performed in York, Pennsylvania (60%); Aiken, South Carolina (15%); San Jose, California (15%); Sterling Heights, Michigan (5%); and Stafford, Virginia (5%), with an expected completion date of December 2024. Fiscal 2023 procurement (Marine Corps) funds in the amount of $153,735,465 will be obligated at the time of award and will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Marine Corps Systems Command, Quantico, Virginia, is the contracting activity.
The ACV represents the optimum balance of sea/land mobility and survivability, with future growth potential. The ACV was born out of a combination of BAE Systems’ amphibious vehicles legacy and Iveco Defence Vehicles’ long history of producing more than 30,000 multi-purpose armored vehicles.
The U.S. Department of Defense on May 9 announced that BAE Systems Land & Armaments L.P. was awarded an $89,467,675 firm-fixed-price modification to previously awarded contract M67854-16-0006 for Amphibious Combat Vehicles (ACV). The total cumulative face value of the contract is $1,825,427,258.