BAE SYSTEMS TEAM WINS U.S. MARINE CORPS’ AMPHIBIOUS COMBAT VEHICLE COMPETITION
NEWTOWN, Conn. --The U.S. Marine Corps has awarded BAE Systems a $198 million contract to deliver an initial 30 Amphibious Combat Vehicles (ACV), with options for a total of 204 vehicles which could be worth up to $1.2 billion. BAE Systems, along with teammate Iveco Defence Vehicles, prevailed in the Marine Corps’ competition.
The ACV is a U.S. Marine Corps program to develop a replacement for the Assault Amphibious Vehicle. This program replaced the Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle (EFV) program canceled in 2011. The current program builds on the Marine Personnel Carrier (MPC) program, which was canceled in 2013. Under this latest effort, work performed on the MPC program will form the basis of ACV Phase 1. Research and development of a high-speed water variant will be conducted under ACV Phase 2.
In August 2011, BAE Systems and Iveco Defence Vehicles announced their official teaming relationship - which followed the licensing agreement announced in June 2010 - to pursue the original MPC program. The companies offered a vehicle based on the Superav 8x8. In 2009, Iveco unveiled the Superav 8x8 as the newest MPC candidate. This vehicle is now being offered to fulfill the ACV Phase 1 requirements. The team submitted its bid in May 2015.
In November 2015, teams led by BAE Systems and SAIC were selected to build prototypes. BAE Systems was awarded $103.8 million and SAIC $121.5 million for the EMD phase of ACV 1.1. BAE Systems rolled out its first of 16 ACV 1.1 prototypes to the U.S. Marine Corps in December 2016. The program calls for 204 vehicles, with the first entering service in 2020 and all being delivered by 2023.
Work on the program will be performed at the company’s facilities in Aiken, South Carolina; Sterling Heights, Michigan; Minneapolis; Stafford; San Jose, California; and York, Pennsylvania.
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