BAE Systems wins competition for US Marine Corps’ ACV 1.1

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BAE Systems, teamed with Iveco Defence Vehicles, rolled out its ACV 1.1 variant in December 2016. Source: BAE Systems

Key Points

• The US Marine Corps selected BAE Systems’ Amphibious Combat Vehicle offering over SAIC’s
• The service plans to replace its entire legacy fleet by the end of 2020

The US Marine Corps has selected BAE Systems to produce its Amphibious Combat Vehicle (ACV) 1.1, the successor to the AAV7A1 Assault Amphibious Vehicle (AAV) in service since 1971.

Officials told reporters on 19 June the service has exercised “several options” with BAE Systems for production of 30 low-rate production vehicles for delivery beginning in fall 2019. Those options are valued at USD198 million. Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development, and Acquisition James ‘Hondo’ Geurts issued a ‘Milestone C’ production decision for the programme on 18 June.

Following a downselect from five vendors in 2015, the marines issued engineering and manufacturing development (EMD) contracts to BAE Systems and Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), which have produced and delivered 16 vehicles each for testing by the service.

According to Program Executive Officer for Land Systems John Garner, the service made a “best-value determination” based on the technical performance of the EMD vehicles.

ACV 1.1 will provide the service with “an advanced, eight-wheeled armoured personnel carrier”, he said.

The marines are taking a phased approach to the procurement, with ACV Increment 1.1 intended to “deliver combat-ready marines from ship-to-shore connector craft” to facilitate massing of forces before continuing inland, according to the service.

Fiscal year 2019 (FY 2019) budget documents indicate ACV 1.1 is “designed to provide an initial operational capability of personnel carriers. Subsequent phases are planned to expand the personnel carrier capacity and to develop additional command and control and tactical recovery capabilities”.

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