BAE Systems to make engineering changes to Lot 1 ACVs
BAE Systems Land & Armaments has received a $9.57 million contract modification from US Marine Corps Systems Command in connection with the Amphibious Combat Vehicle (ACV) programme.
This brings the total cumulative face value of the ACV programme to $3.31 billion for BAE Systems, the DoD noted on 18 February.
The modification provides for integration of ACV engineering changes for air cooling in 72 Lot 1A and Lot 1B full-rate production ACV Personnel (ACV-P) variants; as well as ACV Command (ACV-C) engineering support in production, non-recurring engineering changes, production costs and fielding and support costs.
Work will be completed at five US locations in January 2023.
BAE Systems announced on 18 February that the USMC has received ACV-C for tests. Aside from this vehicle and ACV-P, there are also a recovery and maintenance vehicle (ACV-R) and a turreted version of ACV armed with a 30mm cannon (ACV-30) is under development.
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