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USMC orders more Amphibious Combat Vehicles

11th February 2021 - 13:15 GMT | by The Shephard News Team

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Total value of the ACV contract is now $3.3 billion with latest 36-vehicle order.

BAE Systems Land & Armaments will provide the USMC with 36 more full-rate production Amphibious Combat Vehicles (ACVs), under a $183.64 million contract modification from Marine Corps Systems Command.

This brings the total cumulative value of the contract to $3.3 billion. 

Work is expected to be completed in April 2023, the DoD announced on 10 February.

The USMC has a requirement for 579 ACVs, but the need for additional mission variants could increase the number procured to more than 700. 

It is planned for the first 204 vehicles to be equipped as standard personnel carriers while tests are carried out on the mission variants. 

To dat 50 ACVs have been delivered to the USMC, according to Shephard Defence Insight. The latest option increases the total number of vehicles under full-rate production to 72 for a total value of $366 million, BAE Systems noted on 11 February. 

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