BAE Systems delivers first ACV-C variant to US Marine Corps
Image courtesy BAE Systems
The ACV-C will provide Marines with a mobile command center which enables situational awareness and operations planning in the battlespace.
ACV-C provides open-ocean and ship-to-objective amphibious capability, land mobility, survivability and the capacity to incorporate and adapt to, future advanced technologies.
Through previous studies with the Marine Corps, BAE Systems has proven that the ACV is truly customisable and has the built-in growth capacity to integrate future mission critical technologies, including new battle management capabilities, advanced communications, multidomain targeting management, beyond-line-of-sight sensors and Manned-Unmanned Teaming (MUM-T) with autonomous and unmanned systems.
“We are thrilled to deliver this critical capability into the hands of Marines in the field,” said Garrett Lacaillade, vice president of the amphibious vehicles product line for BAE Systems. “As the Marines begin to familiarise themselves with the new ACV-C, we remain ready to fulfil any of the Corps’ critical amphibious warfighting needs to ensure the Fleet Marine Force is mission ready.”
Above:
US Marines with Charlie Company, 3d Assault Amphibian Battalion, 1st Marine Division, conduct waterborne operations utilising an amphibious combat vehicle at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, 31st January 2022. The training ensures proficiency of the crew members and enforced water integrity testing procedures.
Credit: US Marine Corps. Photo by Cpl. Alexandra Munoz
The Marine Corps and BAE Systems entered full-rate production on the ACV programme with a contract award in December 2020. Currently, two of the four ACV variants are in production today at BAE Systems facility in York, Pennsylvania: the ACV Personnel variant (ACV-P), which provides transport for 13 combat-loaded Marines and three crew and the new ACV-C variant.
Production Representative Test Vehicles (PRTVs) are currently in production for ACV 30mm (ACV-30). ACV-30 is armed with a 30mm Remote Turret System that provides the lethality and protection Marines need while leaving ample room for troop capacity and payload.
The fourth variant on contract, the ACV Recovery variant (ACV-R) recently completed phase one of the design process. BAE Systems will deliver production representative test vehicles in 2025. ACV-R will provide direct field support, maintenance and recovery to the ACV family of vehicles.
ACV production and support is taking place at BAE Systems locations in Stafford, Virginia, San Jose, California, Sterling Heights, Michigan, Aiken, South Carolina and York, Pennsylvania, USA.
