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BAE Systems Delivering First ACVs Next Summer, Marines Considering Family of Vehicles

BAE Systems Delivering First ACVs Next Summer, Marines Considering Family of Vehicles
BAE Systems' Amphibious Combat Vehicle at the 2018 Modern Day Marine. (Photo: Matthew Beinart)

BAE Systems is set to deliver the first Amphibious Combat Vehicles (ACV) to the Marine Corps starting in summer 2019, with the service to begin discussions on potential command and control and recovery variants by 2020, according to a company official.John Swift, BAE System’s ACV program director, told reporters at the Modern Day Marine conference that assembly will begin in January, with a goal to eventually deliver two to five vehicles a month under the low-rate initial production (LRIP) contract…

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