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BAE Systems Delivers First ACV Command And Control Variant, Working On Turreted Version

BAE Systems Delivers First ACV Command And Control Variant, Working On Turreted Version
U.S. Marines with Amphibious Vehicle Test Branch, Marine Corps Tactical Systems Support Activity, drive a new Amphibious Combat Vehicle ashore during low-light surf transit testing at AVTB Beach on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Dec. 18, 2019. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Andrew Cortez)

BAE Systems has delivered the first command and control variant of the new Amphibious Combat Vehicle (ACV-C) to the Marine Corps for testing, with two more vehicles set to be delivered by the end of March. John Swift, the company’s director of amphibious programs, told Defense Daily an eventual production contract for the ACV-C variant is likely to be awarded in 2023 and would cover around 30 vehicles. “The three vehicles for the ACV-C will enter into a truncated [Engineering…

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