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Army

BAE Systems Details Moves To Expand AMPV, ACV Production Capacity At York Facility

By Matthew Beinart

Friday, March 31st, 2023

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BAE Systems Details Moves To Expand AMPV, ACV Production Capacity At York Facility

BAE Systems delivered the first AMPV to the Army on August 31, 2020. Photo: BAE Systems.

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — BAE Systems is moving portions of its production work to other facilities to ensure its York, Pennsylvania manufacturing site has expanded capacity to build the Army’s Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle (AMPV) and Marine Corps’ Amphibious Combat Vehicles, according to a company official. Jim Miller, BAE Systems’ vice president of business development for combat mission systems, said the company has invested $250 million to support production increase efforts and has received another $27 million through the Ukraine supplemental funding…

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