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Navy/USMC

BAE Systems Eyeing Expanded ACV Family Of Vehicles For Marines’ ARV, See ‘Significant Cost Savings’

By Matthew Beinart

Wednesday, May 11th, 2022

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BAE Systems Eyeing Expanded ACV Family Of Vehicles For Marines’ ARV, See ‘Significant Cost Savings’

BAE Systems' ACV C4/UAS at Modern Day Marine 2022 in Washington, D.C. Photo: Matthew Beinart.

BAE Systems is eyeing the Marine Corps’ Advanced Reconnaissance Vehicle (ARV) effort as an opportunity to build out additional variants of its own Amphibious Combat Vehicle (ACV), with a company official telling Defense Daily that offering a common chassis may provide ‘significant cost savings’ for the ARV program. The company is showcasing a Command, Control, Communications and Computers/Unmanned Aerial Systems, or C4/UAS, version of the ACV and a new Organic Precision Fires concept vehicle at this week’s Modern Day Marine…

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