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BAE Systems Picked Over SAIC To Deliver Marines Corps’ Amphibious Combat Vehicle

By Matthew Beinart

Tuesday, June 19th, 2018

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BAE Systems Picked Over SAIC To Deliver Marines Corps’ Amphibious Combat Vehicle

BAE's prototype for the Marine Corps' ACV 1.1

BAE Systems was selected on Monday to deliver the Marine Corps’ next-generation Amphibious Combat Vehicle (ACV), beginning with a $198 million low rate initial production deal to build 30 vehicles. Marine Corps officials announced the decision to select BAE's SuperAV vehicle for ACV 1.1 over SAIC’s [SAIC] Terrex, with initial deliveries to start in fall 2019.A decision on full rate production is expected in the third quarter of FY 20. BAE Systems is expected to deliver 204 total ACV's.BAE first…

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