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Navy/USMC

BAE’s First Amphibious Combat Vehicle Surfaces With New 690-HP Engine

Wednesday, September 28th, 2016

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BAE’s First Amphibious Combat Vehicle Surfaces With New 690-HP Engine

BAE Systems ACV 1.1

Marine Corps officials on Tuesday got a look at the first Amphibious Combat Vehicle (ACV) that has rolled off the BAE Systems production line.The eight-wheeled, 690-horsepower armored personnel carrier is the first of 16 the company will build for the engineering and manufacturing development (EMD) phase of the ACV 1.1 program. It sits a dozen feet from SAIC’s [SAIC] competing ACV offering center stage at the Modern Day Marine Military Expo here.The vehicle came off BAE’s York, Pa., production line…

Congress

House Republicans’ Blueprint For Reconciliation 3.0 Includes $60 Billion For Defense

House Republicans on Wednesday unveiled a blueprint for a third reconciliation bill that includes $60 billion for defense, a figure slightly below the Trump administration’s request to cover Iran war […]

Congress

Senate Dems Block Consideration Of FY ‘27 NDAA Over Iran War Concerns

Senate Democrats on Tuesday blocked a vote to advance consideration of the chamber’s $1.14 trillion fiscal year 2027 National Defense Authorization (NDAA). The procedural vote was 46-50, failing to reach […]

Congress

Concerns Raised At SASC Hearing On Unobligated Reconciliation Funds And Lack Of Updates On Iran War Cost

Members of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) raised concerns at a hearing on Tuesday about the majority of funds in the $153 billion first reconciliation bill being unobligated thus […]

Unmanned Systems

CBO Says Upfront Costs To Protect Military Installations From Drones Between $1 Million And $74 Million

The initial costs to acquire and deploy counter-small unmanned aircraft system (C-sUAS) defenses at individual Defense Department installations are estimated at between $1.2 million and $73.6 million depending on the […]