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Kongsberg Nabs Potential $329 Million Award To Build Turrets For Marines’ ACV-30

Kongsberg Nabs Potential $329 Million Award To Build Turrets For Marines’ ACV-30
ACV-30 production representative test vehicle. Photo: BAE Systems.

The Marine Corps has awarded Norway’s Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace a contract worth up to $329 million to build medium caliber remotely-operated weapon systems for the turreted variant of the Amphibious Combat Vehicle (ACV-30). The contract, which is planned to be definitized by mid-February, is expected to cover 175 of Kongsberg’s 30mm Protector Remote Turret 20 (RT-20) weapon systems, according to the Pentagon. BAE Systems, which builds the ACV, selected Kongsberg in May 2020 to provide its unmanned RT-20 medium…

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