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Navy/USMC

Marine Corps Awards BAE, SAIC $225 Million Amphibious Combat Vehicle Contracts

Tuesday, November 24th, 2015

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Marine Corps Awards BAE, SAIC $225 Million Amphibious Combat Vehicle Contracts

Assault Amphibious Vehicle Photo: BAE Systems

The Marine Corps on Tuesday awarded BAE Systems and Science Applications International Corp. [SAIC] contracts worth a total $225 million to build prototypes of the service’s amphibious combat vehicle.Each contract is for 13 vehicles with options for a further three that will enter the engineering and manufacturing development phase of the program. BAE's contract is for $103.8 million, while SAIC's is for $121.5 million. The companies were chosen from a field of five, leaving behind Lockheed Martin [LMT], General Dynamics [GD] and Advanced…

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