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Navy/USMC

Marines Places First Production Orders For BAE’s Turreted ACV, ‘No Plans’ For New Variants

By Matthew Beinart

Tuesday, April 29th, 2025

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Marines Places First Production Orders For BAE’s Turreted ACV, ‘No Plans’ For New Variants

BAE Systems' ACV Logistics concept demonstrator at the Modern Day Marine '25 conference. Photo: Matthew Beinart

The Marine Corps has placed the first production orders with BAE Systems for the turreted version of the Amphibious Combat Vehicle (ACV-30), while a lead program official said Tuesday there are no plans for additional ACV variants beyond the current family of vehicles. “As of right now, there are no plans for additional mission role variants. I have not had any conversations from our requirements sponsors at [Combat Development and Integration] that would indicate that they are looking at anything…

Congress

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Congress

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Congress

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