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BAE Systems lands $173M contract for Marine combat vehicles

Modification brings total contract to more than $1.7B

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U.S. Marine Corps Amphibious Combat Vehicles (ACV) with Co. D, 3rd Assault Amphibian Battalion, 1st Marine Division, move in a convoy at the conclusion of Marine Air Ground Task Force Warfighting Exercise (MWX) 2-21 at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif., Feb. 20, 2021. MWX is the culminating event of the service-level training exercise, challenging Marines to fight against a free thinking adversary with similar capabilities in a force on force environment. MWX 2-21 was the first time ACVs have been employed in a 1st Marine Division training exercise. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Courtney G. White)

Arlington-based BAE Systems has received a $173 million contract modification for delivery of additional amphibious combat vehicles (ACVs) to the Marine Corps, the Department of Defense announced Friday.

The modification, which exercises options to procure and produce 36 ACVs, brings the total value of the contract to more than $1.7 billion, according to the announcement. Work is expected to be complete by March 2024.

The ACV is a next-generation vehicle designed to move Marines from ship to shore and will be a primary means of tactical movement for infantry battalions at sea and ashore. BAE was chosen to deliver the first 30 ACVs in 2019 with more than 600 planned. The ACVs are intended to replace the service’s Amphibious Assault Vehicle, which entered service in 1972, according to the Congressional Research Service.

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