BAE Systems Delivers ACV-30 Variant to U.S. Marine Corps for Testing

BAE Systems has handed over the first production representative test vehicle (PRTV) of the Amphibious Combat Vehicle 30mm Cannon (ACV-30) variant to the U.S. Marine Corps for testing purposes.

According to Garrett Lacaillade, Vice President of the amphibious vehicles product line for BAE Systems, the ACV-30 aims to equip dismounted Marines with direct fire support to enhance their capabilities in finding, fixing, and engaging targets more efficiently than existing systems.

BAE Systems collaborated with Iveco Defence Vehicles, KONGSBERG, and the Marine Corps to deliver the system to the Marine Corps.

The ACV-30 represents the third variant in the ACV family, with a stabilized, medium caliber Remote Turret System from KONGSBERG. This system provides increased lethality and protection for Marines while allowing for troop capacity and payload. The remote turret design eliminates the space constraints of traditional turreted cannon systems, offering more room for troop transportation and mission essential equipment, as well as reducing weight for improved mobility.

BAE Systems is currently in full-rate production of the ACV Personnel (ACV-P) and ACV Command and Control (ACV-C) variants. They are also under contract for the design and development of an ACV Recovery (ACV-R) variant, aimed at providing field support, maintenance, and recovery capabilities to the ACV family.

The ACV variants are designed to provide open-ocean and ship-to-objective capability, land mobility and survivability.