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Navy/USMC

BAE’s First Amphibious Combat Vehicle Surfaces With New 690-HP Engine

Wednesday, September 28th, 2016

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BAE’s First Amphibious Combat Vehicle Surfaces With New 690-HP Engine

BAE Systems ACV 1.1

Marine Corps officials on Tuesday got a look at the first Amphibious Combat Vehicle (ACV) that has rolled off the BAE Systems production line.The eight-wheeled, 690-horsepower armored personnel carrier is the first of 16 the company will build for the engineering and manufacturing development (EMD) phase of the ACV 1.1 program. It sits a dozen feet from SAIC’s [SAIC] competing ACV offering center stage at the Modern Day Marine Military Expo here.The vehicle came off BAE’s York, Pa., production line…

Congress

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Congress

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Congress

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Congress

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