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Navy/USMC

Glueck: ACVs Should Average $5 Million Per Vehicle, Including Programmatic Costs

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Friday, June 27th, 2014

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Glueck: ACVs Should Average $5 Million Per Vehicle, Including Programmatic Costs

BAE Systems' entry for the Amphibious Combat Vehicle program.

The Marine Corps has completed additional cost studies on its Amphibious Combat Vehicle (ACV) program and slightly raised its cost estimate to about $5 million per vehicle. Lt. Gen. Kenneth Glueck, deputy commandant for combat development and integration, said Thursday at a Defense Writers Group breakfast in Washington that the four contractors under consideration estimated a cost a bit lower than $5 million, but when the Marine Corps factors in other programmatic costs–particularly extra vehicles needed for testing and spares–he…

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