Kacey Roberts
BAE Systems has received an $88 million contract to build amphibious combat vehicles equipped with a 30mm remote turret system for U.S. Marine Corps testing.
Norwegian technology company Kongsberg will supply the medium caliber turrets for multiple ACV-30 production ready test vehicles, BAE said Monday.
USMC intends to assess the PRTVs before the service branch makes a decision on whether the weapons variant should move to the full-rate production phase.
The ACV-30 belongs to a family of vehicles BAE and Iveco are jointly building under a potential $1.2 billion contract awarded in 2018.
The other variants are designed to carry personnel, support command operations and offer vehicle recovery capability.
