Ground vehicle · Land
Amphibious Combat Vehicle family
Eight-wheeled armored vehicle for amphibious and land mobility.
by BAE Systems
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Photo: Anonymous United States Marine Corps photographer · Public domain (PD-USGov) · Full source frame retained; resized without upscaling and encoded as WebP.
Eight-wheel-drive amphibious combat vehicle family developed and delivered for the U.S. Marine Corps through a strategic partnership between BAE Systems and Iveco Defence Vehicles. Family variants include personnel, command, 30 mm cannon and recovery configurations.
Timeline
No milestones recorded for Amphibious Combat Vehicle family yet. The timeline fills in as unveilings, tests, contracts and deliveries are sourced.
Cost to the Government
Ground vehicles · BAE Systems / Iveco Defence Vehicles
Amphibious Combat Vehicle (ACV)
ACV-30 production, other ACV variants and government turret integration are shown with separate cost boundaries.
ACV-30 award / vehicle
$6.5M
2026-02-03 · Nominal USD; production-award scope
Derived $195M / 30. Government Kongsberg turret integration is identified separately; this is the announced contract scope, not a fully burdened delivered-system price.
BAE Systems ↗U.S. inventory
Not verified
A current U.S. inventory was not established. Annual procurement, cumulative deliveries and production capacity are not a stockpile count.
ACV-30 vehicles in award
30
2026-02-03 · U.S. only; stated source scope
Not all ACV-family purchases or operational inventory.
BAE Systems ↗Program-specific annual RDT&E
$60.2M / yr
FY2025 · PB2025 historical budget snapshot · Nominal USD; source budget basis
Annual research appropriation/reference, not lifetime development cost. FY2025 figures in PB2025 are requests; PB2027 shows FY2025 actuals, FY2026 enacted/spend plan, FY2027 request.
DoD Comptroller ↗Variant costs cannot be interchanged
Personnel, command, 30mm and recovery variants serve different roles. PB2025 family funding includes engineering, government-furnished equipment and logistics support.
Operations & sustainment
Annual operations & support
Not verified
A complete, system-specific annual operating and support cost was not established. Procurement, replacement rounds and contract support are different measures.
Cost over time · 6 observations
Each row retains its original scope and dollar basis. Changing quantities, service life and inflation can change the estimate without changing the price of building one unit.
| Observation | Measure | Amount | Dollar basis | Evidence |
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| FY2023 · PB2025 historical budget snapshot | ACV-family annual procurement Annual program funding in the cited budget vintage; not a unit price, contract award, or actual delivery count. | $518.5M | Nominal USD; source budget basis | DoD Comptroller ↗ |
| FY2024 · PB2025 historical budget snapshot | ACV-family annual procurement Annual program funding in the cited budget vintage; not a unit price, contract award, or actual delivery count. | $557.6M | Nominal USD; source budget basis | DoD Comptroller ↗ |
| FY2025 · PB2025 historical budget snapshot | ACV-family annual procurement Annual program funding in the cited budget vintage; not a unit price, contract award, or actual delivery count. | $810.3M | Nominal USD; source budget basis | DoD Comptroller ↗ |
| FY2023 · PB2025 historical budget snapshot | Program-specific annual RDT&E Annual research appropriation/reference, not lifetime development cost. FY2025 figures in PB2025 are requests; PB2027 shows FY2025 actuals, FY2026 enacted/spend plan, FY2027 request. | $86.9M / yr | Nominal USD; source budget basis | DoD Comptroller ↗ |
| FY2024 · PB2025 historical budget snapshot | Program-specific annual RDT&E Annual research appropriation/reference, not lifetime development cost. FY2025 figures in PB2025 are requests; PB2027 shows FY2025 actuals, FY2026 enacted/spend plan, FY2027 request. | $103.2M / yr | Nominal USD; source budget basis | DoD Comptroller ↗ |
| FY2025 · PB2025 historical budget snapshot | Program-specific annual RDT&E Annual research appropriation/reference, not lifetime development cost. FY2025 figures in PB2025 are requests; PB2027 shows FY2025 actuals, FY2026 enacted/spend plan, FY2027 request. | $60.2M / yr | Nominal USD; source budget basis | DoD Comptroller ↗ |
Contracts & purchasing · 1 records
Award values, ceilings and purchase agreements have different meanings. These records are not added together as total spending.
2026-02-03 · Additional ACV-30 production award
U.S. Marine Corps → BAE Systems
$195M · 30 units in scope
Source says more than 150 ACV-30s ordered under the contract; ordered is not delivered.
BAE Systems ↗
International buyers
United States · 30 · U.S. procurement customer · Dated source snapshot
Budget request, not evidence of deliveries or a current fleet inventory.
BAE Systems ↗
Coverage & open research
- Buyer records are selected examples, not a complete global order book.
- Current U.S. inventory requires additional public evidence; procurement quantities are not inventory.
- Complete system-specific annual operating and support costs were not established.
Unit costs and contract unit prices for this system, and budget figures for the programs that buy it. Each figure states its dollar basis and links its source; contract values are under Programs & awards.