MC AVS Development & Demonstration

Abstract

This is a CMC Force Design program. ACV provides protected mobility to otherwise dismounted infantry formations and enables littoral maneuver from ship-to-shore and from shore-to-shore. Equipped with modern communications systems and weapons for infantry support-by-fire, the ACV significantly improves the ability of Fleet Marine Forces to access, seize, and hold key maritime terrain in the execution of Expeditionary Advanced Base Operations. The Amphibious Combat Vehicle is imperative to realizing Marine Corps requirements for Fleet Marine Force 2030. The capability to project power from the sea ensures joint freedom of maneuver against increasingly sophisticated area denial and anti-access strategies across the range of military operations in areas vital to our national interest. To this end, an ACV creates operational and tactical options through rapid maneuver on sea and land, provides for the seamless transition of combat power from sea to land, enables rapid response to crisis, enables the introduction of joint follow-on forces and can impose disproportionate costs on our enemies who must extend their defenses. This program has delivered the initial capability of Personnel variants (ACV-Ps) in Nov 2020 and is on track to deliver the initial capability of Command variants (ACV-Cs) in 4Q FY 2023, Improved Lethality variants (ACV-30s) in 3Q FY 2026, and Recovery variants (ACV-Rs) in 4Q FY 2027.

Document Details

• Document Type: R2 Budgetary Justification
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2023
• Source ID: 0605611M_5_1319_PB_2023
• Change Summary Explanation: The project level increase from FY 2022 to FY 2023 ($20.860M) is primarily attributed to the increase in Product Development ($19.152M), a decrease in Program Support ($3.699M), and an increase in Test & Evaluation ($5.335M), and an increase in Management Services ($0.072M). Year-to-year changes by cost element are explained in greater detail in the R-2A and R-3. FY 2023 full funding supports the program ability to perform the following: - Initiate and complete Hot/Dry climatic testing for the ACV-P variant; - Initiate DT&E, OT&E test preparation and planning, and LFT&E for the ACV-30 variant; - Complete incremental funding for the order of three (3) ACV-30 Production Readiness Test Vehicles (PRTVs) and initiate prime contractor test support efforts for test preparation and planning; Additionally, ACV-30 design efforts are on the critical path to production in FY 2025; Complete FY 2023 funding request ensures there is not a production gap between FY 2024 and FY 2025 because ACV-30 is the only variant produced in FY 2025; - Continue ACV-R design and development activities, culminating in Critical Design Review (CDR) plus the order of three (3) PRTVs for ACV-R. The FY 2023 funding request was adjusted by $6.135M to account for the availability of prior year execution balances. --- FY 2023 funding increase reflects the fact that the FY 2022 President’s Budget request did not include out-year funding.
• Service Agency Name: Navy

Entities

Organizations

• United States Navy

Tags

Communities of Interest

• Cyber
• Ground and Sea Platforms
• Human Systems
• Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

• Acquisition
• Amphibious Operations
• Amphibious Vehicles
• Armored Personnel Carriers
• Combat Vehicles
• Command And Control
• Contracts
• Developmental Tests
• Engineering
• Force Protection
• Human Systems Integration
• Logistics Support
• Maintenance
• Military Operations
• Procurement
• Test And Evaluation
• Training Devices

Readers

• Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.
• Naval Mine Countermeasure Systems Development.