What project 0025 buys
This is a Commandant of the Marine Corps (CMC) Force Design program. The Amphibious Combat Vehicle (ACV) replaces the legacy Assault Amphibious Vehicle (AAV) battalions within the Marine Divisions. ACV-equipped Amphibious Assault (AA) companies will provide protected mobility and general support lift to elements of Marine Infantry Battalions. The ACV, an advanced generation, eight-wheeled armored personnel carrier, will mitigate current and projected capability gaps by providing improved lethality against dismounted enemy troops, more effective land and water tactical mobility, and increased force protection and survivability from blast, fragmentation, and kinetic energy threats. ACV was structured to be executed in multiple increments, with the first increment designed to provide an initial operational capability of personnel carriers (ACV-P). Subsequent increments provide additional personnel carriers and to develop Mission Role Variants (MRVs), such as command and control (ACV-C), improved lethality (ACV-30), and tactical recovery capabilities (ACV-R). In an Acquisition Decision Memorandum (ADM) dated 8 Jan 2019, ASN(RD&A) authorized the program office to combine the ACV 1.1 and ACV 1.2 programs into a single ACV Family of Vehicles (FOV) that continues the phased development and procurement approach.
- Product Development
- Support
- Test and Evaluation
- Management Services
Project 0025 funding, FY2025–FY2031
Prior years are actuals, the budget year is the request, and the outyears are the FYDP plan. Estimate types are colored and never summed into one figure. Projects carry the full five-year plan; the activities inside them stop at the budget year.
| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 44.5 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 44.6 |
| FY2027 | Request | 12.5 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 5.2 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 4.4 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 2.1 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 2.2 |
4 accomplishments / planned programs
The R-2A exhibit — the only level of the budget that describes work that has not happened yet. Activities carry the prior, current and budget year only, no five-year plan. 1 of them describes FY2027 work in enough detail to have its own page; the rest are shown here in full. Coverage is partial across the corpus, so count activities, never total them.
- Complete integration and evaluation of Active Protective System on ACV-P variant. - Complete Programmable Airburst Munition (PABM) Weapon System Explosives Safety Review Board (WSESRB) for ammunition qualification. - Complete integration and evaluation of Counter-Small Unmanned Aerial Systems. - Initiate integration and evaluation of…
Read the FY2027 plan →FY2027 planned work - Complete activities for ACV-R Logistics Demonstration effort. - Complete design and development activities for the ACV Crew Gunnery Trainer. - Continue Training Devices and Coordination analyses.
FY2026 to FY2027 change The decrease from FY 2026 to FY 2027 is primarily attributed to the completion of the resource-intensive phases of Logistics Demonstration for ACV-R and Training Devices efforts in FY 2026, plus the completion of technical publication updates for ACV-R following the conclusion of Logistics Demonstration.
FY2026 plans — current year - Initiated activities for ACV-R Logistics Demonstration effort. - Initiated design and development activities for the ACV Crew Gunnery Trainer. - Completed design and development activities for ACV FOV electronic training systems (Maintenance Training System). - Continued activities for ACV-R technical manual verification. - Completed Human Systems Integration (HSI) Support. - Continued Training Devices and Coordination analyses.
FY2027 planned work - Continue Engineering Change Proposal (ECP) testing for vehicle improvement. - Initiate Programmable Airburst Munition (PABM) testing.
FY2026 to FY2027 change - The overall decrease from FY 2026 to FY 2027 is primarily attributed to the completion of DT&E, OT&E, and LFT&E test efforts for ACV-R in FY 2026; remaining test and evaluation efforts relate to Engineering Change Proposals (ECPs) or capability improvements for such things as the Active Protective System (APS), Programmable Airburst Munition (PABM), or Counter Unmanned Systems.
FY2026 plans — current year - Completed ACV-R DT&E activities. - Completed ACV-R OT&E activities. - Completed ACV-R LFT&E activities.
FY2026 to FY2027 change Funding for Management Services is eliminated in FY 2027. This is attributed to the completion of all supplemental engineering support for ACV-R in FY 2026, with no follow-on requirements.
FY2026 plans — current year - Completed hydrodynamic support for all variants. - Completed force protection modeling and simulation activities for ACV-R. - Completed engineering and drafting reviews for ACV-R.
Named performers on project 0025
Performers named in the R-3 exhibit under this project. Share is of the project's whole FY2027 R-3 total — the same denominator the program-element split uses, so the two read on one scale and will not sum to 100% when unnamed or government work is in the mix. Budget-justification contract funding, not obligations.