# Project 0025 — Amphibious Combat Vehicle Family of Vehicles

**Program element:** 0605611M — MC AVS Development & Demonstration  
**Project:** 0025  
**Component:** U.S. Navy  
**Appropriation:** 1319 — RDT&E, Navy  
**Budget Activity:** 5 — System Development & Demonstration  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605611M/0025  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605611M

## Summary

Project 0025 — Amphibious Combat Vehicle Family of Vehicles requests $12.5M in FY2027, 100% of the $12.5M requested for program element 0605611M, down 72% on FY2026. 4 R-2A activities decompose the request. BAE Systems is the largest named R-3 performer at $10.0M, 80% of the project's FY2027 R-3 total.

**Markets:** Ground Combat Vehicles — matched on the project title only, and no market size is quoted.

## Funding profile

| 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 |

> Estimate types are not summed. This project is one leaf of PE 0605611M; the PE total is the sum of its projects, never added to them.

## 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.

**R-3 lines of work:** Product Development; Support; Test and Evaluation; Management Services.

## Named R-3 performers

| Performer | $M | Share of this project's FY2027 R-3 total |
|---|---|---|
| BAE Systems | 10.0 | 80% |
| NAWC | 0.8 | 6.8% |

> Budget-justification contract funding, not obligations. Shares need not reach 100% — unnamed and government work is in the denominator.

## Activities (R-2A) — 4

| Activity | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 | Move | Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Product Development | 23.9 | 14.6 | 10.0 | −32% | [a0](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605611M/0025/a0) |
| Program Support | 9.0 | 21.7 | 1.4 | −93% | — |
| Test & Evaluation | 9.4 | 7.0 | 1.0 | −86% | — |
| Management Services | 2.2 | 1.2 | 0.0 | −100% | — |

> Activities carry the prior, current and budget year only — no five-year plan. In the request year they partition this project exactly; in earlier years they can under-cover it.

### Product Development

- 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…

Full year-by-year narrative: https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605611M/0025/a0

### Program Support

**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.

### Test & Evaluation

**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.

### Management Services

**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.

## What is NOT on this page

Congressional marks, the R-2 mission description and acquisition strategy, the industry vs government split of the whole request, and related program elements are recorded at **program-element** grain — an NDAA mark lands on a PE, never on a project. They are at https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605611M.

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Navy RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibits R-2/R-2A/R-3, PE 0605611M project 0025 (PB PB2027).
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_program_element(pe="0605611M")`.

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