FAVS 2023: US Marines to deploy ACV amphibious vehicles in 2024

FAVS 2023: US Marines to deploy ACV amphibious vehicles in 2024

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17 November 2023

by Nicholas Fiorenza

The USMC is procuring 175 ACV-30s, with an IOC planned for 2026. (BAE Systems)

The US Marines Corps (USMC) plans to deploy its first four 8×8 Amphibious Combat Vehicles (ACVs) in March 2024, Janes learned at SAE Media Group’s Future Armoured Vehicles Survivability (FAVS) 2023 conference held in London from 13 to 15 November.

Colonel Timothy Hough, programme manager for Advanced Amphibious Assault in the USMC’s Program Executive Office Land Systems, told conference attendees on 15 November that the vehicles would continue to be fielded and reach an initial operational capability (IOC) in 2024–27.


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