United Defense Industries, QUANTICO, Va. — United Defense Industries, Inc. has received a contract from the United States Marine Corps Systems Command (MARCORSYSCOM) to help upgrade Assault Amphibious Vehicles to the RAM/RS configuration to support active and reserve Marine Corps units.
Also included in the award is funding to continue engineering and logistic support for the PM AAVS. The contract is initially funded at $19 million with a potential total value of $40 million if all options are exercised.
This program is a joint effort with the Marine Corps Logistics Command in Albany, Ga., under the direction of the Program Manager, Amphibious Assault Vehicle Systems (PM AAVS), MARCORSYSCOM, in Quantico, Va.
United Defense will remanufacture government furnished AAV7A1 hulls to the RAM/RS (Reliability, Availability and Maintainability/Rebuild to Standard) configuration. United Defense will provide engineering, technical and production material support to the Marine Corps Maintenance Center in Albany for RAM/RS specific parts. The Marine Corps depot in Albany, GA, will repair or replace certain parts and assemble the vehicles, which are scheduled for delivery in 2004 and 2005.
The government furnished hulls will be remanufactured by United Defense
