The Marine Corps has awarded $27 million contracts to BAE Systems and Science Applications International Corp. for Assault Amphibious Vehicle survivability upgrades. General Dynamics Land Systems also bid for a contract but did not win. The contracts are for design and development efforts to improve force protection on the service's legacy amphibious vehicles. The contracts include options that, if exercised, would bring the cumulative estimated value of the contracts to between $163 million and $205 million. The survivability upgrades are...
