Armoured Combat Support Vehicle (ACSV)
Project summary
The new and modern fleet of Armoured Combat Support Vehicles (ACSV) will provide ambulances, mobile repair and recovery vehicles, as well as engineer support vehicles and command posts, for both domestic and international operations.
The new fleet of 550 ACSVs will all be based on the LAV 6.0 and will replace the current Light Armoured Vehicle (LAV) II Bison and M113 Tracked LAV fleets. The ACSV is classified as either Type 2 (the first five variants with a high roof) or Type 3 (the last three variants with a lower roof).
Project phases
Currently in Phase 4: Implementation
1. Identification
1. Identification
- June 2017
2. Options analysis
2. Options analysis
- January 23, 2019
3. Definition
3. Definition
- N/A
4. Implementation
4. Implementation
- Project approval: August 6, 2019
- Contract award: September 5, 2019
- First vehicle accepted: December 18, 2020
- First vehicle delivery: October 4, 2023
- Initial Operational Capability: January 15, 2025
- Full Operational Capability (Equipment): 2029
- Full Operational Capability (Infrastructure): 2031
5. Close-out
5. Close-out
- 2031
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Additional information
Project updates
Project updates
July 16, 2026
Canada announced the project’s scope increase of 190 ACSVs for a total of 550 ACSVs to be delivered to the Canadian Armed Forces.
August 20, 2025
Delta Critical Design Reviews (CDR) of Fitter/Cargo Vehicle (FCV), and Mobile Repair Team (MRT) variants completed.
February 27, 2025
Critical Design Review of Engineer variant completed.
January 15, 2025
Initial Operational Capability achieved.
February 24, 2024
Reliability, Availability, Maintainability and Durability (RAMD) Test Phase 2B completed.
October 13, 2023
RAMD Test Phase 2A completed.
October 4, 2023
First ACSV delivery to the Canadian Army.
August 18, 2023
Critical Design Review of Mobile Repair Team (MRT) variant completed.
June 9, 2022
Critical Design Review of Electronic Warfare (EW) variant completed.
May 25, 2022
RAMD Test Phase 1 completed.
December 18, 2020
The first ACSV produced by General Dynamics Land Systems – Canada (GDLS-C).
August 10, 2020
Critical Design Review of Troop/Cargo Vehicle (TCV) variant completed.
September 5, 2019
A contract was awarded to GDLS-C.
Industry
Benefiting Canadian Industry
The Industrial and Technological Benefits (ITB) Policy was applied to the contract, thereby ensuring that GDLS-C will make investments into the Canadian economy equal to the value of the contract by providing opportunities for Canadian small and medium businesses and supporting innovation and skills development for Canadian workers. The total ITB obligation is $1.906 billion as reported in the Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)'s published data from April 2025.
Technical Requirements
About the ACSV
550 vehicles will be purchased in eight variants. They include:
Type 2 Variants:
- Troop/Cargo Vehicle (TCV)
- Ambulance (AMB)
- Command Post (CP)
- Electronic Warfare (EW)
- Engineer (ENGR)
Type 3 Variants:
- Fitter/Cargo Vehicle (FCV)
- Maintenance and Recovery Vehicle (MRV)
- Mobile Repair Team (MRT)
Project costs
Project costs
The ACSV contract value for 550 vehicles and associated materiel is $4.0 billion (taxes included).
Issues/Risks
Issues/Risks
The Government of Canada has announced three separate donations for a total of 124 ACSVs to the Government of Ukraine. Any vehicle originally fabricated for Canada will be replaced by the contractor and therefore there will be no impact to scope of the project. As a result of the donations, in October 2023, the Ambulance variant was the first vehicle delivered to the CAF.