- BAE Programs has signed a contract price round $200 million to provide and ship 127 BvS10 all-terrain automobiles to the Swedish Military, including to its present fleet of BvS10s
Sweden. The contract signed with the Swedish army procurement company, FMV, is for each command and management and logistics automobiles. Deliveries of the 127 automobiles are deliberate to start in 2022 and full in 2024.
The car can traverse rocks, mountains, snow, swamps, and Arctic environments, and its amphibious functionality permits it to seamlessly transition to swimming. The BvS10’s versatile and modular design accommodates altering mission necessities, together with superior battle administration.
Sweden already operates the BvS10 in addition to its predecessor Bv206, and including extra BvS10s to the fleet will enhance the Military’s means to hold out its mission.
“The funding from Sweden supplies the Swedish Military with extra of those extraordinarily cellular, succesful and strong automobiles. This continued funding within the BvS10 is a vital step towards additional alternatives in Sweden and internationally for the BvS10 and its Beowulf unarmored variant,” mentioned Tommy Gustafsson-Rask, managing director of BAE Programs Hägglunds. “This additionally demonstrates the sturdy and trusted relationship between BAE Programs and the Swedish buyer to ship the capabilities the Swedish army wants.”
The Swedish BvS10s function enhanced crew ergonomics, better inner quantity, and superior safety, constructing on BAE Programs’ legacy Bv206 automobiles, of which greater than 10,000 have been offered to greater than 40 nations. The BvS10 has been deployed for missions to Afghanistan, Central Africa, the Balkans, and the Center East.
“We see an elevated curiosity from many nations for excessive mobility capabilities, equivalent to these seen on our BvS10 and Beowulf platforms. We’re particularly wanting ahead to the joint four-nations collaborative all-terrain procurement involving Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden, and the UK,” added Gustafsson-Rask.
In the present day Austria, France, the Netherlands, Sweden, and the UK are operators of the BvS10.