BAE Systems Receives Contract for 20 Additional CV90 Mjölner Mortar Systems for Swedish Army
27 Januar 2023 - 01:59PM
Business Wire
This new order for 20 additional CV90 mortar systems for the
Swedish Army brings the total fleet to 80 vehicles, planned to be
in service by 2025
BAE Systems has received a contract modification from the
Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) to build 20
additional CV90 mortar vehicles. The approximately $30 million
contract has been awarded to the BAE Systems Swedish joint venture
HB Utveckling AB, which combines BAE Systems’ Hägglunds and Bofors
manufacturing capabilities. Production will be performed at BAE
Systems Hägglunds in Örnsk�ldsvik, Sweden.
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This new order for 20 additional CV90
mortar systems for the Swedish Army brings the total fleet to 80
vehicles, planned to be in service by 2025. (Photo: BAE
Systems)
“This new contract modification for additional mortar vehicles
ensures that soldiers will benefit from this critical capability in
the near future,” said Tommy Gustafsson-Rask, managing director of
BAE Systems Hägglunds. “We look forward to continuing to support
the Swedish Army’s efforts to modernize and increase its combat
power.”
The original contract for 40 CV90 Mj�lner systems was awarded in
2016, and deliveries of the systems started in 2019 and were
completed on time in 2020. In February 2022, FMV awarded the first
follow-on contract for 20 additional systems, as well as the
upgrade of the 40 systems already in service, to bring them all to
the same standard by integrating the Swedish Army’s new C4I LSS
Mark system. Both FMV and BAE Systems have heralded this program as
a benchmark for collaborative development.
Once the contract modification deliveries are completed in 2025,
the Swedish Army will operate 80 CV90 mortar vehicles in its fleet.
The vehicles, known as Granatkastarpansarbandvagn 90, provide
critical indirect firepower capabilities in the mechanized
brigades.
There are approximately 1,300 CV90s, in multiple variants, in
service with Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Norway, Sweden,
Switzerland, and the Netherlands. The vehicle has a combat-proven
track record and is designed to accommodate future growth to meet
evolving missions. More recently, both Slovakia and the Czech
Republic have selected CV90 to replace their legacy infantry
fighting vehicle fleets.
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Ola Thoren, BAE Systems Hägglunds Mobile: +46 (0)7825 948274
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