Estonia pushes for local CV90 fighting vehicle production, defense minister says
“We are ready to step into the supply line … to fill some of the gaps that Hägglunds has,” Hanno Pevkur, Estonia’s defense minister, told Breaking Defense.
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Elbit Systems to equip CV90s with Iron Fist active protection system
Israeli defense specialist Elbit Systems announced on Monday that it was awarded a contract worth $109 million to supply BAE Systems Hägglunds (BSH) the Iron Fist Active Protection System (APS) for its CV90 platform for a European customer. As noted by…
Sweden-supplied fighting vehicles spotted on battlefield in Ukraine
Swedish-made CV90 infantry fighting vehicles have been spotted on the battlefield in the Donetsk region. Photos have surfaced online reportedly showing Sweden-supplied CV90 series infantry fighting vehicles near the besieged city of Bakhmut. Sweden ple…
Czechs drop $2.2B on CV90 infantry fighting vehicles; Ukraine ‘days’ from getting them
The Czech Republic recently announced the finalization of a plan to buy 246 MkIV CV90s, while separately sources told Breaking Defense that other CV90s are on their way to the front lines in Ukraine.
Swedish Army chief on Ukraine, artillery gaps and the need for industry to ‘cooperate’
Getting nations to develop interchangeable weapons is “about leadership. And it’s also about having a narrative that for me, in many ways, these are low-hanging fruits that will empower the West to fight better together,” Maj. Gen. Ka…
BAE Systems successfully integrates Akeron missile into CV90
BAE Systems with pan-European missile maker MBDA successfully integrated a fifth-generation tactical combat missile into the CV90 fighting vehicle. As noted by the MBDA, the Akeron MP missile has been fired from the BAE Systems Hägglunds CV90 infantry …
Sweden to deliver CV90 fighting vehicles to Ukraine
Sweden announced it will send CV90 infantry fighting vehicles, Archer artillery systems and NLAW anti-tank missiles to Ukraine, Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said on Thursday. Speaking at a press conference, Prime Minister said his government had agre…