DefenceTalkWithin Slovakia’s BOV 8×8 program Patria will contribute to the development of the local engineering and defence industry with transferring high-end armored modular vehicle technical experience and innovations. Geographically, the industrial cooperation covers Slovakia widely. The program will create educational benefits and jobs that provide work for decades, including life cycle services that come after […]https://www.defencetalk.com/slovakia-and-finland-sign-an-agreement-on-patria-amvxp-8x8-vehicles-79283/

DefenceTalkThe Boxer success story continues. The British government, represented by the European procurement organization OCCAR, and ARTEC, a consortium of Rheinmetall and Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW), have signed a contract extension to supply the British Army with an additional 100 Boxer wheeled armored vehicles. The contract encompasses three previously ordered variants of the Boxer: the infantry […]https://www.defencetalk.com/british-army-to-get-another-100-boxer-wheeled-armored-vehicles-78676/

DefenceTalkPoland said on Tuesday it had ordered Abrams tanks and other heavy US battle vehicles worth $4.74 billion (4.32 billion euros), in line with a decision announced last year. “The agreement covers 250 Abrams tanks, armored recovery vehicles, assault bridges … training and logistics systems and a serious amount of ammunition,” Defence Minister Mariusz Blaszczak […]https://www.defencetalk.com/poland-orders-us-tanks-other-battle-vehicles-for-4-74-bn-78620/

DefenceTalkRheinmetall AG of Duesseldorf, Germany, released details today of its plans for a new factory in Eastern Slovakia and a massive investment into the Slovak economy. The company is hoping to supply 152 KF41 Lynx Infantry Fighting Vehicles as part of the Slovak Armed Forces’ re-equipment programme. Rheinmetall also revealed names and roles among its […]https://www.defencetalk.com/rheinmetall-ready-to-produce-new-infantry-fighting-vehicles-in-slovakia-78385/

DefenceTalkSenop Oy has received an order for the development of night vision sensors for the Finnish CV9030 Infantry Fighting Vehicles. Earlier this summer the Finnish Ministry of Defence announced that the CV9030 fleet will be upgraded in the coming years and this order is part of the CV9030 mid-life extension. The value of the order […]

DefenceTalkDefenceTalkArmy’s Hawkei vehicle was put on show at Russell Offices, Canberra, on September 2, for the announcement that it was ready to commence full-rate production at the Thales facility in Bendigo. Chief of Army Lieutenant General Rick Burr said the event recognized completion of the rigorous acceptance-testing program. The Australian-designed Hawkei will complement government investment […]https://www.defencetalk.com/australian-armys-hawkei-on-its-way-to-full-scale-production-76263/

DefenceTalkDefenceTalkNamed for the ancient Greek god of war, Ares delivers a step-change in the British Army’s battlefield capability. Last week, the first six vehicles were delivered to the Household Cavalry Regiment at Bulford, Wiltshire. Ares, and the other variants in the Ajax family of armoured vehicles, will replace the Army’s Combat Vehicle Reconnaissance (Tracked) (CVR(T)) […]https://www.defencetalk.com/first-ares-armoured-vehicles-delivered-to-the-british-army-76081/

DefenceTalkThe State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of the UAE of Excess Defense Articles (EDA) of up to four thousand five hundred sixty-nine (4,569) MRAP vehicles for an estimated cost of $556 million. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency delivered the required certification notifying Congress of this […]https://www.defencetalk.com/uae-to-buy-mine-resistant-ambush-protected-mrap-vehicles-75467/

Finland and Latvia have agreed on a joint development programme for sustained army mobility enhancement to which Patria is to deliver a 6×6 vehicle chassis platform. This joint programme aims at development of a common armoured wheeled vehicle system. The programme is also open for other countries by mutual consent of Finland and Latvia. In […]

The contract for the purchase of 30 “Freccia” 8×8 Medium Armoured Vehicles (5 in Combat version and 25 in Anti-tank version) with ten years integrated logistics support was signed on 27 December 2019 at Palazzo Guidoni, seat of the General Secretariat of Defence and National Armaments Directorate. The “Freccia” VBM is an 8×8 Armoured Infantry […]