ORNSKOLDSVIK, Sweden -- The Slovak government has picked a joint bid by the government of Sweden and BAE Systems Hagglunds offering the CV90 platform to meet its tracked infantry fighting vehicle (IFV) requirement. This project involves procurement of 152 tracked IFVs at the cost of EUR1.7 billion ($1.84 billion). Bids for this proiject involve the Polish-built Borsuk, Rheinmetall's KF41 Lynx, the CV90 from Sweden's BAE Systems Hagglunds, and the GDELS ASCOD 2.
The CV90 placed first and second in two different turret variants when measured against all requirements for the program.
With the selection the two sides will now enter into negotiations with the aim of securing finalization of a deal before year-end.
The acquisition will allow the Slovak Armed Forces to retire their Soviet-era BMP-1 and BMP-2 IFVs and enable the military to begin the process of revamping and modernizing its mechanized mobility capability.
Earlier in March the Slovak Defense Ministry announced that Patria's AMVXP (Export) model had won its competition to provide 76 vehicles to meet a 8x8 Wheeled Armored Fighting Vehicle (AFV) requirement.
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