Swedish Army Acquires 113 AMV 8x8 Armored Vehicles for its AWV 2014 Project

Released on Thursday, June 25, 2009

The Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) and Patria have today signed a contract for 113 Patria AMV 8x8s for the Swedish Army as part of the project known as AWV 2014. The value of the contract is approximately EUR 240 million. The decision FMV has taken today is conditioned that the Swedish government takes a decision before the agreement can take effect.

The contract covers wheeled armoured personnel carriers in five different versions and also includes an option of additional 113 vehicle systems. The vehicles will be manufactured in Finland benefitting in addition to Patria also several subcontractors both in Finland and Sweden between 2010 and 2014. The benefits for the Swedish economy in form of offset programmes and logistic support activities will also be significant.

"We are very pleased with this decision of FMV. We consider Patria AMV to be currently the best available armoured wheeled vehicle system for international crisis management operations. It has proven it's capabilities on tough assignments in locations such as Afghanistan and Chad. We also value and emphasize highly the aspects of Nordic cooperation in this project with benefits available to many of us in the defence industry in the Nordic countries", states Mr Heikki Allonen, President and CEO of Patria.

Patria is a defence and aerospace group with international operations delivering its customers competitive solutions based on own specialist know-how and partnerships. Patria is owned by the State of Finland and the European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company EADS N.V.