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Norway to upgrade its fleet of Swedish tanks
The Norwegian Government today presented a bill concerning the new and modified CV90 fighting vehicles for the Norwegian Army. “This investment will provide our armoured units with additional capabilities and fighting power, and constitutes a significant enhancement of the equipment available to the Army,” says Norwegian Minister of Defence, Espen Barth Eide.
With this bill, two of Norway’s primary units, the Telemark Battalion and the Armoured Battalion, will receive new and upgraded vehicles to cover shortfalls in their current inventories of medium armoured vehicles.
The bill calls for modifications to existing CV90 vehicles to accommodate new roles and systems, including added mine protection, improved C4ISR integration, rubber band tracks and Remote Weapon Stations for self defence. In addition, Norway will procure additional CV90 hulls from BAE Systems which will bring the total Norwegian inventory to 146 CV90s in different configurations.
In addition, the project will include procurement of unmanned aerial and ground vehicles, remote ground sensors and C4ISR systems.
Total value of the overall project is estimated at just under $1.74 billion. Deliveries are expected to commence already in 2013, and to be completed by 2018.
“This procurement will be of great importance to Norwegian industry, as Norwegian companies will serve as important subcontractors. In line with Defence Ministry guidelines, we have required an industrial share or industrial cooperation equal to 100 per cent of the value of the procurement,” says Minister of Defence, Eide.
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