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BAE Systems To Build, Upgrade Norwegian Army CV90s

Friday, June 29th, 2012

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BAE Systems recently said it will upgrade and build CV90 armored combat vehicles for the Norwegian Army under a contract worth approximately $750 million awarded by the Norwegian Government. The company will upgrade Norway’s existing 103-vehicle CV9030 fleet, delivered from the mid-1990s, and build new vehicle chassis to deliver 144 CV90s in different configurations, including a variant equipped with a sensor suite for improved surveillance capability. “We have had a long and excellent experience with CV90, and have built up…

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