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GDELS Signs $1.3 Billion Deal With Austria For 225 More PANDUR EVO Vehicles

By Matthew Beinart

Wednesday, February 21st, 2024

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GDELS Signs $1.3 Billion Deal With Austria For 225 More PANDUR EVO Vehicles

GDELS' PANDUR EVO. Photo: GDELS

General Dynamics European Land Systems - Steyr (GDELS) has signed a $1.3 billion agreement with Austria for the delivery of 225 more PANDUR 6x6 EVO wheeled armored vehicles. The new deal for additional vehicles, signed on Monday, is part of Austria’s total $1.95 billion investment to upgrade its PANDUR personnel carrier fleet, which included an earlier deal for 100 of the new EVO variant platforms with deliveries ongoing. GDELS is a division of U.S.-based General Dynamics [GD]. “Today’s procurement decision…

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