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Sweden Orders More BAE Systems All Terrain Vehicles

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Thursday, December 19th, 2013

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Sweden Orders More BAE Systems All Terrain Vehicles

BvS10 All Terrain Vehicles Photo: BAE Systems

BAE Systems has signed a $120 million contract to supply an additional 102 BvS10 all-terrain vehicles to Sweden. The new sale is the result of an extended contract option taken out when the Swedish Defense Materiel Administration (FMV) announced a purchase of 48 BvS10 armored vehicles from BAE Hägglunds in January 2012, the company said Dec. 19. The vehicles will be delivered in different variants--troop carrier, command vehicle, ambulance, and logistic carrier. They will be manufactured in BAE Hägglunds´ refurbished…

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