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Army

Volvo Group, Patria, Sign MoU To Offer Swedish Armed Forces Lifecycle Support

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, February 7th, 2012

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Volvo Group and Finnish defense group Patria yesterday said they have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to cooperate to offer the Swedish Defense Materiel Administration (FMV) life-cycle support services for maintenance and logistics. Both Volvo Group and Patria are already suppliers to the Swedish armed forces. Within the MoU framework the Volvo Group and Patria plan to create a partnership to provide new and more cost-effective total solutions for service, maintenance and logistics for Sweden’s armed forces. Volvo Group…

Congress

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Congress

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Army

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