BAE braces for biggest-ever order of CV90 combat vehicle in 2026

LONDON — BAE Systems expects an order for hundreds of CV90 tracked combat vehicles from a group of up to six European nations in the second quarter of 2026, according to Peter Nygren, business development director for the company’s BAE Systems Hägglunds subsidiary in Sweden.

The order could be signed in June next year, and will be for hundreds more vehicles than recent big orders, Nygren told Defense News following a briefing at the DSEI UK show here on Thursday. BAE has delivered around 1,300 CV90s, with 600 more order, according to the executive.

Finland, Sweden, Norway, Lithuania, Estonia and the Netherlands in June agreed to explore joint procurement of the CV90, though whether all six will participate in the joint order depends on the level of standardization they’re willing to accept, according to Nygren.

BAE Systems Hägglunds expects a request for quotation from the nations in the joint procurement group “in a couple of weeks,” with the three Scandinavian countries and Lithuania aligned on the specifications, according to Nygren. He said the order, when it comes, will be the biggest for BAE Systems Hägglunds ever.

“We still don’t know exactly what nations will at the end be there,” Nygren said. “I know the numbers that they have initially and I know what they aspire to, but the number is big.”

While the cost of a CV90 depends on the variant, deals in recent years with Czechia, Denmark and Sweden have put the average price at somewhere between $9.5 million and $13 million per unit.

The latest MkIV iteration of the CV90 has a maximum gross vehicle rating of 38 metric tons, and various versions of the vehicle are in use or on order with ten European nations.

Sweden has donated CV90s to Ukraine, where troops have praised the survivability compared to Soviet-era fighting vehicles. BAE says the CV90 is armored against shaped-charge warheads.

The company is investing $300 million to ramp up CV90 manufacturing, of which nearly $200 million has been spent, with a goal of producing 250 vehicles a year in 2026 from around 50 in 2020. The company is now looking how to increase output further, possibly to 350 CV90s annually within a few years, Nygren said.

BAE Systems Hägglunds is working to diversify the supply chain for the CV90 rather than rely on a single supplier for some systems, Nygren said. The company is adding a third welding line at its production location in Sweden, which should be operational in the later part of 2026.

”The customers have been very clear, time to deliver is the priority,” the executive said in the briefing. “That’s why we also in this case build on existing configuration. The nations are harmonizing their requirements.”

Regarding potential new customers, “there are many knocking on the door, but I need to be honest, for us now to deliver is the number one priority before we take on anything else,” Nygren told Defense News. “We really want to make sure that we get our production up and running.”

Brazil “is on the radar” as a potential new client, according to Nygren, and should the country select the CV90, that would probably involve a technology transfer, with “much of the stuff” done locally.

Rudy Ruitenberg is a Europe correspondent for Defense News. He started his career at Bloomberg News and has experience reporting on technology, commodity markets and politics.

伦敦——据 BAE Systems 瑞典子公司 BAE Systems Hägglunds 的业务发展总监 Peter Nygren 称，BAE Systems 预计将在 2026 年第二季度从多达六个欧洲国家获得数百辆 CV90 履带式战斗车辆的订单。

尼格伦周四在英国防务展（DSEI UK）后向《防务新闻》透露，该订单有望于明年6月签署，数量将比近期的大订单多出数百辆。据这位高管称，BAE系统公司已交付约1300辆CV90防空导弹系统，另有600辆订单。

据尼格伦称，芬兰、瑞典、挪威、立陶宛、爱沙尼亚和荷兰在 6 月份同意探讨联合采购 CV90 的可能性，但所有六个国家是否都会参与联合订购，取决于他们愿意接受的标准化程度。

据尼格伦透露，BAE系统公司哈格隆分部预计联合采购组各国将在“几周内”发出询价函，其中三个北欧国家和立陶宛已就规格达成一致。他还表示，一旦订单下达，这将是BAE系统公司哈格隆分部有史以来最大的一笔订单。

“我们仍然不清楚最终会有哪些国家参赛，”尼格伦说。“我知道他们最初的参赛国家数量，也知道他们的目标，但参赛国家的数量非常庞大。”

虽然 CV90 的价格取决于型号，但近年来与捷克、丹麦和瑞典的交易使平均价格在每台 950 万美元到 1300 万美元之间。

最新款 MkIV 型 CV90 的最大总车辆额定重量为 38 公吨，该车型的各种版本已在十个欧洲国家投入使用或订购。

瑞典已向乌克兰捐赠了CV90装甲车，乌克兰军队称赞其生存能力优于苏联时代的战车。英国航空航天系统公司（BAE Systems）表示，CV90装甲车能够抵御聚能装药弹头的攻击。

该公司正投资3亿美元扩大CV90的生产规模，其中近2亿美元已投入使用，目标是到2026年将年产量从2020年的约50辆提高到250辆。尼格伦表示，该公司目前正在研究如何进一步提高产量，可能在几年内将CV90的年产量提高到350辆。

尼格伦表示，BAE系统公司Hägglunds正致力于CV90的供应链多元化，而不是依赖单一供应商提供某些系统。该公司正在其位于瑞典的生产基地增设第三条焊接生产线，预计将于2026年下半年投入运营。

这位高管在简报会上表示：“客户的要求非常明确，交付时间是首要考虑因素。因此，我们这次也是在现有配置的基础上进行开发。各国正在协调各自的需求。”

关于潜在的新客户，尼格伦告诉《防务新闻》：“确实有很多客户来敲门，但我必须坦白地说，对我们来说，现在最重要的任务是交付产品，然后再考虑其他事情。我们真的想确保我们的生产能够顺利启动并运转起来。”

尼格伦表示，巴西“已进入潜在新客户的视野”，如果该国选择 CV90，可能会涉及技术转让，“很多工作”将在当地完成。

鲁迪·鲁伊滕贝格是《防务新闻》的欧洲记者。他的职业生涯始于彭博新闻社，拥有报道科技、大宗商品市场和政治方面的经验。