BAE Systems delivers an additional 20 CV90 Mjölner systems to Sweden
BAE Systems has been assigned a contract amendment to supply an additional 20 combat vehicles (CV)-90 Mjölner mortar system for the Swedish Armed Forces.
The contract, valued at approximately USD 30 million, has been awarded by the Swedish Defense Materials Agency (FMV).
The new order will be carried out by the company’s Swedish subsidiary, joint venture HB Utveckling. It combines the manufacturing capabilities of BAE Systems Bofors and Hägglund.
The work under this contract will be performed at the company’s Hägglunds facility in Örnsköldsvik, Sweden.
The newly ordered platforms are expected to be put into use in 2025.
BAE Systems Hägglund CEO Tommy Gustafsson-Rask said: “This new contract amendment for additional mortar vehicles ensures that soldiers will benefit from this critical capability in the near future.”
The original contract for the supply of a total of 40 CV90 Mjölner systems was awarded to BAE Systems in 2016 while deliveries of mortar systems began in 2019.
All 40 systems have been delivered according to the agreed schedule for 2020.
Later last February, the company received another follow-on contract from Sweden’s FMV to supply a further 20 Mjölner systems, along with provision to upgrade the existing fleet of 40 mortar vehicles.
The modernization work ensures that all vehicles in the Swedish Army’s fleet are equipped with the same standard C4I LSS Mark system. Meanwhile, deliveries of 20 vehicles will take place between 2023 and 2025.
With the last order, the total number CV90 mortar systems in the Swedish army’s fleet now number 80.
Also known as Granatkastarpansarbandvagn 90, the vehicles are designed to deliver critical indirect firepower and rapid grouping and regrouping capabilities to the mechanized brigades, allowing them to operate inside the vehicle in shelters.