The CV90 industrial cooperation program in Slovakia to buy 152 CV9035 MkIV continues to progress. Now Slovak company KOVAL SYSTEMS a.s has won a contract from BAE Systems Hägglunds, the producer of the CV90 family of vehicles, for the complete turret assembly of the CV90s in the Slovak program. KOVAL SYSTEMS will also produce mechanical articles for the turret. Together, the two companies have agreed to produce approximately 80 articles at the Belusa facility, with more to come. KOVAL SYSTEMS will produce initial articles for the turret, with initial tests planned in Örnsköldsvik, Sweden in 2023.
The Slovak Army will receive the newest iteration of the CV9035, known as the CV90 MkIV, with the latest advanced capabilities and digital technology to meet the needs of the evolving battlefield.
“Together with our Slovak partners, we are committed to delivering an infantry fighting vehicle equipped with advanced capabilities and digital technology to the Slovak Armed Forces,” said Tommy Gustafsson-Rask, Managing Director of BAE Systems Hägglunds in Örnsköldsvik, Sweden. “The CV90 is a high-quality and very successful vehicle in the market that has proven itself through the rigours of combat.”
This contract with KOVAL Systems is one of several, which will be signed as the CV90s’ network of local Slovak industry partners is finalized. In addition to KOVAL SYSTEMS, ZTS-Special was selected as the complete vehicle assembler on the project, sighing an agreement with BAE Systems Hägglunds in December 2022. Other members of the industrial network include, Ray Service s.r.o. for the development work and production of electrical components and sub-systems; and Aliter Technologies a.s, whose scope within the command, control, communications, computers, and intelligence (C4I) domain is being defined with BAE Systems Hägglunds.
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