Sweden Awards BAE Systems $ 500 Million Contract for Additional 48 ARCHER Artillery Systems
13 Setembro 2023 - 10:03AM
Business Wire
New contract establishes ARCHER as one of the world’s leading
wheeled artillery systems
BAE Systems signed a contract with the Swedish Defence Materiel
Administration (FMV) worth approximately $500 million for 48 new
ARCHER artillery systems for the Swedish Army.
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The contract signing was held at the DSEi
trade show in London on Tuesday 12 September. (From left to right)
Swedish Chief of Army Jonny Lindfors; Chief of Army procurement at
Swedish FMV Brigadier General Jonas Lotsne; President of BAE
Systems Bofors Lena Gillstr�m; President of BAE Systems Platforms
& Services Jeremy Tondreault; and CEO of BAE Systems plc
Charles Woodburn. (Photo: Business Wire)
The ARCHER mobile artillery system, designed and produced by BAE
Systems Bofors in Sweden, is already in service in the Swedish Army
and has achieved the highest technical and manufacturing readiness
levels. The 48 new systems covered by this contract will be built
on a Rheinmetall MAN military vehicle, RMMV HX2 8x8, and first
delivery to the Swedish Army will be in 2025.
“This important milestone establishes ARCHER as the basis of the
Swedish Army’s new divisional artillery forces,” said Lena
Gillstr�m, president of BAE Systems Bofors. “It is also critical to
BAE Systems Bofors’ work in jointly developing the ARCHER with
Sweden, to confirm it as the most advanced wheeled 155mm howitzer
in operation today.”
ARCHER can fire the BONUS anti-armor munition up to 35km,
conventional munitions up to 40km, and the precision-guided
munition Excalibur in excess of 50km. The automated magazines can
hold a mix of different ammunition types and modular charges needed
to support any mission.
In addition to the Swedish Army, the United Kingdom has selected
the ARCHER for its interim artillery requirement. Sweden has also
donated ARCHER to Ukraine, and the system has been down-selected in
Switzerland’s procurement of new artillery.
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