22-04-2025
Sweden eyes purchase of military vehicles with, Norway, Lithuania, Finland
STOCKHOLM, April 22 (Reuters) - Sweden, Lithuania, Norway and Finland are looking into making a coordinated acquisition of BAE Systems' (BAES.L), opens new tab CV90 infantry combat vehicle, Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said on Tuesday.
Kristersson told a joint press conference with his Lithuanian counterpart Gintautas Paluckas that the countries discussed buying "several hundred" CV90s, and that a statement of intent on cooperation for the vehicles was being drafted.
The CV90 is produced by a Sweden-based subsidiary of Britain's BAE Systems, Europe's biggest defence company.
