EDA orders Carl-Gustaf ammo
The European Defence Agency (EDA) placed an order for Saab’s Carl-Gustaf ammunition on 11 June on behalf of Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Czech Republic and Poland.
The order has a total value of $15.37 million, and the ammunition will be delivered in 2016.
EDA and Saab signed a five year framework agreement in 2014 for providing various ammunication types for the Carl-Gustaf anti-tank weapon. EDA acts as the central purchasing body of Carl-Gustaf ammunition for the five participating member states.
Peter Round, capability, armament and technology director, EDA, said: ‘By pooling resources through this multinational agreement, participating member states ensure they get the capabilities they need in the most efficient way possible. It also allows participating countries to purchase ammunition according to their national needs despite having different budget cycles.’
Görgen Johansson, head, Saab Dynamics, said: ‘This unique and very flexible way of providing Carl-Gustaf ammunition ensures that our customers can maintain highly capable and deployment-ready defence forces. The proven and reliable Carl-Gustaf system offers soldiers unique flexibility and capability through its high accuracy, light weight and built-in compatibility with future innovations.’
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