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Slovakia narrows down IFV programme to four proposals

9th February 2022 - 12:25 GMT | by Flavia Camargos Pereira in Kansas City

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Sweden offered the latest version of the BAE Systems Hägglunds CV90 to meet Slovak IFV modernisation requirements. (Photo: BAE Systems Hägglunds)

Slovakia has received four government-to-government offers to meet its IFV modernisation requirements — which of them is the front-runner?

In contrast to its counterpart in the Czech Republic, the Slovak MoD is making progress with plans to replace Cold War-era vehicles by acquiring 152 new IFVs.

An MoD spokesperson told Shephard that offers for the €1.74 billion ($2.55 billion) government-to-government tender have been submitted by Hungary (with the KF41 Lynx platform), Poland (Borsuk), Spain (ASCOD) and Sweden (CV90).

Lynx is manufactured by a JV between Rheinmetall and the Hungarian government. Shephard Defence Insight notes that a prototype of the KF41 version was unveiled at Eurosatory 2018.

Borsuk was developed by a consortium led by Huta Stalowa Wola (HSW) to meet Polish Army requirements.

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