You haven't a clue.Ron5 wrote:Bollox.RunningStrong wrote:But upgraded Dutch CV90 isn't proven. It's a render.sol wrote: Redback and Lynx could be considered as replacement for the Warriors, even tho in my opinion something like Dutch upgrade for their CV90s wold be better choice currently as CV90 is proven vehicle and widely used.
Dutch MLU started in 2018 and integrated the Iron Fist program that had started in 2015. Contract award in 2021, first deliveries in 2024 and completion in 2027. $582 million for 122 CV90's plus 6 driver training vehicles.
Unlike the UK, Holland isn't so stupid as to overlap design with production.
They didn't even have a requirements set in 2020.
"“BAE Systems Hägglunds carried out a pre-definition study in order to establish the needed improvements and agree on the requirements, with the aim of de-risking the MLU programme. This started in January 2020, one year before the contract signature,” Åberg explains. Four were the main bullets: situational awareness; make the vehicle compliant to the NATO General Vehicle Architecture, adding cyber-security considerations; improve protection, looking at state-of-the-art solutions which go well beyond adding tonnes of passive protection; and finally improve the firepower, and especially increasing the CV90 lethality range.
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The prototype turret is currently under construction at Örnsköldsvik, the first of type being also planned to be build in Sweden, before moving production to the Netherlands, to the Van Halteren Defence facility. The final design review is planned for December 2023, the delivery of the first serial vehicle being scheduled for January 2024, the last of the 122 vehicles to be delivered within December 2026. Should the option for 19 further vehicles be signed, these will probably be delivered before mid-2027."
https://www.edrmagazine.eu/bae-systems- ... y-cv90-mlu
So a year later they have a requirements set, a concept and... No design completed.