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 "title": "FMV Confirms Sweden's SEK 7 Billion HIMARS Buy With First Delivery in 2027 — Selection Turned on Time to Operational Capability",
 "url": "https://www.grosswald.org/fmv-confirms-himars-sek-7-billion-first-delivery-2027-selection-criterion-time-to-operational-capability-contracts-unsigned/",
 "canonical": "https://www.grosswald.org/fmv-confirms-himars-sek-7-billion-first-delivery-2027-selection-criterion-time-to-operational-capability-contracts-unsigned/",
 "type": "dispatch",
 "published": "2026-09-16T17:02:00.000+02:00",
 "updated": "2026-09-17T17:03:10.000+02:00",
 "excerpt": "\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nStockholm, 16 September 2026\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKey points\n\n\n * Sweden's defence materiel agency FMV said on 16 September that, on the government's authorisation of 7 September, it will procure the HIMARS rocket artillery system, launchers and ammunition, for a total of SEK 7 billion with first delivery in 2027\n * Oscar Elardt, who heads army systems at FMV: \"The single most important selection criterion has been the assessed time to operational capability in the army's war units\"; FMV says it evalu",
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