Netherlands Joins the Sweden-Led CV90 Nordic Edition Buy at EUR 1.3 Billion and Picks FFG's ACSV and Wisent-2
The Hague, 26 October 2026
Key points
- Derk Boswijk, the state secretary for defence, told parliament on 26 October that the army will get more CV90 infantry fighting vehicles for an armoured infantry battalion still to be formed at the Nassau-Dietz barracks in Budel, bought with other countries under Swedish lead
- The ministry's decision memo puts the project budget for the CV90 Nordic Edition, including initial spares, maintenance packages, ammunition and communications, at about EUR 1.3 billion (2026 prices); Finland, Lithuania, Norway and Sweden also take part, contract terms with BAE Systems Hägglunds are agreed, and the participants want to commit in November, subject to their parliaments
- From Germany's FFG the ministry chose the Armoured Combat Support Vehicle, in variants including ambulance, command post, minelayer and driver training, already in Norwegian service, and the Wisent-2 heavy recovery vehicle; Van Halteren Technologies will assemble and maintain both in the Netherlands
- The Leopard 2-based Kodiak breaching vehicle is to be replaced by new systems; more bridge-laying tanks are to be bought, probably by joining a contract for the modern Leguan that Germany expects to sign in the first quarter of 2027. Quantities and delivery dates are withheld
The Netherlands has put a figure on its share of the Nordic CV90 buy and chosen a German supplier, with assembly at home, for the vehicles that support and recover its armour.
The CV90 memo, dated 20 October and published with the parliamentary papers, says the Netherlands will sign a purchase confirmation with BAE Systems Hägglunds once parliament has dealt with the letter, and that the confirmation is a condition for the production-line slots agreed; it asks the committee to take it on 29 October or 12 November. The Nordic Edition develops the configuration of the Dutch CV90s after their mid-life update. A memo of 15 October explains the Kodiak decision: a mid-life update proved technically very complex, with long lead times, and new systems were judged the better option. KONI Nederland and Neways Electronics will supply parts, and Avient Protective Materials ballistic fibre for the ACSV.
The joint CV90 buy arrives as five national commitments on shared terms in November, not as one order in the second quarter. Estonia had left the CV90 buy on 9 April; later that month Hägglunds still expected a joint order of about 500 vehicles from up to ten nations in the second quarter, and in June the remaining partners authorised Sweden to negotiate a framework. The Dutch memo, which goes beyond the release Signal No. 175 reported, shows the sequence: terms agreed with the supplier, then a purchase confirmation from each country after its parliament. For FFG, which DEUTZ agreed to buy in July, the Dutch order comes with final assembly and maintenance in the Netherlands. Whether all five commit in November fixes each country's production slots.
Related · The Nordic CV90 joint buy and FFG
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