At its meeting on 12 September, the Swiss Federal Council approved Ukraine’s admission as a full member of the CV90 Club, the operator group for the Combat Vehicle 90.
On 12 September, during a press briefing at the DSEI 2025 exhibition in London, Peter Nygren, Business Development Director at BAE Systems Hägglunds, announced that the company expects a record contract for CV90 infantry fighting vehicles.
Of the total vehicles, 39 will be produced at BAE Systems’ facilities in Sweden and 207 in the Czech Republic, with final deliveries scheduled by 2030.
Lithuanian Vice Minister of National Defence Orijana Mašalė has met representatives of BAE Systems Hägglunds in Sweden to discuss a potential acquisition of CV90 infantry fighting vehicles.
W5 Solutions has secured a SEK 57 million order from KNDS in Germany to provide simulator cabins for the Swedish Armed Forces’ new CV90 training systems.
The Swedish Armed Forces have begun replacing over 50 CV90 armoured combat vehicles (Stridsfordon 9040C) that were donated to Ukraine.
Norway has announced plans to purchase approximately 80 new CV90 combat vehicles for its Armed Forces as part of a joint procurement with five allied countries.
On 5 June 2025, Finland, Sweden, Norway, Lithuania, Estonia and the Netherlands signed a statement of intent to explore a potential joint procurement of CV90 armoured infantry fighting vehicles.
Integris Composites has been selected by BAE Systems to provide ballistic protection systems for additional CV90 Infantry Fighting Vehicles (IFVs) to be used by two European countries.
About a third of the Swedish-made CV90 infantry fighting vehicles, which Nordic and Baltic countries plan to procure, will be assembled in Lithuania.
Sweden, Lithuania, Norway, and Finland are considering a joint purchase of several hundred CV90 infantry combat vehicles, Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson announced on Tuesday.
Soldiers from the Czech 72nd Mechanised Battalion have joined 1,500 Dutch troops in a joint military exercise at the Hradiště training area in western Bohemia.
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