Germany to join Finland-led CAVS Framework Agreement
Germany joins into Common Armoured Vehicle System (CAVS) Framework Agreement which enables serial procurement of CAVS vehicles from Patria. The CAVS Framework Agreement has been previously entered between Finland, Sweden, and Latvia.
- We are very pleased that also Germany moves ahead with Finland-led CAVS project. We have actively marketed our co-procurement programme to allies and partners, says Minister of Defence Antti Häkkänen.
Germany joined the CAVS project in 2023 and the CAVS product development agreement in spring 2024. German Ministry of Defence is planning to replace its current Fuchs fleet with Patria 6x6 armoured vehicles. Patria is committed to industrial cooperation with German companies. It will manufacture the CAVS vehicles in Germany in cooperation with German partners. Actual serial procurements need to be even approved by the German parliament.
"The CAVS project exemplifies the increasing procurement cooperation in accordance with the EU defence strategy, the development of European defence and the Ministry of Defence's activity in promoting Finnish defence industry. Programme strengthens European defence and NATO cooperation. The European Commission acknowledged the work by granting the project EUR 60 million through the EDIRPA instrument. The funding will be used for multinational cooperation among the CAVS member countries", Minister Häkkänen says.
"The CAVS project allows Member States to procure modern armoured vehicles quickly and cost-effectively. Its extensive industrial cooperation within the EU will improve the security of supply and readiness of the EU and the capabilities of the European defence industry. The countries participating in the CAVS project benefit from common procurement, product development and life-cycle management. Our cooperation with Germany has been excellent and, on behalf of the three CAVS countries Finland, Sweden and Latvia, I would like to wish Germany once again welcome to the project's serial procurement phase," Häkkänen says.
The goal of the CAVS project, which was launched in cooperation between Defence Ministries of Finland and Latvia in 2020, is to develop an armoured 6x6 vehicle system for the needs of EU Member States. Vehicles are already being delivered to Finland, Sweden and Latvia. The three countries have ordered around 700 armoured vehicles from Patria. The most recent order for C2 vehicles came from Latvia in 2024. Finland has ordered armoured personnel carriers and heavy armoured personnel carriers designed for crisis management operations. In addition to the previously mentioned, defence forces of various countries have expressed at least their tentative interest in the CAVS vehicles.
The CAVS project is open to European countries with similar 6x6 armoured vehicle requirements. Having Germany and Sweden on board enables user cooperation, joint exercises, crisis management operations and missions between Nordic and Baltic Sea countries and simplifies logistics and improves security of supply.
Inquiries: Riikka Saxlin, Senior Specialist, Ministry of Defence, tel. +358 295 140 036, and Brigadier General Engineering Juha-Matti Ylitalo, Deputy Chief, Finnish Defence Forces Logistics Command, tel. +358 299 800 (Defence Forces' switchboard).