FMV has signed a contract with BAE Systems Bofors for 48 Archer artillery pieces for the Swedish Armed Forces. The Archer 8x8's firing system is integrated on an HX2 8x8 truck from the German Rheinmetall MAN Military Vehicles, RMMV. The contract is valued at five billion kronor, and the first delivery to FMV is scheduled for 2025, according to an FMV press release.

– This important milestone makes the Archer system the foundation for the Swedish Army's new divisional artillery, says Lena Gillström, CEO of BAE Systems Bofors in the company's press release, and continues:

– It is also important for BAE Systems Bofors' continued work in jointly developing the Archer system together with the Swedish customer, and to establish Archer as the most advanced wheeled 155mm howitzer in operation today.

According to FMV, the acquisition is partly a replacement for the pieces that Sweden is selling to the United Kingdom and donating to Ukraine, and partly a new acquisition to strengthen the Swedish defense's artillery capability in accordance with the 2020 defense policy decision.

– This is very important to start the production of new artillery pieces for the Armed Forces. It is extremely urgent to replace the pieces we deliver in cooperation with the United Kingdom to support Ukraine and to increase the capability for artillery combat according to the defense policy direction, says Jonas Lotsne, head of army materiel FMV.

*The article was updated at 15:06 to include a comment from Lena Gillström, CEO of BAE Bofors.

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