Romanian army signs $1 billion-plus contract for armored wheeled vehicles
NewsJanuary 15, 2018
MADRID. General Dynamics European Land Systems has signed an agreement with the armed forces of Romania to deliver up to 227 PIRANHA 5 eight-wheeled armored vehicles in six different configurations.
The contract -- part of the Romanian army’s drive to modernize its legacy wheeled armored vehicle fleet -- has a total value exceeding $1 billion.
The modern PIRANHA 5 vehicles will be produced in Romania under a strategic cooperation and transfer of technology project between General Dynamics European Land Systems--Mowag (Switzerland) and Romania's Uzina Mecanic? Bucure?ti (UMB). Prime Minister Mihai Tudose and Deputy Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu attended the signing ceremony held at the National Defense Ministry headquarters.
Romania's armed forces have fielded variants of PIRANHA vehicles since 2006, deploying them in various missions in-country and abroad.
