ÖRNSKÖLDSVIK, Sweden — As high-level negotiations between Sweden’s BAE Systems Hagglunds and five European nations over a joint procurement of CV90 infantry fighting vehicles intensify, the head of the firm is downplaying the impact of Estonia walking away from the multimillion-dollar program.
The company expects only a “marginal” impact on its production plans due to Tallinn’s withdrawal earlier this month, Tommy Gustafsson-Rask, general manager of BAE Systems Hägglunds, said during a media visit to its Ornskoldsvik site.
“To put it straightforward, Estonia had one of the lower quantities in this. … So the effect is marginal. I think the other customers will get vehicles earlier, so they’re happy. I think it’s in the margin, it’s not such a big…
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