The contract includes an initial supply of 200 vehicles
worth around €160 million. This is part of a supply
contract with optional subsequent releases of up to 2400
further units for a total of around €800 million.
The 8x8 special high-mobility vehicles intended for the
French army offer exceptional performances of -road and
fording capability to provide tactical support to any
military operation in the most hostile environmental conditions.
Supplied with a partially armoured driver’s cab,
various types of demountable hook-lift body work, trailer
towing and cranes for the recovery of military vehicles,
ensures maximum crew protection with excellent operational
flexibility and carrying capacity. The delivery will include
maintenance and supply of spare parts. The body and chassis
equipment will be manufactured and assembled in France
by Soframe, part of the Alsation Lohr Group.
The contract, the result of the tender issued by the
DGA in 2007 resulting in the selection of Iveco and Soframe,
whose bid was rated as the best in technical and economic
terms, represents the most complex and wide ranging contract
in Europe in this sector in 2010 and among the largest
awarded by the DGA.
With this important supply contract, Iveco, together
with its partners of excellence, is consolidating its
European market leadership in the military sector, to
which it has always offered innovative solutions both
for the vehicle and its advanced technologies applied
to the specific military components, such as driver’s
cab protection and service and maintenance provisions,
essential for vehicles supplied to this important sector,
responding fully to the needs and requirements of the
French armed forces.
Iveco’s Sales & Marketing Director, Flavio
Marchesoni, stated: “We are proud of this contract
which acknowledges our commitment, together with our French
partners and suppliers, to providing the French DGA with
the latest technology.”
