Patria has achieved a new milestone in the Finnish-Latvian joint 6×6 vehicle programme by delivering the first Patria 6×6 armoured wheeled vehicles to Latvia.
The handover also marks that the programme is proceeding on schedule, Patria said in a statement.
The move comes after personnel from the Latvian National Armed Forces completed user training of the armoured vehicle at Patria’s facilities in Hämeenlinna, Finland.
During the two-week-long course, the Latvian soldiers learnt how to operate the Patria 6×6 vehicle. They also received necessary maintenance and user training.
Commenting on the delivery, Patria Land business unit president Jussi Järvinen said: “With high-quality cooperation between Latvian companies, our own professionals, and the future users of the vehicles, we have achieved this important milestone together.
“Staying on schedule and taking a project this size forward so effectively is not always a matter of course, and we do not take this milestone for granted. Hard work has been done on this and will continue to be done.”
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By GlobalDataNotably, Finland and Latvia agreed on a joint development programme last year to improve the mobility of the ground forces.
Subsequently, in August this year, Patria signed a frame agreement for production phase management with Finland and Latvia.
The Patria 6×6 armoured wheeled vehicle is designed to offer ground forces with tactical troop transportation capability and advanced protection. The armoured system can be used for any combat support role.
Under a supply contract, Latvia will receive more than 200 pieces of 6×6 armoured personnel carriers, as well as associated support and training systems.
Separately, Patria announced that it is participating in a research project led by the Finnish and German defence administrations.
The project will assess teaming of crewed and uncrewed systems in various situations.
