The first engineering variant of CV90 Sting armored combat vehicle ordered by the Norwegian military has been delivered by BAE Systems' Swedish subsidiary.

The vehicle changed hands at BAE Systems Hägglunds' plant at Ornskoldsvik, Sweden, and was hailed as a milestone achievement for the CV90 program.

"We have been working extremely closely with BAE Systems Hagglunds over the course of 26 months with this comprehensive contract," said Colonel Ragnar Wennevik, program manager, Norwegian Defense Logistics Organization Land Systems. "Over the past six months, BAE Systems has delivered two of the five planned variants of the Norwegian CV90 fleet in a timely manner."

BAE Systems is under contract to deliver a total of 144 upgraded CV90 vehicles to Norway.

The numbers and variants: 16 engineering variant vehicles, 74 infantry fighting variants, 21 reconnaissance vehicles, 15 command vehicles, 16 multi-role CV90s, and two driver training vehicles.

The original CV90 vehicle was introduced into service by the Swedish military in the early 1990s.