Bulgarian MoD has selected Patria AMV XP and GDLS Piranha-V as best and final runner ups in the Army’s future 8×8 armored fighting vehicle tender.
Bulgaria has launched a defense program to acquire 150 armored vehicles to continue the modernization of its armed forces. The Program is aimed at continuing and further developing the process of a strategic rethink of the defense policy and the build-up of the defense capabilities that were initiated by the White Paper on Defense and the Armed Forces of the Republic of Bulgaria adopted by the National Assembly in 2010.
Bulgaria; Two shortlisted in 8X8 AFV contest