https://www.defmin.fi/en/topical/press_ ... 88_m=10043Minister of Defence Antti Kaikkonen has authorised, on 28 October 2019, the Defence Forces Logistics Command to procure supplementary life-cycle upgrades from the Finnish Patria Land Oy for XA-180 armoured personnel carriers (Pasi) as of the beginning of 2020.
Life-cycle upgrades will be used to modernise 139 XA-180 armoured personnel carriers. Modernisation ensures that the capability, condition and technical life cycle of the armoured personnel carriers will extend into the 2040s. Their electric systems will be upgraded, power transmission components will be improved and suspension and external coating will be renewed. Seats with security belts will also be installed in the vehicles.
The employment impact of the operation in Finland is approximately 170 person-years and its total value including VAT is approximately EUR 35 million.
Defence Forces upgrade PASI armoured personnel carriers (21. Dezember 2017)
https://www.defmin.fi/en/topical/press_ ... .9060.newsThe Defence Forces received a mandate from Defence Minister Jussi Niinistö to procure a life cycle upgrade from the Finnish Patria Land Systems Oy. Life cycle upgrades are used to modernise 65 XA-180 armoured personnel carriers.
Modernisation ensures that the performance, condition and technical life cycle of the PASI armoured personnel carriers will extend into the 2030s. Their electric systems will be upgraded, power transmission components will be improved and suspension and external coating will be renewed. Seats with security belts will also be installed in the vehicles.
Life cycle upgrades are scheduled for 2018-2020. The procurement’s total value, including VAT, is about EUR 16 million with a domestic employment effect of 85 man-years.