Bulgaria’s Ministry of Defense announced that, on August 5, it had sent formal Requests for Proposals (RFP) to four companies invited to bid to supply armored infantry carriers. These four companies are ARTEC GmbH (Germany), Patria (Finland), Nexter Systems (France) and General Dynamics European Land Systems – MOWAG (Switzerland). The deadline for submission is October 31, 2019.
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| The four candidates for the Bulgarian tender are Nexter Systems with the VBCI, GDELS with the Piranha 5, ARTEC with the Boxer and Patria with the AMV (Picture source: Army Recognition) |
