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Tess Defence delivers 18 more Dragón armoured vehicles to Spain
Tess Defence delivered 18 more Dragón armoured vehicles to Spain’s Defence Ministry.
The new delivery brings the total handed to the Spanish Army to 119 vehicles.
The programme has faced several delays, and the Defence Ministry has imposed fines on the company.
The first phase calls for 348 vehicles by the end of 2028 and is valued at nearly €2 billion.
Tess Defence is also discussing the VAC support-vehicle programme with the ministry and the Army, but production has not started.
Indra’s chief executive said he expects the VAC programme to be unblocked before the end of the year.
Tess Defence has delivered 18 more 8x8 Dragón armoured vehicles to Spain’s Ministry of Defence.
The deliveries bring the total delivered to the Spanish Army to 119.
Indra chief executive Josep Maria Recasens announced the figures during a presentation of Indra’s results through September.
The programme is valued at almost €2 billion, and its first phase envisages delivery of 348 vehicles by the end of 2028.
- Who
- Tess Defence delivered the vehicles to Spain’s Ministry of Defence.
- What
- It delivered 18 more 8x8 Dragón armoured vehicles, bringing the total delivered to 119.
- When
- The announcement was made on November 3, according to the article published the following day.
- Where
- Spain.
- Why
- The vehicles are part of a programme to supply the Spanish Army with armoured vehicles.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
The first deliveries under the Dragón programme took place.
Recasens said 18 more vehicles had been delivered, bringing the total to 119.
- New delivery
- 18 Dragón vehicles
- Total delivered
- 119 units
- Programme value
- Almost €2 billion
- First-phase target
- 348 units by the end of 2028
What people are saying
We are in conversations with our end customers, the Ministry of Defence and the Army, to agree on certain elements of the project.