Latvian ASCOD IFVs to enter service next year as country’s land programmes surge
Latvia has ordered 42 ASCOD IFVs. (Photo: Patria)
Latvia is buying Austrian Spanish Cooperative Development (ASCOD) infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs). The country is investing widely including in the purchase of High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS), Patria 6×6 vehicles, TRML-4D air defence radars and air defence systems and UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters.
Latvia is to receive its first ASCOD IFV in June next year, only 18 months after signing up to purchase 42 vehicles for €373 million (US$423 million) in January this year.
Patria and General Dynamics European Land Systems-Santa Barbara Sistemas have jointly announced the start of a strategic collaboration at the Defence Partnership Latvia (DPL) armoured vehicle production facility in Valmiera
The plant will handle the assembly and maintenance of ASCOD IFVs for Latvia with the first production units expected in June 2026 with the vehicles entering service a few months later.
Uģis Romanovs, chairman of the board at Patria Latvia
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