GDELS receives major order to provide further EAGLE vehicles for the German Bundeswehr
December 18, 2025 – General Dynamics European Land Systems (GDELS) has been commissioned by the Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology and In-Service Support (BAAINBw) to supply the German Armed Forces with protected EAGLE V 4×4 command and control vehicles, as well as EAGLE V 6×6 medium protected ambulance vehicles, as part of two supplementary procurements. The two corresponding framework agreements provide for the delivery of a total of 5,000 vehicles, of which almost 3,000, with a total value of 4 billion euros, are being ordered immediately.
The vehicles of the EAGLE family are characterized by outstanding mobility, protection, and payload capacity, combined with robustness and reliability. Since their introduction into the Bundeswehr, they have proven themselves exceptionally well in numerous military operations.
To ensure delivery of the vehicles to the troops in accordance with the contract and on cost and schedule, GDELS is currently establishing several production sites in Germany. In addition to numerous small and medium-sized enterprises and business partners in Germany, existing and new GDELS production sites in Rhineland-Palatinate, Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria, and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania will also be involved in the series production of the two EAGLE variants.
“We are grateful and proud that our soldiers have such great confidence in the performance and reliability of the EAGLE. These two additional procurements excellently embody this confidence, as well as the Bundeswehr’s high level of trust in our industrial capabilities. As a reliable partner of the Bundeswehr, we will deliver the vehicles to the troops as contractually agreed,” said Dr. Thomas Kauffmann, GDELS Chief Sales Officer and Managing Director of GDELS–Deutschland.
“As part of our 24/500 strategy, we began early to work out significant production and manufacturing capacities in Germany and to invest accordingly in existing and new locations. We are currently hiring new employees, gaining additional business partners from the German industry, particularly SMEs, and are strengthening the resilience of our supply chains. Hence, we are ready and prepared to fully meet the rightfully high expectations of our German customer. We are well aware that the so called “Zeitenwende” does not allow for any compromises or shortcuts,” added Dr. Christian Kauth, Co-Managing Director of GDELS Germany and Managing Director of GDELS–Bridge Systems
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