US Army orders production of 200 Bradley Fighting Vehicles

PHOTO CAPTION: A M2 Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicle transverses a muddy trail during a combined arms live-fire exercise at Bemowo Piskie Training Area, Poland, Feb. 28, 2024. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Cecil Elliott via U.S. Defense Visual Information Distribution Service)

(Reuters) - British defense group BAE Systems said on Thursday the U.S. Army has awarded the company a $440 million contract to produce additional Bradley Fighting Vehicles to replace the ones the government had already sent to Ukraine.

The contract includes the production of more than 200 units of Bradley A4, which is the company's most recent modernized variant that is in production.

(Reporting by Abhinav Parmar in Bengaluru; Editing by Krishna Chandra Eluri)

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