BAAINBw places major order with GDELS for thousands more Eagle V protected vehicle variants

Germany’s Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology and In-Service Support (BAAINBw) has contracted General Dynamics European Land Systems (GDELS) to supply the Bundeswehr 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, GDELS announced on 18 December 2025.

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 EUR 4 billion, are being ordered immediately.

To ensure delivery of the vehicles 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.

“The vehicles of the Eagle family are characterised by outstanding mobility, protection and payload capacity, combined with robustness and reliability,” GDELs stated. “Since their introduction into the Bundeswehr, they have proven themselves exceptionally well in numerous military operations.”

“We are grateful and proud that our soldiers have such great confidence in the performance and reliability of the Eagle,” Dr Thomas Kauffmann, GDELS chief sales officer and managing director of GDELS–Deutschland, was quoted as saying in a company press release. “These two additional procurements excellently embody this confidence, as well as the Bundeswehr’s high level of trust in our industrial capabilities.”

“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,” added Dr Christian Kauth, co-managing director of GDELS–Deutschland and managing director of GDELS–Bridge Systems. “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’ [Germany’s fundamental 2022 pivot in foreign and security policy following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine] does not allow for any compromises or shortcuts.”