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KMW Renews Dutch FENNEK Fleet

Dutch Army FENNEC on the NATO enhanced Forward Presence mission in Lithuania [©Bob Morrison]
Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW) and the Dutch Defence Materiel Organisation have signed a contract for the upgrading of 322 FENNEK vehicles.

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Press Release, Munich / The Hague, December 2020: Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW) and the Dutch procurement agency DMO (Defence Materiel Organisation) have signed a contract for the upgrading of 322 FENNEK vehicles. The MLU (Mid Life Update) order has a volume of over EUR 300 million and includes among others the integration of new observation and reconnaissance systems (BAA II NDL) and the integration of the C4I command and control system.

The work is to be carried out at KMW in Germany as well as in the Netherlands, at the partner companies Van Halteren Defence and Nedinsco in cooperation with the army’s Material Stock Logistic Command (MatLogCo). Delivery of the upgraded FENNEK systems will begin in 2021 and is expected to be completed in 2027.

Dutch FENNEC [©KMW]

The FENNEK is a binational project between Germany and the Netherlands. There are other variants in addition to the FENNEK recon vehicles, ranging from an engineering vehicle to an anti-tank version and even one for high-mobility anti-aircraft defence. What they all have in common is a high off-road ability thanks to the special drive concept and robust chassis design.

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