The Royal Netherlands Army (RNLA) is acquiring an additional six Bushmaster protected mobility vehicles from Thales Australia, increasing its fleet of the 11-tonne 4×4 vehicles to 104. A Thales spokesperson told Jane's on 27 April the recently signed AUD14 million (USD8.8 million) contract comprised five new bespoke medical evacuation (medevac) variants and one infantry mobility variant for the Netherlands. Delivery is scheduled for 2021. Production of the medevac variant would involve Dutch company Visser Horti Systems, which specialises in the design of clinical 'white space' capabilities for the RNLA, according to a Thales statement.
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