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# KNDS France and METLEN sign exclusive deal to build VBCI in Greece
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2025-04-07-knds-metlen-vbci-philoctetes-greece/
- Published: 2025-04-07T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T04:00:47.000Z
- Description: KNDS France signed an exclusive partnership with Greece's METLEN to produce the VBCI PHILOCTETES 8x8 infantry fighting vehicle in Greece, transferring aluminium armour know-how and localising the Mk2 welded structure's manufacture.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Defence and space, #news, #verified, #ai-drafted

Verified AI-drafted [METLEN press release, 7 April 2025](https://www.metlengroup.com/media/xqyecn2n/pr%5Fmetlen%5F-knds%5Fphiloctetes%5Fen.pdf?ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What it does not test.** The release names no order quantity, contract value or signed Hellenic Army procurement, only an industrial production partnership.

**How this item counts.** This item is dated before the index starts on 1 January 2026, so it does not count in the [European Sovereignty Index](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/sovereignty-index/).

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