意大利莱昂纳多公司和德国莱茵金属公司通过其合资企业，获得了意大利陆军两份合同，总价值41.6亿美元，用于装甲车辆，意大利《MF》报周四报道。
Italy’s Leonardo and Germany’s Rheinmetall have secured, through their joint venture, two contracts with the Italian Army worth $4.16 billion in total for armored vehicles, Italy’s MF newspaper reported on Thursday.
这些订单涉及供应A2CS战车和新一代主战坦克，是意大利更广泛军事现代化计划的一部分，这份意大利财经日报补充道。莱茵金属拒绝置评。
The orders are for the supply of the A2CS combat vehicles and the new-generation MBT tanks and are part of Italy’s wider military modernization program, the Italian financial daily added. Rheinmetall declined to comment.
莱昂纳多首席执行官洛伦佐·马里亚尼表示，他无法确认合同是否已签署，“因为任何相关沟通都必须与我们的客户协调。”莱昂纳多和莱茵金属于2024年成立了50-50的合资企业。
Leonardo CEO Lorenzo Mariani said he could not confirm whether the contract had been signed “as any communication on the matter must be coordinated with our clients.”Leonardo and Rheinmetall launched their 50-50 joint venture in 2024.
“该计划从我们这边已准备好进入生产阶段。我们正在积极推进坦克计划和未来作战系统（FCS），并与莱茵金属密切合作，两者都在取得进展，”马里亚尼在罗马表示。
“The programme is ready to enter production from our side. We are actively working on both the tank programme and the Future Combat System (FCS), and are progressing on both in close cooperation with Rheinmetall,” Mariani said in Rome.
在国有意大利投资基金年会边会上，他强调坦克对于意大利国防现代化、出口以及与莱茵金属更广泛伙伴关系的重要性。
Speaking on the sidelines of the annual meeting of the state-backed Fondo Italiano d’Investimento, he stressed the importance of tanks for the modernization of Italy’s defense, for exports and for the broader partnership with Rheinmetall.