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WFEL wins MOD contract to manufacture armoured vehicles

Land February 13, 2020

Specialist manufacturer WFEL has won a £2.3billion contract to produce armoured vehicles for the MOD. WFEL, a subsidy of Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW) and Rheinmetall, will supply the MOD with armoured vehicles for the Army’s Strike Brigades and aim to source material from UK suppliers. Under the contract, a significant portion of ...

Event explores technology to stop armoured vehicles

Land June 3, 2019

DASA hosted an event exploring technological innovation capable of stopping tanks and other armoured vehicles at an event with the British Army. A collaboration day was held with the British Army as part of DASA’s ‘Stopping it in its tracks’ armoured vehicle technology competition for Dstl. This explores novel and innovative technologies that ...

Lockheed Martin Invests in UK Innovation [video]

Land October 19, 2016

  Lockheed Martin has invested £23 million in the UK in the last year and recently opened a £5.5 million tank turret manufacturing facility in Ampthill. Here LM Business Development Director for UK and Ampthill, Richard Muir, tells MOD Defence Contracts Bulletin Features Editor, Julie Shennan, about the new opportunities in ...

Paramount unveils family of highly advanced Mbombe ICVs

Land September 26, 2016

Paramount Group – an African-based global defence and aerospace company – has unveiled its family of Mbombe Infantry Combat Vehicles (ICVs). The Mbombe vehicle range comprising the Mbombe 4 (or Marauder XT in certain markets), the Mbombe 6 and the Mbombe 8 represent the pinnacle of land system technologies and can ...