French consortium to build French Army’s next-generation vehicles
Nexter, Renault Truck Defense and Thales will develop a new generation of medium-weight armoured vehicles as part of French Army’s Scorpion modernisation programme.
French defence minister, Jean Yves Le Drian, announced on 5 December that the trio of industry heavyweights will be awarded contracts for the development, production and support of the new vehicles. It is understood an initial development contract worth €752m is being finalised.
Two armoured vehicle designs have been unveiled including a 6x6 troop carrier known as the véhicule blindé multi-rôles (VBMR) and a 6x6 combat vehicle called the engin blindé de reconnaissance et de combat (EBRC).
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