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Spain seeks to enhance mobility for SF

3rd March 2020 - 12:00 GMT | by Flavia Camargos Pereira in London

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Spain is increasing efforts to improve the mobility of its SF, with initial deliveries expected this year of the Light Vehicle for Special Operations (VLOE in Spanish).

The VLOE will be a versatile vehicle with greater mobility, a Spanish Army official told Shephard. The army expects to use the vehicle on missions to cover large areas of desert, such as the Sahel, where the use of platforms with greater weight and volume should be avoided.

The VLOE will also be able to move over different types of terrain. Because of this, it will have the ability to operate off-road, to

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