The British Army’s Land Mobility Programme – all change but no progress?
The Foxhound is one of a number of vehicles that could be replaced as part of the Land Mobility Programme. (Photo: British Army)
The UK’s Land Mobility Programme, an effort to replace thousands of British Army vehicles, may be about to undergo a radical change in direction.
Change seems to be the order of the day for the UK’s Land Mobility Programme (LMP). The programme has always been somewhat ephemeral, owing in large part to the Ministry of Defence’s (MoD) inability to define specific requirements. This has left observers and companies with only a general outline of what each component should look like. Now it appears that the government, while attempting to clarify the status of the programme, has muddied the waters even further.
Speaking in the House of Commons in October, UK Minister for Defence Readiness and Industry Luke Pollard MP delivered an update on the
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