Boxer continues swinging with the announcement of three key milestones in the next four months
Soldiers from the 1st Regiment Royal Fusiliers pose with the Boxer before starting conversion training onto the vehicle in January 2025. (Photo: British Army)
The UK’s Mechanised Infantry Vehicle programme appears set for a busy four months of success as the Boxer continues to deliver and be delivered. In an announcement at DVD 2024, the UK Boxer programme is set to see its final prototype vehicle, the first UK-produced serial vehicle, and initial conversion training by the British Army start by January 2025.
Ordered in November 2019 and topped up with an additional 100 units in April 2022, the UK’s MIV programme is set to deliver 623 Boxers across various variants at a combined cost of £3.4 billion (US$4.5 billion). Currently reliant on a low-rate German production line out of Munich, serial production has been ramping up in Telford and Stockport as part of a UK plan for production sovereignty.
As one of the leading programmes in British Army procurement, the Boxer has featured extensively at DVD 2024 in UTAC Millbrook this week, with at least eight physical platforms on display across various configurations. Announced
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