• Land Warfare

  French MoD receives first Serval vehicles

  6th May 2022

  Seventy vehicles will be delivered to the French Armed Forces by the end of this year. Selected in 2018 under the Scorpion programme, Serval will equip the French national emergency echelon and light infantry units.

• Land Warfare

  DSEI 2021: Texelis puts mobility solution on show

  15th September 2021

  Texelis presented what it calls ‘the future of armoured vehicle mobility’ at DSEI on 14-17 September, in the form of the MR400 mobility solution for …

• Land Warfare

  DSEI 2021: NP Aerospace pushes vehicle integration

  15th September 2021

  UK company seeks to enhance British Army vehicle performance and sustainability.

• Land Warfare

  French-UK partnership seeks to crack electric-drive conundrum

  18th May 2021

  Hub drive technology combines electric propulsion with mechanical and regenerative braking in a compact package.

• Land Warfare

  UK deploys vehicles to Mali after off-road mobility upgrade

  16th March 2021

  Mastiff and Ridgeback upgrade was led by NP Aerospace to meet an Urgent Capability Requirement for the British Army.

• Land Warfare

  IDEX 2021: Texelis makes axle sets and drivelines for Serbia

  21st February 2021

  T700 and T900 equipment will be fitted to Miloš 4x4 and Lazar 8x8 vehicles.

• Land Warfare

  Serval deliveries to begin in 2022

  19th January 2021

  DGA orders first batch of 364 VBMR-L vehicles for French Army.

• Land Warfare

  SISU 4x4 includes Texelis axles

  15th July 2020

  France-based Texelis is providing T700 axles for the Sisu GTP that is being tested by the Finnish Army to meet its future armoured 4x4 vehicle requirements. …

• Defence Notes

  Texelis resumes production at Limoges facilities

  21st April 2020

  Texelis re-started production at its manufacturing facilities in Limoges, France after a period of reduced operations, the company confirmed in a 21 April statement. The …

• Land Warfare

  Eurosatory 2018: More details emerge on Nexter's VBMR-L

  4th June 2018

  The industry team responsible for delivering the French Army’s new VBMR Light 4x4 have revealed more details about the clean-sheet platform, which is being procured …

• Land Warfare

  French Scorpion gets moving

  2nd May 2017

  The French arms procurement agency, the DGA, has awarded a contract for its first installment of vehicles under the Scorpion programme. A temporary business group …

• Land Warfare

  Eurosatory: New lightweight axle launched

  16th June 2016

  A new suspension axle system jointly developed by Timoney and Texelis has been launched at Eurosatory in Paris on 13 June. The T700 is a …

• Land Warfare

  Eurosatory: The secret behind Terrex

  14th June 2016

  As Singapore Technologies Kinetics announces the delivery of two prototype 8x8 Terrex 3 vehicles to Australia to participate in trials, it is not as well …

Programme Results - Defence Insight

• MPVs - 4x4

  VBMR-L Serval (Batch 2) [France]

  Programme Background The French Army has launched several projects to modernise its equipment and C4I capabilities as part of its Scorpion modernisation programme. These projects ...

• MPVs - 4x4

  VBMR-L Serval (Batch 1) [France]

  Programme Background The French Army has launched several projects to modernise its equipment and C4I capabilities as part of its Scorpion modernisation programme. These projects ...

• MPVs - 4x4

  VBMR-L Serval (Batch 3) [France]

  Programme Background The French Army has launched several projects to modernise its equipment and C4I capabilities as part of its Scorpion modernisation programme. These projects ...

• MPVs - 4x4

  VBMR-L Serval (Batch 4 - Forecast) [France]

  Programme Background The French Army has launched several projects to modernise its equipment and C4I capabilities as part of its Scorpion modernisation programme. These projects ...

• VBAE

  Programme Background The VBAE programme will procure a light 4x4 armoured vehicle to replace the Arquus Light Armoured Vehicle (VBL) currently in service with the ...

Equipment Results - Defence Insight

• MPVs - 4x4

  P2 Tiger 4x4

  The P2 Tiger 4x4 is an APC designed by SEE and Texelis. It was unveiled at IndoDefence 2025, an announcement timed to coincide with the ...

• APCs/IFVs - 8x8

  Lazar 3

  The Lazar 3 is an 8x8 armoured vehicle developed by Yugoimport in cooperation with Texelis and Timoney. It can be configured for a wide range of ...

• MPVs - 4x4

  VBMR-L Serval

  In February 2018, France's DGA defence procurement agency selected Nexter, in partnership with Texelis, to develop and produce the 4x4 Lightweight Multi-Role Armoured Vehicle (VBMR-L) lightweight ...

• MPVs - 4x4

  BOV M16 Miloš

  The BOV M16 Miloš is the successor to the legacy BOV series of 4x4 armoured vehicles originally developed by Yugoslavia. Although it retains the 4x4 ...

• APCs/IFVs - 6x6

  VBMR Griffon

  The Griffon Véhicule Blindé Multi-Rôles (VBMR) is a 6x6 multirole armoured vehicle manufactured by a consortium formed of Nexter Systems, Arquus (formerly Renault Trucks Defense) ...