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Defense Industry News - General Dynamics United Kingdom |
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Friday,
June 3, 2011, 09:45 AM |
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Ascod Scout SV armoured vehicle turret undergoes live firing
tests five months ahead of schedule. |
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Less
than 11 months after the UK Scout / Specialist Vehicle (SV)
Demonstration Phase contract was signed, the Industry Team
led by General Dynamics UK has demonstrated impressive progress
on the programme. The Team has conducted live-fire tests
of the new Cased Telescoped (CT40) cannon system integrated
in the very first Scout SV Turret, five months ahead of
schedule.
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The live firing was attended by Roddy
Malone, Scout SV Team Leader at MoD, Steve Rowbotham,
Vice President of General Dynamics UK, and representatives
from CTA International, Rheinmetal Landsysteme, Curtiss
Wright, Lockheed Martin UK and General Dynamics UK. The
Turret system will now be delivered to Lockheed Martin
UK in June 2011 for further system integration and testing
at Ampthill, Bedfordshire.
Roddy Malone said “This was a very
impressive event so soon after contract award. It is of
value not only to the UK MoD but also to the French Government
as the CTAI Cannon is being jointly qualified for both
nations. The efforts of all involved have been magnificent.”
Brigadier Mike Riddell-Webster, Head of
Capability for Ground Manoeuvre welcomed the news, commenting,
“The Army is very pleased to note such progress
on one of its highest priority equipment programmes.”
“The successful live-firing of the
fully integrated CT40 cannon system into the first Scout
SV Turret is yet another example of the SV Demonstration
phase moving forward at pace,” said Steve Rowbotham.
“SV will not only deliver innovation to the British
Army in Scout and its other variants, it will also deliver
the best protection, technology and fightability ever
seen in a vehicle of this type.”
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“The Scout SV Turret Structure
is a key programme for Rheinmetall Landsysteme” said
Andreas Riedel, Head of the Rheinmetall Landsysteme Infantry
and Artillery Business. “The achievement of the first
firing from a new turret so soon after the award of the
contract is the result of excellent co-operation from all
of the companies involved.”
The
Scout reconnaissance vehicle will be a key variant in the
British Army’s operational SV fleet when it goes into
service. It will serve alongside other SV variants including
Protected Mobility, Repair and Recovery vehicles, all designed
upon on the common-base platform being developed by General
Dynamics UK.
The
innovation of a 1.7 meter turret ring means that the Scout
turret is designed to maximise space for the soldiers inside,
thereby optimising fightability. This gives soldiers considerable
room for modern display screens, comfort for long periods
inside the turret and ease of movement, even wearing full
body armour. With the need for military electronics ever-expanding
on operations, the open electronic architecture allows significant
growth for upgrade.
British
troops using the Scout SV will have the best protection
available in this vehicle class, both as it is delivered
and as it grows to meet future threats. The vehicle will
be immediately capable of delivering load-carrying growth
potential of up to 42 tonnes thanks to a modern, proven
drivetrain. This means that SV is capable of being equipped
to meet future threats likely to appear over its entire
30 year life, without the need to upgrade its engine or
transmission during that time.
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In
June 2010, General Dynamics UK will unveil its Scout SV
turret for ASCOD SV to visitors at DVD Defence Vehicle Exhibition
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Rheinmetall
Landsysteme designs, develops and manufactures the Scout
SV Turret Structure for Lockheed Martin UK at the company's
facility in Gersthofen, Germany, which is a centre of excellence
for turret systems. After manufacture and provision of three
turrets under the current Demonstration phase contract,
Lockheed Martin UK will deliver these to General Dynamics
UK for Integration and Test onto the base vehicle for Scout.
Subject to further MoD approvals, Lockheed Martin UK is
expected to conduct assembly, integration and test of the
production turrets at the Defence Support Group (DSG) facility
at Donnington in the East Midlands. The manufacture contract
for the Scout turret is likely to create approximately 500
jobs for Lockheed Martin and its supply chain partners in
the UK, with the overall SV supply chain sustaining up to
10,000 jobs across UK. |
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