The first batch of vehicles, which will
be known as Foxhound by the British Army, will be delivered
to the Army’s training fleet later this year with
the final vehicles scheduled to be completed by Spring
2012.
Designed, developed and built in the UK
by survivability specialist Force Protection Europe, together
with Team Ocelot partners automotive specialist Ricardo
plc, Thales, QinetiQ, Formaplex, DSG and Sula, Ocelot
is the most highly protected and agile vehicle of its
size and weight that is available today.
Ocelot moved from concept to development
over a remarkably short time frame for a military vehicle.
Marrying together innovations from the motorsport arena
with traditional defence vehicle development discipline,
Ocelot underwent more than 12 months of rigorous blast
and mobility testing before being chosen by the MoD.
David Hind, Managing Director, Force Protection
Europe, said, “Our prime goal for this year is to
meet the MoD’s schedule for the LPPV programme.
However Ocelot’s success has also generated international
interest in this ground breaking vehicle, which we hope
to see being developed for other markets; the first of
these is Australia as we prepare to send two Ocelots –
a utility and a command variant – Down Under for
testing in the Land 121 Phase 4 Project for the Protected
Mobility Vehicle – Light prototype.”
