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French Defence Minister unveils future GRIFFON and JAGUAR armoured vehicles for French Army 0612141.
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| Saturday, December 6, 2014 10:23 AM | |||
| French Defence Minister unveils future GRIFFON and JAGUAR armoured vehicles for French Army. | |||
On the occasion of its visit in the 27th Mountain Infantry Brigade Artillery
of Varces (Isère), Jean-Yves LE DRIAN, Minister of Defence, handed
the EBMR (Armoured Multi-roles vehicles) market to the CEOs of the GME
(temporary consortium) formed by the French companies Nexter Systems,
Renault Trucks Defense and Thales. Prepared by the Armament Procurement
Agency (DGA), this market plans the development, the manufacturing and
the support of the EBMR of the SCORPION program. |
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Under
the EBMR contract, the Multi-Role
Armoured Vehicle GRIFFON and Reconnaissance
and Combat Armoured Vehicle JAGUAR will replace respectively
on the one hand the VAB,
and on the other hand, the AMX10RC,
the ERC
Sagaie and the VAB
HOT, produced in the 70s and 80s and used extensively by
the French Army in all theaters of operation for thirty years. |
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 Future view of Jaguar Reconnaissance and Combat Armoured Vehicle for EBRC program of the French Army. |
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The
state of the art innovation and know-how developed by the three companies
in the GME in the domains of mobility, protection, weapons and digitization
will be integrated in the first SCORPION-approved systems. The effect
on the ground for future joint tactical groups (GTIA) equipped with SCORPION
EBMR systems will be greatly increased with regard to the previous generation. This program has a structuring effect for Nexter, RTD and Thales as well as for the French industrial sector that will be nourished by the subcontracting orders from the GME. It will create a thousand jobs in its development phase and 1,700 jobs in its production phase. Almost 2,000 vehicles, and all associated logistical support equipment, will be delivered to forces from 2018. |
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