Acontract valued at around £2.3bn to build armoured vehicles for the British Army is expected to safeguard and create a substantial number of British jobs. The Artec consortium, led by Rheinmetall and Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW), signed the contract with the Ministry of Defence to produce over 500 Boxer 8x8-wheeled vehicles in configurations including armoured personnel carrier, command vehicle, specialist carrier and field ambulance.
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