Update: UK Medium Protected Patrol Vehicle (MPPV) requirement

On 26th April 2007 the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) Specialist and Utility Vehicles (SUV) Integrated Project Team (IPT) issued a requirement for the supply of 180 Medium Protected Patrol Vehicles (MPPV) for likely delivery in early 2009. The MPPV will be a wheeled vehicle, with an approximate gross vehicle weight of 14 tonnes, capable of carrying up to 7 crew members, providing protected mobility and offering very high levels of protection against a number of known and emerging threats of a varied nature including Ballistic, Blast, Mine and Fragmentation. MPPVs are principally required for a wide range of patrol tasks and are normally expected to operate on roads and rough tracks in urban, semi-urban and rural environments; however they need to be sufficiently agile to provide a degree of cross-country mobility. Estimated value of the contract is £20-100m.

Following the publication of this requirement as many as 40 companies expressed interest in tendering for the contract; the number has exceeded the expectations of the MOD which will commence a process of whittling down the contenders through a series of trials which will take place at Millbrook.

Source: J. Nettlefold - Battlespace

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