General Dynamics UK to provide 589 SCOUT SV platforms to the UK army
NewsSeptember 03, 2014
SOUTH WALES, UK. General Dynamics UK won a contract worth about $5.76 billion from the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) to provide 589 SCOUT Specialist Vehicle (SV) platforms to the British army to add capability to the Armored Cavalry within Army 2020.
The platforms, which consists of six variants, will be deployed to the British army between 2017 and 2024, alongside the provision of initial in-service support and training. The contract directly safeguards or generates as much as 1,300 jobs across the program's United Kingdom supply chain, with 300 of these at General Dynamics UK's Oakdale site.
SCOUT SV provides protection and survivability, reliability and mobility and all-weather intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition, and recognition (ISTAR) capabilities. SCOUT SV can operate in combined-arms and multinational situations across a variety of future operating environments. The platform is developed at General Dynamics UK's AFV design and engineering centre in Oakdale, South Wales.
