Blast protection drives £30m BAE vehicle upgrade

Posted on 15 Sep 2011 by The Manufacturer

BAE Systems today announced the upgrading of its Combat Vehicle Reconnaissance-Tracked (CVR-T) family of vehicles, the first cohort of which have been deployed to Afghanistan.

Vehicles are being upgraded to the Mk2 standard as part of the Urgent Operational Requirement (UOR) programme for conversion to theatre in Afghanistan. The DSEi Daily, published by Jane’s, reported this morning that the first batch of vehicles have been flown to Afghanistan for deployment. Of 1,200 CVR-T vehicles in service, the upgrade programme –…

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