Motorsport group bids for £200m AV

Posted on 8 Jul 2010 by The Manufacturer

Over 30 British companies gathered in Coventry yesterday to promote their bid for a £200m Ministry of Defence contract for a light armoured vehicle to replace the Snatch Land Rover.

The 7.5 tonne SPV400 has been specifically designed to counter the threat of Improvised Explosive Devices in the war in Afghanistan. Devon-based Supacat designs the vehicle, while the first batch of 200 Supacat SPV400s would be assembled by NP Aerospace at its facility in Coventry. It is the first time so many companies in the…

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