NP Aerospace, the worldwide car integrator and armour producer, has right this moment introduced the award of a contract by the Belgium MOD (BeMOD) to ship the remaining 87 Gentle Tactical Transport Autos (LTTV). The unique LTTV programme was to ship 199 of the Mercedes-Benz UNIMOG based mostly autos to the BeMOD. The contract to ship the remaining autos has been novated following NP Aerospace’s acquisition of the property of Jankel Armouring Restricted, introduced on 10 June 2024.
In addition to the manufacturing of latest LTTV autos, this contract additionally consists of lifetime in-service help to the LTTV car fleet for which NP Aerospace will use its confirmed Automobile Techniques, Companies and Spares enterprise unit to ship. Along with the LTTV contract, NP Aerospace has additionally signed an in-service help contract with BeMoD for his or her Speedy Response Autos (RRV) fleet, a product for which NP Aerospace additionally now owns the mental property.
NP Aerospace will start the ramp up of the manufacturing plan adopting a recent strategy, with operations being established of their Coventry amenities. As already agreed with the shopper, a specific emphasis will probably be positioned upon working to the required high quality requirements and timescales.
NP Aerospace has a totally established car associated, UK-based provide chain in place and will probably be using confirmed finest practices to ship a manufacturing programme that meets and the place doable, exceeds buyer expectations, bringing supply again on monitor.
The LTTV car is designed to supply a modular and configurable tactical help car that advantages from distinctive, detachable mission modules that allow the car to be re-roled quickly for operational platform versatility. With a payload of over 3 tonnes, depending on the ultimate car specification, the LTTV has 3 core variants for Particular Operations help, together with an ambulance variant. Alongside a user-configurable, totally built-in suite of army sub-systems that features a detachable ballistic safety equipment, a Roll-Over-Safety-System (ROPS), weapon mounts and communications match.
Lieutenant Colonel Jean-François Gennotte from BeMoD mentioned: “We’re very happy with the acquisition of the property of Jankel Armouring Restricted by NP Aerospace, which allowed us to novateour present contracts and to maintain our fleet supported. The lengthy document of expertise on this sector of NP Aerospace appears very promising and we’re wanting ahead to a long-lasting and hopefully fruitful cooperation.”
James Kempston, NP Aerospace CEO, commented: “following on from our latest announcement concerning the acquisition of Jankel Armouring Restricted’s property, we’re very happy certainly to announce the award of this main contract, having been novated to us by the BeMoD buyer.” He added: “We’re now placing the whole lot in place to get the LTTV programme up and operating and delivering to the shopper’s expectations. That is nice information for NP Aerospace, for our UK provide chain and for Coventry as we proceed to create and/or maintain excessive expert jobs within the area and throughout our provider partnerships.”
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