A Stockport firm is one of two armoured vehicle manufacturers to secure a significant expansion to a multi-billion pound contract with the British Army.
WFEL in Stockport and Rheinmetall BAE Systems Land in Telford have been asked to make 100 extra vehicles on top of the original £2.8bn contract agreed with the armed forces.
The new deal means 623 vehicles will be made in total, with the first set to roll off the production line next year. Now estimated to be worth over £3b, the supply chain to add these pieces of equipment to the UK's military fleet will initially see 117 of the Boxer armoured vehicles produced on German production lines, as the Telford and Stockport factories ready themselves to produce the remaining 506. READ MORE: Manchester Airport passengers face 90-minute wait with queues reaching car park According to Business Live, the first Boxer armoured vehicles will arrive in units from 2023, with the overall programme protecting up to 1,000 jobs nationally, including 120 at WFEL in Stockport.
The deputy chief of general staff in the British Army visited WFEL's Stockport site to announce the 100 additional vehicles being commissioned.
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