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General Dynamics Moving Forward On New U.K. Scout SV

Defense Daily Staff

Thursday, October 16th, 2014

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General Dynamics Moving Forward On New U.K. Scout SV

SCOUT SV At NATO Summit Sept. 2014 Photo: General Dynamics UK

The U.K. army’s number one land equipment priority program--the Scout Specialist Vehicle (Scout SV), being manufactured by General Dynamics UK [GD]--will take the land force’s armored vehicle capability to the next level, a company official said. In early September, the Ministry of Defense awarded the company a $5.7 billion contract to deliver 589 vehicles. The first delivery will be in 2017, and the program runs to 2024. A pre-production Protected Mobility and Reconnaissance Support vehicle rolled out at a U.K.…

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