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Three U.K. Companies Partner To Bid On Mastiff FoV Support

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, December 3rd, 2013

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Morgan Advanced Materials, Ricardo, and Ultra Electronics, all U.K. based and owned companies, have partnered to bid for the continued support and upgrade of the Ministry of Defense’s (MoD) Mastiff, Ridgback and Wolfhound fleet of Protected Patrol Vehicles (PPV). Morgan will lead the group and is bidding as prime contractor. The Mastiff and Ridgeback vehicles were manufactured by General Dynamics’ [GD] Force Protection. Wolfhound was built by Integrated Survivability Technologies (IST), a joint venture between Force Protection and NP Aerospace.…

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