France to start next phase of Scorpion modernisation

摘要

France will begin the next phase of its Scorpion army modernisation programme this year, the French Defence Minister stated at Eurosatory 2014 in Paris. Jean-Yves le Drian made the remarks during his keynote speech to officially open the country's major land systems exhibition, adding that the next phase of the programme should begin "very soon". Project Scorpion is the French Army's ongoing modernisation programme, which has already generated the FELIN future soldier system. It is expected that the next phase will focus on generating the Vehicule Blinde Multi-Roles (VBMR) 6×6: the planned replacement for the army's existing Renault Trucks Defence (RTD) Vehicule de l'Avant Blinde (VAB) armoured personnel carriers (APCs).