A good SCOUT

摘要

General Dynamics UK is to build 589 SCOUT Specialist Vehicles for the British Army in a contract worth £3.5bn. The vehicle series, made up of six variants, will be delivered to the army between 2017 and 2024 alongside initial in-service support and training. It is claimed the contract will safeguard or create up to 1,300 jobs across the programme's UK supply chain, with 300 of these at General Dynamics UK's Oakdale site. SCOUT SV is intended to provide protection and survivability, reliability and mobility, and all-weather intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition and recognition (ISTAR) capabilities. According to General Dynamics UK, its range of variants will allow the British Army to conduct sustained, expeditionary, full-spectrum and network-enabled operations with a reduced logistics footprint.