Coventry's NP Aerospace secures Light Tactical Transport Vehicles contract
NP Aerospace, the Coventry-based global vehicle integrator and armour manufacturer, has secured a Belgium MOD (BeMOD) to deliver the remaining 87 Light Tactical Transport Vehicles (LTTV). The original LTTV programme was to deliver 199 of the Mercedes-Benz UNIMOG based vehicles to the BeMOD. The contract award follows NP Aerospace’s acquisition of the assets of Jankel Armouring Limited in June.
The contract also includes lifetime in-service support to the LTTV vehicle fleet for which NP Aerospace's Vehicle Systems, Services and Spares business will deliver. In addition to the LTTV contract, NP Aerospace has also signed an in-service support contract with BeMoD for its Rapid Reaction Vehicles (RRV) fleet, a product for which NP Aerospace also now owns the intellectual property.
NP Aerospace will ramp up production plan at its Coventry facility.
The LTTV vehicle is designed to provide a modular and configurable tactical support vehicle that benefits from unique, removable mission modules that enable the vehicle to be re-roled rapidly for operational platform versatility.
Lieutenant Colonel Jean-François Gennotte from BeMoD said: “We are very pleased with the acquisition of the assets of Jankel Armouring Limited by NP Aerospace, which allowed us to novate our existing contracts and to keep our fleet supported. The long record of experience in this sector of NP Aerospace looks very promising and we are looking forward to a long lasting and hopefully fruitful cooperation.”
James Kempston, NP Aerospace CEO, added: “following on from our recent announcement regarding the acquisition of Jankel Armouring Limited’s assets, we’re very pleased indeed to announce the award of this major contract, having been novated to us by the BeMoD customer.” He added: “We’re now putting everything in place to get the LTTV programme up and running and delivering to the customer’s expectations. This is great news for NP Aerospace, for our UK supply chain and for Coventry as we continue to create and/or sustain high skilled jobs in the region and across our supplier partnerships.”
