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The British Army's future "broadband for the battlefield" is the Trinity Wide Area Network (WAN). Trinity, which is to be in service by late 2025, will be able to "handle 100 times more data than the current Falcon internet system", due to be retired by 2026. The Army also plans to fit Trinity nodes to the Boxer armoured vehicle. [303] [304]
The Future Rapid Effect System (FRES) was the name for the British Ministry of Defence (MOD) programme to deliver a fleet of more than 4,000 armoured fighting vehicles for the British Army. The vehicles were to be rapidly deployable, network-enabled, capable of operating across the spectrum of operations, and protected against current threats.
The Ajax, formerly known as the Scout SV (Specialist Vehicle), is a group of armoured fighting vehicles being developed by General Dynamics UK for the British Army. [5] It has suffered serious development and production difficulties.
The Multi Role Vehicle-Protected (MRV-P) is a programme to deliver future wheeled utility and logistics vehicles for the British Army.. The vehicle formed part of the projected future equipment for the army as envisaged in the Army 2020 programme, the name given to the restructuring of the British Army in light of the Strategic Defence and Security Review 2010.
The Royal Armoured Corps is the armoured arm of the British Army, that together with the Household Cavalry provides its armour capability, with vehicles such as the Challenger 2 and the Warrior tracked armoured vehicle. It includes most of the Army's armoured regiments, both the Royal Tank Regiment and those converted from old horse cavalry ...
They said in a report entitled "Obsolescent and outgunned: the British Army's armoured vehicle capability", [47] that "Despite having spent around 50% of the allocated budget (£800 million), the programme has yet to place a manufacturing contract. The programme has a current in-service date of 2024 (originally planned for 2017) and is some £ ...
The heavily-armoured vehicles will be used to soak up enemy fire and clear a ... The British Army pioneered the use of bulldozers in a warzone during the Battle of Normandy, aka Operation Overlord ...
The Piranha V was developed by General Dynamics UK and Mowag.It was designed to meet the British Army requirements of the Future Rapid Effect System (FRES) program. [4] In 2007, it was announced that three vehicles were participating in the program: the Boxer, the VBCI, and the Piranha V. [6]