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FRES: Down-Selection of Utility Vehicle Designs
(Source: UK Ministry of Defence; issued June 7, 2007)

The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has selected the vehicles that will participate in trials for the utility variant of the Army's Future Rapid Effect System (FRES) later this summer. The selected designs are BOXER (ARTEC), Piranha (GD UK) and VBCI (Nexter). The outcome of the trials will be announced by the end of November when one or more utility vehicle design will go forward for detailed assessment.

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Mittlerweile gibt es auch eine Stellungnahme von KMW zur Teilnahme des GTK Boxer an der Ausschreibung der britischen Streitkräfte.
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