French Scorpion

The Scorpion program is based on the French Ministry of Defense’s plan to create a new family of highly mobile light vehicles, capable of rapid response and deployment to various parts of the world, and of participating in both low and high intensity conflicts, This family is intended to not only consist of armored personnel carriers, but also of fire support vehicles, capable of dealing

Luxembourg to Acquire 80 French Scorpion Armored Vehicles

It will be equipped with a specific Remote Weapon Station and French SCORPION Programme based mission equipment to ensure interoperability with other partners, Across the Scorpion programme, France’s Ministry of the Armed Forces has ordered further Griffon and Jaguar vehicles from Nexter, Arquus and Thales, Belgium’s cabinet approved a plan to purchase 60 “Jaguar” and 417 …

France Finally Kickstarts Scorpion Land Vehicle Acquisition

The Scorpion Acquisition

Armour Renaissance in the French Army SCORPION

The tank will then be fully integrated with the French the French Army SCORPION architecture, Photo: Nexter Both the AMX-10RC and the ERC-90 were credible armoured vehicles that could bring effective firepower to bear via their 105 mm or 90 mm gun armament, The successor vehicle to these two systems takes a different path in terms of armament choices, that vehicle is the Engin …

Serval VBMR Multi-Role Vehicle, France

The Serval light armoured multi-role vehicle VBMR-L was developed to meet the light vehicle requirement of the French Army under the Scorpion programme, Serval VBMR development The Nexter and Texelis team was awarded a contract by the French procurement agency Direction Générale de l’Armement DGA for the development, production, and maintenance of a Light VBMR troop carrier in …

Scorpion: France’s collaborative combat platform in action

Scorpion is the digital backbone connecting a fleet of vehicles to create what the French Ministry of Defence called a platform for ‘collaborative combat’, It is designed to automatically distribute alerts, targeting information and a host of other data between vehicles, robots and UAVS, with the aim of optimising fire support and safety, Scorpion in motion: an engagement scenario, At the

Multi-role armored vehicle GRIFFON

Multi-role armored vehicle GRIFFON, The GRIFFON is a 6×6 wheeled armored vehicle for the French Army, developed as part of the SCORPION EBMR program launched in 2014, It will mainly be used as a troop transport vehicle to replace the VAB currently used by the French Army,

Progress on the Scorpion Program: France’s plan to upgrade

Incorporated into the land forces modernisation plan of 2020, the Scorpion program aims at renewing, from 2018 onwards, the median contact battle capabilities of two platforms, namely the Multi-role armoured vehicles and Armored Reconnaissance and Combat vehicle, in French VBMR and EBRC and the unique combat information system known as “SCORPION” SICS, The latest permits …

French Army Scorpion programme ready to deliver first new

The French Army Scorpion programme is approaching fast to its first deliveries milestones, the French Defense Procurement Agency announced yesterday at Euros

EBRC Jaguar

The EBRC Jaguar French: Engin Blindé de Reconnaissance et de Combat; English: “Armored Reconnaissance and Combat Vehicle” is a French armored reconnaissance and combat vehicle that will replace the French Army’s VCAC HOT missiles equipped VABs, AMX 10 RC and ERC 90 Sagaie reconnaissance and fire support vehicles, History, According to the French Army’s 2020 Defense …

EBRC Jaguar French Future Recon Vehicle ,,

The Jaguar 6×6 armored reconnaissance and combat vehicle EBRC is being developed by a consortium of Nexter Systems, Thales, and Renault Trucks Defense, pri

SCORPION Program

SCORPION Program, The program goes well beyond the development and delivery of the GRIFFON, JAGUAR and SERVAL vehicles, along with the renovation of the LECLERC MBT: integration of drones and robots into the combat system, communication with dismounted soldiers and multiple sensor management, The goal is to bring French troops into the era of collaborative combat, Le programme …

VBMR Griffon

‘Multi-role armored vehicle Griffon’ is a French multi-role armored vehicle that will replace the French Army’s VAB armored personnel carrier, History, The French army has been preparing to replace the VAB since the early 2000s, According to the Army’s 2020 Defense White Paper it plans to buy up to 2,122 VBMR vehicles between 2018 and 2025, A consortium of Nexter, Thales, and Renault Trucks