JANKEL TO WORK WITH UK DEFENCE INDUSTRY TO DELIVER TACTICAL VEHICLE

Jankel, the Surrey-based world-leader in the design and manufacture of high-specification defence systems, is to work with key UK defence industry partners to deliver the Oshkosh Defense Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) to the UK.

These latest partnerships are being specifically formed to meet crucial protected mobility requirements of the British Armed Forces.

Weybridge-based Jankel is working on a framework to establish a robust, UK-based, expert supply chain to deliver design, subsystem integration, manufacture, assembly and through life support services.

The first agreements of this type to be put in place are with NP Aerospace in Coventry and Make UK Defence, a member-owned defence trade organisation.

Andrew Jankel, Chairman at Jankel, said: “I’m delighted to announce these key partnerships today with NP Aerospace and Make UK Defence that are the first of a number of this type that we will be establishing to enable the delivery of the Oshkosh Defense JLTV to UK MoD.

“We have so much talent in the UK defence industry and to begin to bring it all together like this is very exciting and will give the MoD exactly what they need whilst remaining fully aligned with the Land Industrial Strategy.”

He added, “Looking ahead and beyond JLTV, these partnerships could be further developed to support our long-term strategy of establishing a UK-based light vehicle centre of excellence that integrates and further develops the best of British technology and innovation into world leading vehicle platforms, to meet future UK and global requirements.”

John Lazar, Vice-President and General Manager International at Oshkosh Defense said: “Oshkosh Defense have been providing vehicles and through life support to UK MoD for nearly two decades. We are proud to have demonstrated the capability and reliability of our Oshkosh military trucks through years of successful contracts. We look forward to the next chapter of this relationship, meeting protected mobility requirements in cooperation with our partners at Jankel.”