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Supacat and Babcock join forces for Jackal 2 and Coyote production
By Nick Brown
23 April 2009
Supacat and Babcock have joined forces to fulfil a UK order for 110 Jackal 2 patrol vehicles (Jane's/Patrick Allen)
High mobility vehicle specialist Supacat and Babcock Marine have launched an alliance specifically to fulfil an order for 110 new Jackal 2 patrol vehicles and 70 Coyote light support vehicles from the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD).
According to a joint announcement on 21 April, Supacat as the vehicle designer has been awarded the prime contract supported by Babcock as the vehicle manufacturer, for whom the contract is worth about GBP55 million (USD80 million).
The order comes in response to the MoD's latest urgent operational requirement (UOR) and is part of the GBP700 million Protected Mobility Package announced by the ministry late in 2008. The majority of both vehicle types are scheduled for delivery in 2009 to support operations in Afghanistan.