Rolls-Royce has agreed a deal to supply more than 500 engines for the British Army’s Boxer Mechanised Infantry Vehicle (MIV). The engine maker, which has seven UK bases including major sites in Derby and Bristol, will deliver 523 mtu Series 199 engines under the agreement.

The engines will be assembled, acceptance-tested and painted in the UK. Most of the engines for the project will be manufactured at Rolls-Royce Solutions UK in East Grinstead, West Sussex, supporting around 10 jobs at the facility, Rolls-Royce said.

Rolls-Royce business unit Power Systems recently signed contracts with its partners, Krauss-Maffei Wegmann/WFEL and Rheinmetall Landsysteme/Rheinmetall BAE Systems Land, covering the delivery of engines between 2022 and 2030.

The Boxer MIV will be the first version of the vehicle equipped with Rolls-Royce’s mtu 8V 199 TE21 engine – and follows a recent order by the government for 100 extra Boxer tanks for the Army.

Knut Müller, vice president global governmental at Rolls-Royce business unit Power Systems said: “The Boxer MIV project is a very important part of the modernisation of the British Army. To support this project, we have made a big effort to enable manufacturing of our proven mtu Series 199 engines in the UK for the first time. We are proud to contribute to the British Army’s mobility and agility with our engines made in Britain.

Source: Business-live.co.uk