Rheinmetall BAE Systems Land

Rheinmetall BAE Systems Land (RBSL) has awarded a circa £25 million contract to Pearson Engineering to fabricate turret structures for the British Army's Challenger 3 main battle tank.

Rheinmetall has been contracted by the British Ministry of Defence to modernise 148 Challenger 2 main battle tanks into Challenger 3, with a new turret and 120mm smoothbore gun. The contract is worth around €770 million and work will be carried out at the RBSL plant in Telford, UK.

Rheinmetall Landsysteme sub-contracted Rheinmetall BAE Systems Land (RBSL) to manufacture over 260 Boxer vehicles for the UK MOD's MIV programme. The contract is worth about £860 million and will create over 200 jobs in Telford.