France orders more Griffons and Jaguars
French defence procurement agency DGA has ordered more than 300 additional vehicles in the second production phase of the Scorpion modernisation and digitalisation programme.
The order for Arquus, Nexter and Thales includes 271 Griffon VBMR multirole armoured vehicles (left of picture) and 42 Jaguar EBRC armoured reconnaissance and combat vehicles.
It follows a previous contract in 2017 for 319 Griffons and 20 Jaguars.
Vehicles in the latest order will be delivered to the French Armed Forces in 2022-23.
France is accelerating deliveries in the Scorpion programme as part of its 2019-2025 Military Programming Law (LPM) strategy. A total of 1,872 Griffon and 300 Jaguar vehicles are to be supplied by 2030, with half to be delivered by 2025.
In addition to schools and training centres, five French Army regiments will have begun integration of Griffon by 2020, with four more to follow by the end of 2021.
The French MoD noted on 22 September that the advent of Griffon allows the French Army ‘to truly enter the Scorpion era’, with a platform that benefits from significant advances in terms of protection, mobility and an ability to gradually integrate collaborative combat-critical information.
‘The objective therefore remains to project a first Griffon combined arms battle group in external operation by the end of 2021,’ the MoD added.
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