• Land Warfare

  Milrem picks Texelis for partnership in drive to develop large UGV

  22nd November 2024

  Milrem has delivered or is building a total of 200 Tracked Hybrid Modular Infantry System UGVs and has chosen Texelis as partner in its effort to develop a UGV.

• Land Warfare

  Texelis outlines 6x6 Celeris and ongoing work on 8x8 variant at Eurosatory

  19th June 2024

  Texelis and Nexter, a KNDS company, manufacture the Serval 4x4 lightweight multi-role armoured vehicle together but Texelis has started selling the rolling chassis of the vehicle as a separate system.

• Land Warfare

  Team Auroch bids for future French Army requirement

  16th September 2024

  KNDS-France has teamed up with Texelis and CNIM to combine their experiences and produce a new combat engineer vehicle for the French Army.

• Land Warfare

  World Defense Show 2024: Texelis looks to new Celeris customers as buyers prove the concept

  7th February 2024

  French mobility engineering company Texelis, the makers of the rolling chassis for the Serval 4x4 lightweight multi-role armoured vehicle, has launched a standalone product called Celeris.

• Land Warfare

  Texelis goes alone as it unveils Celeris

  28th November 2023

  Texelis and Nexter, a KNDS company, manufacture the Serval 4x4 lightweight multi-role armoured vehicle together but Texelis has started selling the rolling chassis of the vehicle as a separate system.

• Land Warfare

  Next set of orders due for French Army's Serval patrol vehicle

  27th November 2023

  The Serval 4x4 lightweight multi-role armoured vehicle has two prime contractors – Texelis which has been contracted by the French defence procurement agency (DGA) to build and supply the rolling chassis and Nexter Systems which provides the body.

• Defence Notes

  CUAS platforms, security systems and MBTs steal the spotlight as the curtain falls on Eurosatory 2024

  21st June 2024

  Eurosatory 2024 is done, the boxes are mostly put away, vehicles sent home to bed, stalls torn down, ripped carpet rolled up and weary business directors and their engineers have, for the last time for this edition, hung their MKU lanyards around their necks. But what, if anything, have we learned from this show in suburban Paris?

• Defence Notes

  Ireland commits to major equipment procurement schedules

  23rd November 2023

  The Irish Defence Forces has a range of challenges to overcome including discontent in sections of the forces, a need for cultural change, pay rates and equipment shortfalls. An implementation plan released 21 November has, however, provided projected timelines for change and procurement.

• Land Warfare

  Will reliance on Russian supply chain scupper Lazar APC upgrades?

  7th December 2023

  Two Serbian armoured vehicles, the Lazar 8x8 and the Lazanski 8x8, have been equipped with different remote controlled weapon stations and protection levels.

• Land Warfare

  Eurosatory 2022: Texelis bridges the old and the new with Serval chassis

  15th June 2022

  Hybridisation and electric-drive technologies come to the fore at Eurosatory 2022 with the MR400 Mobility Solution from Texelis.

• Land Warfare

  French MoD receives first Serval vehicles

  6th May 2022

  Seventy vehicles will be delivered to the French Armed Forces by the end of this year. Selected in 2018 under the Scorpion programme, Serval will equip the French national emergency echelon and light infantry units.

• Land Warfare

  DSEI 2021: Texelis puts mobility solution on show

  15th September 2021

  Texelis presented what it calls ‘the future of armoured vehicle mobility’ at DSEI on 14-17 September, in the form of the MR400 mobility solution for …

• Land Warfare

  DSEI 2021: NP Aerospace pushes vehicle integration

  15th September 2021

  UK company seeks to enhance British Army vehicle performance and sustainability.

• Land Warfare

  French-UK partnership seeks to crack electric-drive conundrum

  18th May 2021

  Hub drive technology combines electric propulsion with mechanical and regenerative braking in a compact package.

• Land Warfare

  UK deploys vehicles to Mali after off-road mobility upgrade

  16th March 2021

  Mastiff and Ridgeback upgrade was led by NP Aerospace to meet an Urgent Capability Requirement for the British Army.

Programme Results - Defence Insight

• APCs/IFVs - 4x4, Reconnaissance/patrol vehicles

  VBMR-L Serval (Additional Batches)

  Programme Background The French Army has launched several projects to modernise its equipment and C4I capabilities as part of its Scorpion modernisation programme. These projects ...

• APCs/IFVs - 4x4, Reconnaissance/patrol vehicles

  VBMR-L Serval (Second Batch)

  Programme Background The French Army has launched several projects to modernise its equipment and C4I capabilities as part of its Scorpion modernisation programme. These projects ...

• APCs/IFVs - 4x4, Reconnaissance/patrol vehicles

  VBMR-L Serval (First Batch)

  Programme Background The French Army has launched several projects to modernise its equipment and C4I capabilities as part of its Scorpion modernisation programme. These projects ...

• Reconnaissance/patrol vehicles

  VBAE

  Programme Background The VBAE programme will procure a light 4x4 armoured vehicle to replace the Arquus Light Armoured Vehicle (VBL) currently in service with the ...

Equipment Results - Defence Insight

• APCs/IFVs - 8x8

  Lazar 3

  The Lazar 3 is an 8x8 armoured vehicle developed by Yugoimport in cooperation with Texelis and Timoney. It can be configured for a wide range of ...

• APCs/IFVs - 4x4

  VBMR-L Serval

  In February 2018, France's DGA defence procurement agency selected Nexter, in partnership with Texelis, to develop and produce the 4x4 Lightweight Multi-Role Armoured Vehicle (VBMR-L) lightweight ...

• APCs/IFVs - 4x4

  BOV M16 Miloš

  The BOV M16 Miloš is the successor to the legacy BOV series of 4x4 armoured vehicles originally developed by Yugoslavia. Although it retains the 4x4 ...

• APCs/IFVs - 6x6

  Griffon VBMR

  The Griffon Véhicule Blindé Multi-Rôles (VBMR) is a 6x6 multirole armoured vehicle manufactured by a consortium formed of Nexter Systems, Arquus (formerly Renault Trucks Defense) ...