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A fleet of 60 armoured earthmoving tracked vehicles, which will give the Royal Engineers a powerful route-clearing capability, will be built at BAE Systems’s Newcastle factory.

A fleet of 60 armoured earthmoving tracked vehicles, which will give the Royal Engineers a powerful route-clearing capability, will be built at

’s

factory.

BAE Systems was awarded a £300m contract from the Ministry of Defence (MoD) to build the TERRIER line of vehicles.

The vehicles will remove obstacles and open routes and provide assistance on peacekeeping and humanitarian missions.

‘TERRIER will be a hugely powerful and versatile machine, like a cross between an armoured vehicle, an excavator and a loader, and I am pleased to confirm this order for our highly skilled Royal Engineers,’ said Quentin Davies, minister for defence equipment and support.

‘Designed in Leicester and integrated by BAE Systems in Newcastle, the order is also good news for British industry as more than 90 per cent of the manufacture will be supported by companies from across the country, demonstrating the great level of skills and workmanship we have in the UK,’ he added.

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