Coventry-based Nasmyth Group Ltd has entered into a 10-year long-term supply agreement to manufacture a wide range of components for the UK Ministry of Defence’s UK Boxer Mechanised Infantry Vehicle (MIV) programme. The company will supply precision-machined and fabricated components to Stockport-based WFEL, the main contractor on the programme.

The Boxer Mechanised Infantry Vehicles (MIV) are highly mobile, armoured combat vehicles which combine long-distance road deployment with all-terrain mobility, bringing new capabilities to the British Army. The common Boxer base platform, with its interchangeable mission modules, can cover a range of capabilities, from infantry personnel transportation around the battlefield to highly-equipped mobile medical facilities.

Ian Anderton, WFEL managing director, said: “We warmly welcome Nasmyth Group into our expanding UK Boxer family and look forward to developing a close partnership as we collaborate to successfully deliver this exciting project for the British Army."

Peter Smith, Nasmyth Group chairman and CEO, said: “For the defence markets, Nasmyth Group manufactures a wide range of complex components for a variety of military applications. We look forward to working with the team at WFEL to manufacture component parts for the Boxer Armoured Vehicle Programme.”