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DEW, Supacat collaborate for SOF Fighting Vehicle

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Supacat successful in Sovereign Industrial Capability Priority Grant

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Jackal 2 Armoured Fighting Vehicles and a Panther patrol vehicle drive through wooded area on exercise. Light Dragoons train with US 2nd Cavalry in Germany before eFP deployment to Poland. Soldiers from the Light Dragoons Regiment have been making final preparations with the U.S Army 2nd Cavalry Regiment (2CR) in Germany. The United States is taking the lead role in NATO's enhanced Forward Presence (eFP) deployment to Poland. The UK, who has the lead role in NATO's eFP Estonia is also contributing to eFP Poland, as around 150 troops from the Light Dragoons regiment Based in Catterick, as well as a number of armoured vehicles, will travel with the U.S. 2CR to Orzysz in north east Poland. Photographer - Mr Dominic King - Army Press Office Germany Info; The Light Dragoons are a Light Cavalry Regiment in the Adaptive Force. As the name suggests, Light Dragoons were originally Light Cavalry mounted on fast horses, able to move quickly across the battlefield. Today, mounted on Jackal Fighting Vehicles, the light nature of the Regiment means they are able to deploy anywhere in the world at very short notice. In 2014 the Regiment changed from Formation Reconnaissance, on the Combat Vehicle Reconnaissance (Tracked) family of vehicles, to Light Cavalry on the Jackal and Coyote wheeled platform. This has seen the unit move into a new role, deploying regularly on overseas training missions across North Africa. The Light Dragoons remains an agile reconnaissance asset quickly deployable to any part of the world as one of three Light Cavalry units across 1st (United Kingdom) Division. With a history to match any regiment across the British Army, The Light Dragoons continues to prove itself on active operations around the world as one of the foremost mounted reconnaissance units. Deployment at the forefront of NATO’s Enhanced Forward Presence under the United States’ 2nd Cavalry Regiment marks the next chapter in their illustrious history. NATO enhanced Forward Pr
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UK MoD Awards Contract to Demonstrate Electric-Drive Jackal Vehicles

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New Emergency Ventilator designed during Covid-19 Pandemic

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Camouflaging the Jackal fleet from the enemy

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Finalist for Best Knowledge Transfer Partnership of the KTP Best of the Best Awards 2020.

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UK leads green revolution in defence and off-highway transport

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Supacat and NP Aerospace Signs Vehicle Partnership

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