Jobs boost as hundreds of armoured vehicles to be built in Telford under £860m contract
More than 200 armoured vehicles will be built in Telford as part of an £860 million contract which will support local jobs.
Defence firm RBSL will produce more than 260 Boxer military vehicles at its Hadley Park site as part of the subcontract awarded by Rheinmetall Landsysteme for the Ministry of Defence's infantry vehicle programme.
The company says the contract will "create and sustain" more than 200 skilled jobs in and around Telford, with the complete programme employing 1,000 people nationwide.
However it is not yet known how many of the 200 jobs will be new roles and how many will be filled by existing staff.
RBSL will also use the contract to provide work and training opportunities to more than 60 apprentices over the next five years, which is anticipated to be replicated across the UK supply chain.
