{"id":58628,"date":"2015-07-01T10:56:00","date_gmt":"2015-07-01T10:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=70f0dc9041c1ff2034db6625c80c3dbb"},"modified":"2015-07-01T10:56:00","modified_gmt":"2015-07-01T10:56:00","slug":"news-story-150m-cannon-cannon-contract-signed-for-uk-armoured-fighting-vehicles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=58628","title":{"rendered":"News story: \u00a3150M cannon contract signed for UK armoured fighting vehicles"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>The Cased Telescope (<abbr title=\"Cased Telescope\">CT<\/abbr>) cannon will be fitted to the Scout SV, the Army\u2019s first fully digitised armoured fighting vehicle, and the in-service Warrior infantry fighting vehicle. The 40mm cannon will be able to use a variety of ammunition to defend the vehicles and destroy a range of battlefield targets.<\/p>\n<p>The <abbr title=\"Cased Telescope\">CT<\/abbr> cannon takes up less space than a conventionally configured 40mm cannon without any loss of firepower and because the ammunition is more compact than conventional rounds, more can be accommodated in the turret. <\/p>\n<p>The production contract was signed by the MoD and CTA International (CTAI), a joint venture between the UK\u2019s BAES and French company Nexter. The contract will supply 515 <abbr title=\"Cased Telescope\">CT<\/abbr> Cannons for fitting to the Scout SV and Warrior platforms. It will also supply initial spares, special tools, test equipment and some early training equipment.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at the RUSI Land Warfare Conference, Defence Secretary Michael Fallon said:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Today I can announce we have signed a \u00a3150 million contract to fit the Scout with a new Cased Telescope cannon providing it with unrivalled firepower and a new \u201cairburst ammunition\u201d capability.<\/p>\n<p class=\"last-child\">Scout is a vehicle not only fit for our fleet but fit for our future force.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The UK and France have worked together on the <abbr title=\"Cased Telescope\">CT<\/abbr> Cannon and Ammunition project under a Memorandum of Understanding and Technical Arrangement first signed on 10 Sep 2009, sharing equally the costs of the work to qualify the <abbr title=\"Cased Telescope\">CT<\/abbr> Cannon and ammunition. <\/p>\n<p><abbr title=\"Ministry of Defence\">MOD<\/abbr> Chief of Materiel, (Land), Lieutenant General Sir Chris Deverell, said: <\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"last-child\">Signing the <abbr title=\"Cased Telescope\">CT<\/abbr> Cannon production contract is a major milestone for the UK\u2019s Armed Forces. It provides unrivalled firepower, a significantly reduced logistic burden and a new airburst ammunition capability.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure class=\"image embedded\">\n<div class=\"img\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Scout Cannon infographic\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.digital.cabinet-office.gov.uk\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/image_data\/file\/41052\/new_CTC_Cannon_40mm.jpg\"><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Defence Secretary has announced that the Ministry of Defence (MoD) has awarded a \u00a3150 million contract to supply a new cannon capability for the UK Armed Forces.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58628"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=58628"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58628\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58645,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58628\/revisions\/58645"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=58628"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=58628"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=58628"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}