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Manufacturers vying to make thousands of 4x4s for the armed forces.
Jaguar Land Rover and General Motors are bidding for a £900m UK military light vehicle contract.
KEY POINTS
- General Motors' bid involves shipping US-made Chevrolet trucks to the UK for military modification.
- Delays in tender details are caused by the unfinished UK defence investment plan due since last autumn.
- The MoD contract covers about 3,000 vehicles initially, replacing 7,800 aging Land Rovers and Pinzgauers.
- European carmakers like Volkswagen and Renault are also resetting factories for defence-focused production.
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