Arquus and Daimler Truck forge Franco-German military vehicle alliance
Daimler Truck and the French military vehicle manufacturer Arquus want to jointly develop, produce, distribute and maintain wheeled military vehicles.
Arquus Sabre, a light patrol vehicle as a flexibly adaptable tactical platform for elite units and special forces.
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Daimler Truck has agreed a cooperation with the French military vehicle manufacturer Arquus. Military wheeled vehicles are to be developed, produced, sold and serviced in a strategic cooperation at project level. The future partners have named the modernization of the French army's truck fleet as one of their first goals.
The manufacturers will produce, maintain and repair the vehicles at their respective sites in France and Germany. Arquus, headquartered in Versailles, produces in the French cities of Garchizy and Limoges. Daimler Truck in Wörth am Rhein near the French border and in its French plant in Molsheim, with more than 3000 employees. Both partners are hoping for better capacity utilization at their production sites on both sides of the Rhine.
Largest supplier of wheeled vehicles to the French army
(Image: Daimler Trucks )
Daniel Zittel, Head of Sales at Daimler Truck, says: “The companies produce in France and Germany, our products are highly compatible and our approaches, ideas, and goals in the defense sector overlap. Now we are pooling our strengths in military commercial vehicles and want to work closely together to make a decisive contribution to the defense readiness of our two countries.”
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Arquus writes about its activities that it has designed and produced 90 percent of the French army's wheeled vehicles. It looks after almost 30,000 vehicles on five continents, 22,000 of them with its employees. Arquus is also currently developing autonomous military vehicle platforms.
(fpi)