NP Aerospace’s production line kicks into gear to deliver the remaining Light Tactical Transport Vehicles to BeMOD.
NP Aerospace has announced that the production line to deliver the remaining 87 Light Tactical Transport Vehicles (LTTV) to the Belgian MOD (BeMOD) is now fully operational and accelerating. Following the pre-production proof-of-process and quality deliveries, the customer accepted the first significant full-production batch in February, and all 87 vehicles will now be delivered by the end of 2026.
The original LTTV program was to deliver 199 Mercedes-Benz UNIMOG-based vehicles to the BeMOD. In September 2024, NP announced the receipt of a contract to deliver the remaining 87 vehicles, which had been novated following NP Aerospace’s acquisition of certain assets of Jankel Armoring Limited, announced on June 10 2024. As well as the production of new LTTV vehicles, contractual discussions also included lifetime in-service support to the LTTV vehicle fleet, for which NP Aerospace will use its proven Vehicle Systems, Services, and Spares business unit to deliver.
In establishing full production capability, NP Aerospace has adopted a fresh approach, with operations centered in its Coventry facilities. As agreed with the customer, particular emphasis has been placed on working to the required quality standards and timescales. Using NP Aerospace’s fully established vehicle-related, UK-based supply chain, the team has employed proven best practices to develop a production program that meets and, where possible, exceeds customer expectations. Having taken time to get this right, NP Aerospace is now confident that all inherited program challenges have been addressed, and the pace of production can now be accelerated to deliver the remaining vehicles to BeMOD successfully.
The LTTV vehicle was designed to provide a modular, configurable tactical support vehicle that benefits from unique, removable mission modules, enabling rapid reconfiguration for operational platform versatility. With a payload of over 3 tonnes, dependent on the final vehicle specification, the LTTV has 3 core variants for Special Operations support, including an ambulance variant. Alongside a user-configurable, fully integrated suite of military subsystems that includes a removable ballistic protection kit, a Roll-Over-Protection-System (ROPS), weapon mounts, and a communications fit.
David Petheram, NP Aerospace VSSS Managing Director commented: “Following on from the receipt of the LTTV contract from BeMOD in 2024, we’re pleased to be able to announce that we’ve successfully worked through all of the challenges of restarting this disrupted program, in close collaboration with our customer. Our production line is established and is now kicking into gear, upon strong foundations, to enable the rate to be accelerated from this point forward.” He added: “Now we’re fully up and running and delivering vehicles, this is great news for NP Aerospace and our customer, also for our UK supply chain and for Coventry as we continue to create and/or sustain high-skilled jobs in the region and across our supplier partnerships.”