VICKERS Defence Systems has been dealt an 11th hour blow in its battle for a £2bn tank order from the Greek government after rival Kraus-Maffei Wegmann of Germany undercut the UK company's bid ...

VICKERS has been awarded a £250m contract by the Ministry of Defence for a new fleet of tanks for the British Army. Vickers, part of Rolls-Royce, will produce 66 heavy armoured engineer vehicles ...

Army top brass have sounded the death knell for Vickers' Challenger 2 tank. Despite being hailed by the military as one of the greatest tanks in the world, chiefs believe the multi-million-pound ...

TANK manufacturer Vickers has been selected as the preferred bidder to build a new generation of tanks for the British Army. The Vickers plant in Newcastle has been selected to construct 66 bridge ...

Obviously, though, there are disadvantages to driving a tank around city streets, but that’s a problem that Wolseley-Vickers attempted to solve with its “Wheel-Cum-Track” car all the way ...

Last week Vickers, Ltd., one of the greatest armament firms in the world, held its annual meeting in London. General the Hon. Sir Herbert Alexander Lawrence, chairman of the board, cleared his ...

Rolls-Royce yesterday strengthened its hand in any sale of its Vickers Defence Systems by tying up a £250m order from the British army for 66 new variants of the Challenger tank.

The application for more than 400 homes on the site has been deferred Developers wanting to build more than 400 homes on a former tank factory in Leeds have been told their plans are too boring to ...

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Vickers wins £250m tank contract The Ministry of Defence today awarded a £250 million contract to Vickers Defence Systems for a new fleet of tanks for the British Army.

The Vickers plant in Newcastle has been selected to construct 66 bridge laying and mine-clearing tanks as part of a £250m deal, a company spokeswoman said.