RBSL AWARDS £6M SUBCONTRACT TO QUANTIC THISTLE FOR NEXT GENERATION SENSORS ON CHALLENGER 3
The contract ensures the British Army's Challenger 3 will have reliable and highly accurate sensors ensuring the effectiveness of the main armament.
- The contract ensures the British Army's Challenger 3 will have reliable and highly accurate sensors ensuring the effectiveness of the main armament.
- Under the contract, Quantic Thistle (formerly Thistle Design) will supply RBSL with a Turret Displacement Unit, in support of the UK MOD's tank upgrade programme.
- The six-year contract was signed by RBSL and Quantic Thistle at RBSL's Hadley Castle Works in Telford, UK.
- Gordon Stewart, Managing Director of Quantic Thistle said:
"Quantic Thistle has a long and proud history of designing and manufacturing bespoke sensors for key UK platforms such as Scimitar, Warrior, Ajax and indeed Challenger 2.