Force Protection Delivers Ocelot for Australian Field Testing

The Ocelot light armored vehicle has been selected by the British MOD and is currently offered for the Australian Land 121 Phase 4 and Canadian TAPV programs. Photo: Force Protection

February 24, 2011 by Tamir Eshel DEFENSE UPDATE

Force Protection Australasia has delivered to the Australian government two Ocelot armored vehicles – a utility and command variants of the Protected Light Mobility Vehicle (PMV-L). The vehicles are being tested in Monegeetta Proving Grounds in Victoria, under the next phase of evaluation, toward the Australian Defence Land 121 Phase 4 program. Force Protection is one of three companies selected for consideration to undertake the next phase of the Land 121 Phase 4 Manufactured and Supported in Australia (MSA) program, with the contract for the future production of up to 1,300 vehicles valued at more than $A1 billion by the Australian Government.