Soframe reveals MOSAIC vehicle aimed at France s VBAE competition
08 April 2021
by Christopher F Foss
French company Soframe has released details of its offering for the French Army’s new Véhicule Blindé d’Aide à l’Engagement (VBAE) light reconnaissance and support vehicle requirement.
Although France has begun to receive the first examples of upgraded models of its Arquus (originally Panhard) Véhicule Blindé Léger (VBL) 4×4 light scout vehicle, called Ultima, its longer-term plans are to field VBAE as part of the SCORPION Phase 3 Networked Enabled Capability (NEC).
An artistic rendering of the MOSAIC 4×4 reconnaissance vehicle with various weapon systems. (Soframe)
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