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Future Command and Liaison Vehicle

Volume 462: debated on Monday 25 June 2007

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Mr. Wallace

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) if he will make a statement on progress of the Panther programme; (144730)

(2) what the planned expenditure is on the Panther programme.

Mr. Ingram

The PANTHER Command and Liaison Vehicle is currently in its demonstration and manufacture phase. The estimated cost of this phase is £201 million and prior to this, the assessment phase was conducted, costing some £2 million. PANTHER has successfully completed Military User Trials and is currently undergoing Reliability Trials.