On 18-19 September 2024, the UK Ministry of Defence sponsored the bi-annual Dynamic Vehicle Demonstration (DVD2024) event in UTAC Millbrook, UK. With significant progress made in the UK BOXER Programme over the last two years, and the British Army heralding the BOXER as a central element to their future land fighting power, the BOXERs were one of the centrepieces of this event with a number of variants on display (including command, infantry and specialist carrier variants) as well as a dynamic demonstration of the impressive BOXER capability live around the UTAC test track.
Ms. Alexandra Alonzi, the BOXER Programme Manager from OCCAR, was invited to present alongside the NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA) and the British Army, highlighting the cooperative nature of the programme delivery. To an international audience of military, governmental and defence industry, Ms. Alonzi was able to present an overview of the current and future BOXER Programme, highlighting the advantages that international cooperation through OCCAR and other partners has brought to all involved nations in developing and advancing the BOXER capability rapidly and effectively.
The British Army furthermore shared their plans for their BOXER pipeline and future variants, which will continue to modernise and diversify the BOXER family. The UK MoD breaks its Boxer order down by Mechanised Infantry Vehicle (MIV) variant, by Build configuration, and by Role. A MIV variant can have more than one Build configuration, and any number of Roles, making interrogation of quantities difficult. The current totals are broken out by Role only and are given for 523/623 order quantities. OCCAR is working closely with UK stakeholders to advance planning and contracting activities, as well as supporting all other BOXER nations with their future aspirations, and further exciting developments are expected to be announced in 2025.
The Boxer is a multirole armoured fighting vehicle designed by an international consortium to accomplish a number of operations through the use of installable mission modules. The governments participating in the Boxer programme have changed as the programme has developed. The Boxer vehicle is produced by the ARTEC GmbH (armoured vehicle technology) industrial group, and the programme is being managed by OCCAR (Organisation for Joint Armament Cooperation). ARTEC GmbH is based in Munich; its parent companies are KNDS Deutschland GmbH & Co[2]and Rheinmetall Land Systeme GmbH on the German side, and Rheinmetall Defence Nederland B.V. for the Netherlands.[8] Overall, Rheinmetall has a 64% stake in the joint venture.
