AM General Demonstrates Mobility Capabilities to UK Ministry of Defense as It Announces Strategic Collaboration with Marshall Land Systems
Bedford, UK, October 8, 2025 – AM General, leading global military mobility solutions provider, hosted a capabilities demonstration of its light tactical vehicle portfolio for the United Kingdom’s Ministry of Defense (UK MoD) at the UTAC Millbrook Proving Grounds. The Company also announced that it will collaborate with Marshall Land Systems, a premier UK defense contractor, as it prepares for the upcoming United Kingdom Land Mobility Programme(LMP) solicitation.
The UK MoD Land Mobility Programme solicitation has not been determined; however, AM General expects an industry brief in November 2025.
Update: British Army's Land Mobility Programme loses medium category
The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) confirmed to Janes on 14 January that it has revised its Land Mobility Programme (LMP) for ground vehicle procurement, saying it has introduced a Heavy Protected Mobility (HPM) segment. This replaces the LMP's original Medium Protected Mobility (MPM) requirement, the MoD said.
The LMP is the latest MoD initiative aimed at replacing several vehicle types and subtypes that are approaching their out‑of‑service dates (OSDs) and facing potential obsolescence‑driven issues. It forms part of a broader ambition to modernise the British Army's warfighting capability. The LMP's Light Mobility Vehicle (LMV) and Light Protected Mobility (LPM) categories remain within the scope of the programme.
The LMP follows earlier efforts, most recently the Multi‑Role Vehicle - Protected (MRV‑P) programme, to replace vehicles in multiple fleets ranging from lighter utility vehicles such as the Land Rover and Pinzgauer to heavier tracked platforms such as the FV430 series.
Heavy protected mobility
The HPM category introduces a requirement for a platform with a gross vehicle weight (GVW) of between 20 and 30 tonnes, said the MoD.
In a parliamentary answer on 8 January 2026, the UK's Minister for Defence Readiness and Industry, Luke Pollard, said, “The long-term replacement for the FV430 series Bulldog is being considered as part of the Heavy Protected Mobility sub-programme, within the Land Mobility Programme. The Heavy Protected Mobility sub-programme is in its Concept Phase and is currently evaluating the Finnish-led Common Armoured Vehicles System [CAVS] programme's suitability in meeting UK's Heavy Protected Mobility requirements. The programme is being considered and is part of the Defence Investment Plan.”
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On Protected Mobility, you will know that we have entered into the CAVS (Patria/Babcock Common Armoured Vehicles System) technical arrangement last year. And I hope to demonstrate progress on this program to you and others later in the year.
Finally, to our Light Mobility Vehicle, we aim to be on contract in the next financial year to begin the replacement of thousands of increasingly obsolete Land Rovers and Pinzgauer, as part of our wider land mobility program; and that looks to replace over 13,000 vehicles across all three services.
