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.”
International Armoured Vehicle Conference 2026: Chief of the General Staff's speech
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.
Team Wolf welcomed more than 50 suppliers to Telford for our Light Mobility Vehicle (LMV) Supplier Day, bringing together industry to help shape the future of tactical mobility for the British Army.
The event highlighted our Wolf Pack solution, featuring the Shadow Wolf and Caracal. Built on the proven Mercedes-Benz AG G-Class platform and integrated by Rheinmetall, Wolf Pack delivers one platform, multiple roles, common support and a future-ready capability.
Special Report: Team Grenadier details UK light mobility vehicle bid
Team Grenadier has unveiled an enhanced-protection version of its Ineos Grenadier-based Multi-Role Light Vehicle (MRLV), as the industrial consortium prepares to enter the UK Ministry of Defence's (MoD's) forthcoming light mobility vehicle (LMV) trials starting in late October 2026.
Team Grenadier provided further details of its bid for the LMV element of the UK MoD's wider Land Mobility Programme (LMP) during an industry event at NMS UK's facility in Leamington Spa on 2 September. The consortium brings together Ineos Automotive as the prime contractor, with Nurol Makina Systems (NMS) UK and SMT Defence as partners. Hobson Industries and TVS Supply Chain Solutions are providing additional support. The team intends to use the Ineos Grenadier-based MRLV as a common platform from which to address the nine variants sought under the LMV requirement. The MRLV will be available with either a 115-inch or 127-inch wheelbase, depending on the intended variant.
The partnership represents a significant expansion of Ineos Automotive's ambitions for the programme. During an MoD-organised LMV industry event attended by Janes in March 2026, Ineos presented its Quartermaster double-cab pickup as one of its candidate platforms. Under the Team Grenadier approach, however, Ineos would provide the underlying vehicle and carry out common modifications at its manufacturing facility in Hambach, France, while more specialised military modifications would be conducted in the UK by SMT Defence and NMS UK.
The MoD has indicated that vehicle trials are expected to begin from 19 October 2026 at the earliest, according to Ineos representatives speaking to Janes , with Team Grenadier planning to enter the MRLV into these trials.
