Jankel, a British world-leader within the design, integration, manufacture, and help of high-specification defence techniques, has signed a teaming settlement with the US defence firm Oshkosh Protection to harness the joint capabilities and strengths of each firms for the UK defence market. The collaboration has been particularly shaped to guide a UK primarily based crew of subject material consultants that delivers the Oshkosh JLTV automobile to fulfill essential protected mobility necessities of the British Armed Forces. Oshkosh and Jankel are ideally suited to work collectively – bringing the worldwide market presence, intensive portfolio of previous efficiency, and cutting-edge expertise of Oshkosh along with the pliability, pedigree, and UK buyer focus of Jankel.
John Lazar, Oshkosh Protection Vice President & Basic Supervisor, Worldwide Applications mentioned: “Now we have been offering automobiles and help to the UK MOD for over 20 years. Our collaboration with Jankel leverages the profitable innovation of UK trade to supply the UK Armed Forces the enduring capabilities required for the fashionable battlefield.”
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Andrew Jankel, Chairman at Jankel mentioned: “Jankel has been offering protected automobiles to the British Forces for a few years and we’re extraordinarily excited to be teaming with Oshkosh Protection, working collectively to supply modern options to fulfill the UK’s defence tools challenges. This partnership permits us to ship a permanent multi-year programme with an agile UK crew. Trying forward, this partnership helps our long-term technique to develop a UK primarily based centre of excellence that integrates the very best of British expertise and innovation into world-leading automobile platforms.”
This settlement sees the initiation of a dynamic crew of Britain’s main consultants in automobile design, integration, help, and mission supply with important expertise in repeatedly fixing UK particular defence automobile associated challenges. The teaming settlement not solely ensures that the UK Armed Forces get entry to the world main Oshkosh Protection JLTV to fulfill future Protected Mobility necessities, however it additionally unleashes the potential of UK defence trade and delivers on the lately launched Land Industrial Technique (LIS). By procuring the JLTV by this newly shaped crew, the UK MoD maintains the economies of scale provided by the sizeable US JLTV programme while additionally leveraging native manufacture, design, integration, on-shore SME provide chain, and thru life help capabilities.
The Jankel group of firms has been regularly buying and selling since its incorporation by founder Robert Jankel in 1955. In its early years, Jankel supplied specialist design and manufacturing providers to enhance the efficiency of rally and racing automobiles. By 1970 Jankel had established Panther Westwinds and was manufacturing manufacturing sport automobiles and coach-built touring limousines for VIP prospects. Jankel then diversified into coachwork for the likes of Rolls-Royce, Bentley and Mercedes-Benz, specialising in armoured, Head of State automobiles. The present portfolio of services and products is wholly defence and safety centered and covers the design, growth, prototyping and manufacturing of armoured automobiles, gentle tactical automobiles, counter terrorism automobiles and tools, and customised occupant survivability options for navy, safety, authorities, support businesses and NGOs.
