The ground of a new production facility that will make the new Challenger 3 battle tank has been broken.
Wrekin Conservative candidate Mark Pritchard, who has been constituency MP since 2005, visited RBSL at Hadley on Wednesday.
The Challenger 3 is a network-enabled, digital Main Battle Tank with state-of-the-art weapons, stronger defences, and better surveillance capabilities.The tank is being built in a joint venture between UK-based BAE Systems and Germany-based Rheinmetall. Mr Pritchard's visit to RBSL at Hadley today follows a visit to the site by Defence Secretary Grant Shapps on 18 April 2024, and a visit by former Defence Secretary Ben Wallace in 2021.
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