JLR and General Motors eye £900m contract to build new range of military trucks

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Jaguar Land Rover and General Motors are considering an expansion into UK defence via a £900m military contract, as carmakers seek to exploit a spending boom by Nato countries racing to rearm. The manufacturers are among a group of automotive firms vying to make thousands of 4x4s for the armed forces to replace an ageing fleet of Land Rovers that have been out of production since 2016. The new trucks will be used across the army, the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force for reconnaissance and patrol missions as well as in logistics, with the first deliveries expected in…

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