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Ricardo Special Vehicles will be demonstrating the company’s
ability in CAD/CAM modelling and simulation at DVD this year.
“Ricardo has the ability to apply advanced automotive
technology to meet the requirements in the defence field.
The company offers a huge breadth of capability to model
a number of key safety scenarios for vehicle manufacturers
- such as Renault where we had a key role in developing the
safety and suspension engineering for the Megane Sport. At
this year’s DVD we will be showing a new roll over
bar developed for the MoD for retrofit for the current Land
Rover Upgrade Programme. We are also showing details of our
new modular LED lighting kit developed for an MoD requirement,” John
Lake, Special Vehicles General Manager for Ricardo told BATTLESPACE
Editor Julian Nettlefold.
Ricardo is developing its expertise in modelling and simulation
and to that end is bidding into a new product area – trailers.
“We saw an opportunity to demonstrate how our CAD/CAM
systems could develop a new 1.75 tonne trailer for the MoD’s
SV fleet. We have modelled the wheels, axles and load carrying
capabilities from the ground up using our systems. What the
customer does not see, as with the roll protection, is the
computing power that is dedicated to these developments to
refine the product prior to prototyping; this saves considerable
time and money,” Lake continued.
Ricardo is best known in military circles for the development
of the Land Rover WMIK variant and has produced 350 so far.
To that end the company continues to develop and refine this
product. Ricardo delivered 80 Enhanced (E) WIMIKs before
Christmas which includes a GVW increase to 4.1 tonnes and
underbelly mine protection. The company has also developed
a new mine protected variant using a ‘V’ shaped
hull mounted on the rear chassis for a NATO customer.
“How do you see the market for mine protected vehicles,
given the surge in requirements from the US and UK armies?” the
Editor asked.
“We see that the MPV vehicle is at a cross roads and
the technology is where crash protection was ten years ago.
If more weight is added then capability, payload, portability
and mobility are drastically reduced. We see the possibility
for new blast technology coming onto the scene over the next
few years and we are working to develop this technology using
our blast simulation CAD/CAM techniques,” Lake concluded.
www.ricardo.com
Roush Europe’s display demonstrates the diversity,
range and scope of its defence industry experience and capabilities – and
provides the stage to announce three new developments.
Roush’s integration of diesel power into ATV’s
is taken a stage further. Both its established COTS ‘Quad’ based
programme and its all-new LTATV (Light Tactical All-Terrain
Vehicle) incorporate Roush supercharged engines. The LTATV
is a Side-by-Side (SBS) unit which also illustrates the company
ability to re-engineer standard COTS products for military
users.
Roush’s 6x6 LAS 100 RE Light Air Portable Platform,
in service with UK MoD, underlines Roush Europe’s capability
to design, develop and manufacture a tailored engineering
solution against highly specialised operational requirements.
www.roush.co.uk
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