UK plans to procure VAMTAC air-defence vehicles to replace Stormers donated to Ukraine

The UK plans to procure 12 VAMTAC 4×4 air-defence vehicles to replace Stormers donated to Ukraine and as a gap filler. (Janes/Nicholas Fiorenza)

The United Kingdom plans to procure VAMTAC Rapid Ranger 4×4 air-defence vehicles to replace Stormer tracked self-propelled high-velocity missile (SP-HVM) systems donated to Ukraine, Janes learnt at the Ground Based Air Defence (GBAD) Expo hosted by the British Army at Baker Barracks, Emsworth, southern UK, on 11 July. The procurement, which has to be approved by parliament, will replace the six Stormers donated to Ukraine in 2023 and an additional six VAMTAC air-defence vehicles will be procured for a total of 12.

Thales displayed a URO VAMTAC armed with HVMs and Lightweight Multirole Missiles (LMMs) at GBAD Expo. A Thales representative told Janes at the exhibition that the system was ready for procurement and had already been procured by Indonesia, Malaysia, and Saudi Arabia.

For more information on UK short-range air-defence procurement, please seeIAV 2024: British Army mulls procurement of interim SHORAD system .