Marshall team wins North American logistics vehicle contract

A consortium including Marshall Land Systems has been chosen to provide the replacement for the Canadian Armed Forces’ existing fleet of logistics vehicles.

These can be used to transfer resources, personnel and military assets during domestic and international operations and training exercises.

Marshall is part of what is called the Power Team which also comprises General Dynamics Land Systems-Canada (GDLS-Canada), Mercedes Benz, Soframe and Manac.

With GDLS-Canada serving as prime integrator, Marshall will produce a range of interchangeable containerised mission modules capable of being mounted onto Mercedes-Benz Zetros trucks, which will provide the common vehicle chassis across all configurations.

A contract is anticipated to be awarded in spring 2024, conditional on final government approvals. No figures have been released for the contract.

“Marshall has operated in Canada for more than 17 years and views Canada as a second home,” said Marshall CEO Kathy Jenkins, who is based at the Cambridge mother ship.

“We are delighted to have the opportunity to work with government and local partners to build capability for Canada in Canada.”

Mission module production will begin this year at Marshall’s new production facility in Moncton, New Brunswick. The 82,000 sq ft site opened its doors last October as part of Marshall’s strategic plan to broaden its global reach and availability to meet the scaling of global customer base.

“For Marshall, delivering LVM will build on our proud heritage of supporting NATO partners through key strategic defence projects,” said Marshall Land Systems Managing Director Gary Moynehan.

“This decision on LVM represents a major milestone for our business, both in the UK and for our growing operations in our second home market of Canada.

“It is a resounding validation of our groupwide targeted investment and local partnership strategy in and beyond North America.”

On a global basis, Marshall Land Systems is also making progress in relocating its UK headquarters to a new 15,000 sq m purpose-built facility at Alconbury Weald, aiming to capitalise on global opportunities for operational and deployable infrastructure. Construction will get underway in the first half of 2024 with the start of operations slated for 2025.