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Nick Carter has fired the starter&#8217;s gun on a program to equip his forces with an eight-wheel-drive <span class=\"rte rte-comment\">8&#215;8 <\/span>armored fighting vehicle by telling an audience at the DSEI defense exhibition here <span class=\"rte rte-comment\">in London <\/span>that a program to supply a mechanized infantry vehicle <span class=\"rte rte-comment\">(MIV)<\/span>would get underway soon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Exactly what that means in terms of timescale is unclear but industry executives at the show said nothing would happen until after the publication of the strategic defense and security review at the end of this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The last time the British tried to purchase an 8&#215;8 wheeled vehicle, the program, part of the Future Rapid Effects System, fell apart after the MoD and General Dynamics failed to reach an agreement on a contract in 2008 after its Piranha 5 had been nominated as the preferred vehicle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An MoD official said the new program had yet to enter the concept phase but confirmed there would be a competition for the requirement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There <span class=\"rte rte-comment\">had been <\/span>were fears the British could buy the <span class=\"rte rte-comment\">Nexter&#8217;s <\/span>VBCI from France&#8217;s Nexter without a competition as part of a deal between the allies under the Anglo-French defense treaty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>British Defence Procurement Minister Philip Dunne told Defense News in an interview recently that there was a funding line for the vehicle, although some of it will remain uncommitted until a contract is signed. 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