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The Direction G\u00e9n\u00e9rale de l&#8217;Armement spokesman declined to give a value for the contracts,\u00a0which included logistical support and training. The aim is for first delivery of the Griffon to come in 2018 and of the Jaguar in 2020, the DGA said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br\/>The Griffon is a six-wheel drive multi-role armored vehicle (known locally as v\u00e9hicule blind\u00e9 multirole), and the Jaguar is a six-wheel drive armored reconnaissance and combat vehicle (known here as engin blind\u00e9 de reconnaissance et de combat). <br\/> <br\/><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The launch order for the Griffon and Jaguar confirmed vehicle production just a couple of days before voters on April 23 cast their first-round ballots in the presidential election, with the second and decisive round on May 7.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br\/>An order for a second batch will depend on the next administration and whether the future defense budget will fund a higher production sought by industry and the French Army.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br\/>&#8220;A crucial stage in the Scorpion program, the awarding of this conditional tranche will thus launch the production of these new vehicles after only 27 months of development,&#8221; Nexter, RTD and Thales said April 24 in a joint statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br\/>An estimated unit price of a Griffon is about \u20ac2.2 million to \u20ac2.3 million (U.S. $2.4 million to U.S. $2.5 million), depending on the arms and equipment fitted, while the unit price of the Jaguar is \u20ac4.5 million to \u20ac5 million, an industry executive said.\u00a0 <br\/> <br\/><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That estimated price of the Griffon sounded too high compared to the \u20ac1 million price target, while the price of the Jaguar &#8220;did not sound ridiculous,&#8221; a second executive said. 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