Boxer built with room to upgrade its weapon station

The UK Ministry of Defence says the Army's Boxer mechanized infantry vehicle was designed with capacity for future weapon-station upgrades, including options beyond its currently planned Kongsberg PROTECTOR RS4 mount. A parliamentary answer addressed the potential merits of adopting the larger RS6 remote weapon station and emphasized that Boxer incorporates growth margins for later integration. Those margins include provisions in the vehicle's architecture for equipment, power and associated system changes as requirements evolve. No decision to procure RS6 has been announced, and the statement does not establish an approved fleet-wide upgunning program.