Nexter Titus Armored Tactical Infantry Transport & Utility MRAP Vehicle Overview
The TITUS (Tactical Infantry Transport & Utility System) is a new generation of 6x6 armoured vehicle personnel carrier designed and manufactured by the French Defense Company Nexter. The vehicle was unveiled at DSEI 2013, the International Defense & Security event in London, United Kingdom, in September. Through its unrivaled level of modularity based on combat missions kits, operational environment kits and a wide family of variants, Nexter TITUS® is able to fulfill the full range of missions from Infantry transport to combat missions, combat support and combat service support functions, in any kind of type of commitments likely to occur in a hybrid conflict.
At DSEI 2013, Philippe Burtin, the chairman and CEO of Nexter, said that that the Titus family took two years of internal development and investment by the company and provided a cost-efficient wheeled armoured vehicle solution. The TITUS Nexter has been designed to meet the military markets of Middle East and Asia. TATRA TRUCKS Inc. and NEXTER SYSTEMS have agreed to further strengthen their cooperation for the new state-of-the-art TITUS®, the multirole armoured vehicle based on a modified 6x6 TATRA TRUCKS chassis. Under the terms of their agreement, signedat the recent IDEX exhibition in Abu Dhabi, TATRA TRUCKSwill be responsibleas prime contractor for the preparation of the bids and the integration of the TITUS vehicles earmarked for the Czech and Slovak armed forces, with the support of NEXTER SYSTEMS, acting as design authority.
TITUS® is the ultimate armoured vehicle designed by Nexter in order to meet all the constraints of the modern hybrid warfare. Continuing a famous long lineage, including Leclerc (MBT), VBCI (IFV) and ARAVIS® (highly protected 4x4), all combat proven in many theatres of operation, Nexter combined the best of its experience and technology in TITUS®. By its modularity, TITUS® family is dedicated to every unit, facing to different threats in an evolving environment. TITUS® is the multi-missions armoured vehicle of the XXIst century. From Infantry transport to combat support and combat service support functions, from Peace Keeping Operation to Counter Insurgency, TITUS® brings the technology into the heart of the action.