Rheinmetall BAE Systems Land (RBSL) is a defence engineering company specialising in the design, manufacture and support of military vehicles used by the British Army and international customers.

RBSL received an £800m contract to upgrade 148 British Army Challenger 2 Main Battle Tanks. The upgraded vehicle, to be called Challenger 3, will be a network-enabled, digital Main Battle Tank with state-of-the-art lethality, upgraded survivability, plus world-class surveillance and target acquisition capabilities. RBSL has also secured a key role on the UK MOD’s £2.3bn Mechanised Infantry Vehicle (MIV) programme which will deliver over 600 Boxer vehicles to the British Army across four configurations. Under an £860m subcontract, RBSL will manufacture two of these configurations, undertaking the fabrication of the vehicle structures together with the assembly, integration and test of the complete vehicles.

RBSL currently employs a skilled workforce of more than 670 people, located at its headquarters in Telford as well as at sites near Newcastle, Bristol and in Dorset. This includes over 300 engineers who work to protect people and national security. RBSL also employs a team 30 apprentices, with plans to expand its early careers community over the next five years.