[2][3][4] The vehicle weighs about 30 tonnes, light enough to be air transportable by C-17 Globemaster III or Airbus A400M.

A clamshell front bucket and side-mounted excavator arm will allow the vehicle to perform earth-moving and obstacle-removing tasks.

It has enhanced modular armour and will be faster at up to 70 km/h (43 mph) and more mobile than the FV180 Combat Engineer Tractor, and has 360-degree day-and-night-vision systems.

[5] The contract to design and build the vehicle was won by BAE Systems Land and Armaments in the UK in July 2002.

The trainer comprises a high fidelity simulated crew cab, with commander and driver positions, mounted on a motion platform, and surrounded by a 360 degree, rear projection, visual system.