Repair of X200 Transmissions

"Babcock DSG Ltd acting as the agent for the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence has placed a single source Contract with Caterpillar Shrewsbury Ltd for the Repair of the X200 transmission fitted to Bulldog Armoured Fighting Vehicle Platform Allison Transmissions is the OEM. All drawings and specifications of the X200 were developed with internal funding and are proprietary to Allison Transmissions. The transmission is a highly specialised type of transmission modified to fit the specific application Allison Transmissions does not carry out remanufacture work directly. Caterpillar Shrewsbury Ltd are the only agent in the UK that Allison have licenced to carry out work on their range of defence products and as a consequence Caterpillar Shrewsbury Ltd is the only supplier with access to the design information and technical details, data and knowledge necessary to fulfil the requirement. The design information and technical details, data and knowledge are not available to any other supplier"