BBC News Published image captionThe Remote Weapons Station will be fitted to the Boxer vehicles A contract to make "threat-detection technology" for the Army's new Boxer vehicles has been awarded to Thales UK's Glasgow site. The UK's Ministry of Defence said the Remote Weapons Stations contract was worth £180m and would last 10 years. The weapons station uses 360-degree, high-definition long-range cameras attached to the outside of the vehicle to scan for enemy threats. It then alerts soldiers inside the vehicle through a digital display. image copyrightMOD The system also offers a multi-barrel smoke grenade launcher, thermal imaging and infra-red pointers.