The UK will re-join the BOXER Programme with the intention  to equip the Army with the 8x8 BOXER vehicles to modernise its vehicle's fleet and to fulfil the requirements of the Mechanised Infantry Vehicle (MIV) Programme.

In February the Slovenian MoD announced on its homepage that they had chosen BOXER as the base vehicle to form two new mechanised infantry battlegroups. Slovenia joining OCCAR by becoming the fourth Participating State in the BOXER Programme will eventually be a reality soon.

The new FSAF/PAAMS In-Service Support Contract was signed with the prime contractor (Eurosam) on 22 December 2017.

A Service Level Agreement on “Provision of Ammunition and Missiles” between NSPA and OCCAR-EA, on behalf of the Ministry of National Defence of Lithuania, was signed in a ceremony at NSPA in Luxemburg on Monday 18 December 2017.