1990	Major European armed forces need vehicles to face future threats.
1994	Germany and France establish joint procurement and development study.
1995	German, British and French governments work in close cooperation.
1996	Competition between two Franco-German-British consortia. Competing consortium TEAM International GTK/MRAV/VBCI. Memorandum of Understanding between GKN, Krauss-Maffei, MaK (now part of Rheinmetall Landsysteme), Wegmann. Establishment of ARGE GTK/MRAV/VBCI. Concept studies of a 6x6 and a 8x8 vehicle.
1997	April - ARGE submitts offer to German Procurement Agency (BWB). The Netherlands get the status of an observer of the Programme.
1998	April - ARGE GTK wins the competition.
1999	September - France leaves the Programme. Foundation of ARTEC. November - bilateral contract signature.
2000	The European agency OCCAR (Organisation Conjointe de Cooperátion en matierè d'ARmament) gets customer for ARTEC.
2001	February - The Netherlands become a full partner in the Programme. Production start of 1st BOXER prototype.
2002	December - Rollout of the first German BOXER prototype.
2003	BOXER Prototype - ready for trials and tests. July - UK MOD announces withdrawal from the Programme.
2004	November - Germany and the Netherlands sign bilateral contract.
2005	Begin of Reliabilty Growth Trials with 3 prototypes.
2006	Modified Armoured Personnel Carrier GE and Ambulance NL are presented at Eurosartory, Paris. Modified APC starts trials. December - Series Contract Signature.
2007	Command Post GE modified starts trials. Production start for 1st Ambulance GE Prototype.
2008	Reliability Growth Trails after some 90,000 km successful finished. Production starts for 1st Series vehicle.
2009	23. September, Rollout of the first BOXER Series Vehicle.