Typhoon Maxi – Armored Personnel Carrier
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Typhon Maxi 4×4 Armored Personnel Carrier / MRAP is designed primarily to be used by military for convoy protection, border patrol, counter insurgency, troop transportation, medical evacuation and command control vehicle. The vehicle features a V-shaped wall monocoque armored hull design and offers advanced protection features and superior off-road mobility and can operate in urban, […]
Varan Amphibious – Armored Personnel Carrier
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Varan 6×6 is a tactical armored vehicle with advanced ballistic and blast protection which can be configured as command and control unit, reconnaissance, forward observation and convoy support. Varan 6×6 is built to withstand ballistic arm fire, mine blasts, IED’s the vehicle features a V-shape hull which provides superior protection against mine blast for crew […]
Streit Group to Make Armoured Sand-X T-ATV 1200
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Streit Group has entered a strategic partnership with Sand-X Motors to produce an armoured version of the Sand-X T-ATV 1200 all-terrain vehicle, the company has announced. The armoured version will be developed in the UAE. The partnership also covers the distribution of the T-ATV 1200 across Africa and the Middle East. Streit Group will offer […]
The Guardian vehicles will be delivered to the Kurdish forces
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IAG Guardian APC 4×4 armoured personnel carrier combat-proven by Kurdish armed forces in Iraq, reported www.armyrecognition.com. The Guardian is equipped with open top turret with armour plates on 360° mounted in the center of the crew compartment. The turret can be armed with a 7.62mm or 12.7mm machine gun. There is also a single hatch […]
EDIC’s NIMR Automotive unveils new Special Operations Vehicle (AJBAN SOV)
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NIMR Automotive LLC, a light-medium weight military vehicle manufacturer based in Abu Dhabi, UAE and part of the Emirates Defence Industries Company (EDIC), an integrated national defence and services manufacturing platform, has increased its range of specialised vehicles with the launch of a new special operations prototype. NIMR’s first prototype special operations vehicle has undergone […]
Russia to Supply UAE with AU-220M Light Automatic Gun Turret
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Russia will integrate its AU-220M unmanned automatic turret with an armored vehicle built by the United Arab Emirates. This was envisaged by a memorandum signed by Russia’s Rosoboronexport and UAE’s Emirates Defence Technology during the IDEX 2015 international exhibition in Abu Dhabi. The document was signed by Rosoboronexport Deputy Director General Igor Sevastyanov and Emirates […]
UAE May Become Ukraine’s Key Partner in Arms Market
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The United Arab Emirates will help to strengthen Ukrainian army defense capability. During “IDEX-2015” in Abu Dhabi cooperation agreements were reached by UKROBORONPROM representatives. Parties identified strategic directions of further military-technical cooperation, to bring it to a new level. According to UKROBORONPROM Director General Roman Romanov, those countries Ukraine signed agreements on military cooperation with, […]
Photo of New Streit Group Armoured Vehicle at IDEX 2015
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Streit Group, one of the world’s largest armoured vehicle manufacturers, has launched, as part of its new Secure360 strategy, a range of new armored vehicle models, advanced defence training and alliance partnerships at the International Defence Exhibition and Conference, IDEX, in Abu Dhabi. www.armored-cars.com
UAE military buys two Boeing C-17s as part of record IDEX spend
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Reuters – The Middle East’s largest arms expo ended on Thursday with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) announcing it had spent a record amount at the event, signaling continued spending on defense in a region where security is of rising concern. At 18.33 billion dirhams ($5 billion), the total for deals signed with local and […]
World’s largest armoured vehicle facility in RAK just got bigger – in pictures
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Streit Group has inaugurated phase two of the world’s largest industrial park for the armoured vehicles industry at the Technology Park of RAK Free Trade Zone the in Al Hamra area. The total investment of the project is over Dh300 million and consists of three phases. It covers 8,000 square metres in surface area. Streit […]