The Directorate of Manufacturing and Procurement (DOPP) within the Israel Ministry of Protection will buy a whole bunch of fight autos from Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) for using Israel Protection Forces (IDF) Particular Models
On the ceremony held on the IAI’s Land Division manufacturing line in Be’er Sheva, Deputy Director Basic and Head of the DOPP within the Ministry of Protection, Avi Dadon, signed an order to provide a whole bunch of fight autos for the IDF. As a part of the greater than 100 million NIS settlement, IAI will manufacture Z-MAG and ZD autos for IDF particular forces missions in cooperation with Ido Cohen and The Armored Group (TAG).
President and CEO of IAI, Boaz Levy: “The “Negeva” Undertaking will equip the IDF with essentially the most superior tactical floor autos on the planet, that are extremely dependable and have distinctive capabilities. IAI’s Land Division, a part of IAI’s ELTA Group, is a key and important participant within the growth and manufacturing of superior land options. IAI’s big selection of capabilities within the fields of intelligence, AI, distant sensing, and communications are built-in in these land autos and can present important added worth to the operational capabilities within the subject of fight mobility.”
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Deputy Director Basic and Head of the DOPP within the Ministry of Protection, Avi Dadon: “The commando fight automobile venture being launched at present is the absolute best reflection of the Ministry of Protection’s work. It is a important procurement deal for strengthening the IDF Particular Models’ pressure build-up, that we have been capable of place within the IAI’s Be’er Sheva Land Division manufacturing line. This settlement will improve the export potential for these distinctive instruments and applied sciences.”
The brand new commando autos have distinctive all-terrain capabilities, resembling carrying fight troopers and gear weighing 1.5-2.5 tons (relying on the kind of automobile), in a wide range of missions together with delivering provides and evacuating wounded troopers. The autos can be primarily based on business parts, amongst different issues, that may guarantee reliability and comparatively cheap operation. The autos can be manufactured on the Land Division manufacturing line in Be’er Sheva which, with the encouragement and the funding of tens of hundreds of thousands of NIS by the Ministry of Protection, focuses on floor applied sciences. The manufacturing line is a part of the “Elta” Division in IAI, which develops airborne radars, ISR techniques for particular mission plane, EW techniques, communications techniques, and extra.
