Arotech Corporation’s Israeli subsidiary MDT Protective Industries was awarded a $1.1 million contract for armored vehicles for operations in Iraq, reported a press release. The Land Rover Defender SUVs are being armored for delivery to Iraq over the next six weeks.
"These vehicles join the other armored vehicles that we have already delivered to Iraq," said Arotech Chairman and CEO, Robert S. Ehrlich.
This past November, MDT Protective Industries was awarded its first contract for armored vehicles in Iraq. Two of the vehicles were commissioned for an embassy in Baghdad
MDT Protective Industries armors vehicles ranging from light tactical to passenger vehicles. Its US-based parent company Arotech provides defense and security products for the military, law enforcement and homeland security markets, including advanced zinc-air batteries, multimedia interactive simulators/trainers and lightweight armoring.
Arotech is incorporated in Delaware under the name Electric Fuel Corporation and has corporate and sales offices in New York and Denver with research, development and production subsidiaries in Alabama, Colorado and Israel. — (menareport.com)
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