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“We invested more than NIS 100 million ($30 million) in the land-vehicle plant after identifying the huge market potential for manned and unmanned patrol vehicles,” Boaz Levy, IAI’s CEO said.
By Udi Etsion, CTech
For the first time in decades, the Israeli military is stocking up on locally-made combat vehicles the ZMAG, produced by Israel Aerospace Industries’ Elta Systems. The vehicle is capable of traversing extremely difficult terrain, has a carrying capacity of 2.5 tons, can be equipped with either a petrol or diesel engine, and can be airlifted using Hercules transport planes or Sikorsky CH-53K helicopters.
The vehicles were designed by Ido Cohen, a veteran Israeli all-terrain vehicle racer and fabricator. The ZMAG is based on Cohen’s Zibar vehicles, which have been sold to roughly 100 clients around the world. IAI purchased the rights to the ZMAG design as well as to other military versions of the Zibar, which will be manufactured in the defense con
The Israeli government’s Arabic-language Twitter account posted on Sunday a video it said had been received from an Iraqi paying.
The IAI’s new land vehicle plant is located in the southern city of Beersheva, replacing an existing facility that manufactured navy vessels. The factory has been repurposed to produce both manned and unmanned all-terrain vehicles and, alongside the ZMAG, will continue to manufacture the IAI’s veteran RAM vehicles, hundreds of which have been sold to foreign militaries since the 1970s. The facility employs 300 people.
“We invested more than NIS 100 million ($30 million) in the land-vehicle plant after identifying the huge market potential for manned and unmanned patrol vehicles,” Boaz Levy, IAI’s CEO said. “The battlefield of the future demands more smart vehicles equipped with radar and location capabilities that Elta can provide. Militaries all over the world are suffering from a lack of personnel and there is a desire to reduce risks to