Thanks Jonathan for the article!
via Today Zaman.com
Turkish and Malaysian defense companies have signed a $600 million deal, making it Turkey's largest single sale in defense industry exports. Turkish defense industry firm FNSS signed a deal in Ankara on Tuesday with Malaysia's DEFTECH to sell armored combat vehicle frames to the Malaysian armed forces. Under the deal FNSS will sell 257 armored carrier frames for the Pars 8x8 to Malaysia. The 8x8 Pars armored vehicle will be redesigned by Turkish and Malaysian engineers, and the vehicles will be produced locally in Malaysia. The deal is important for the Turkish defense industry since it is the largest single sale in defense industry exports.I knew the PARS 8x8 looked familiar and the full article points to the US corporation GPV.
Foreign states are gaining capability in engineering, management and manufacturing.
ReplyDeleteReally sad GPV lost its founders. They had some great ideas with their APC - which included a massive 10x10 variant - and that truck/MTV prototype must've been one of the most promising designs ever.
ReplyDeleteThe Pars looks nice, but its design predates the IED/MRAP era. It may need some redesigning that may hamper development.
Turkey is looking to be the major economic power in the Middle East.
ReplyDeleteSelling technology and weapons to Turkey, the US is going to regret this some day.
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