| | | OTOKAR at IDEF 2011 | | | Saturday, April 30, 2011, 09:20 AM | | | | | | The Turkish Company Otokar will display the Arma 8x8 at the Defense Exhibition IDEF 2011. | | | | | | The Turkish Defence Company Otokar will display the Arma 8x8 for the first time at the IDEF 2011, defense fair in Istanbul to be held May 10-13. The Arma is an amphibious tactical wheeled armored vehicle. It has a high degree of ballistic and mine protection, thanks to its high steel hull. | | | | Turkish Defence Company Otokar plans to export a large number of eight-wheeled armored vehicles it has just developed, said a top company executive on Friday, April 29, 2011. The Arma 8x8 will be competing with rivals for contracts in at least two countries in the next two months. Otokar said Thursday it had signed a contract with Turkish security officials worth 56 million Turkish Liras for the sale of armored personnel carriers and upgrades for them. Serdar Görgüç, General Manager of Otokar, said the contract includes the procurement and upgrade of nearly 400 Cobra light armored vehicles, Otokar’s signature product. | | | | | | | |