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MDT Presents Tiger at Milipol Paris
The new mine and blast protected vehicle
will be displayed at booth 11L080 at Milipol, Paris, November 17-20
November 9, 2009 - MDT Protective
Industries, a unit of Arotech Corporation (NasdaqGM: ARTX) will be displaying
it new Tiger Mine and Blast protected light vehicle at the Milipol tradeshow
in Paris, November 17-20 (www.milipol.com). Based on a commercial off-the-shelf
Dodge RAM 5500 platform, the MDT Tiger is a cost effective, highly armored
Light Protected All Terrain Vehicle for a crew of 6-9.
The Tiger is mine and blast protected, with various
add-on armor options, including appliqué armor that can defeat
Improvised Explosive Devices (IED), Explosively Formed Projectiles (EFP)
and Rocket Propelled Grenades (RPG). Its 5 doors and a roof hatch offer
easy loading and unloading of soldiers and equipment. The wide and spacious
cabin, with its large payload capacity can be tailored to many missions.
At Milipol, MDT will present a Tiger variant designed
for Police and Para-Military activity in areas of high risk. It is designed
for SWAT units, anti terror units, drug enforcement units and other government
agencies requiring exceptional all train capabilities coupled with extreme
survivability.
A powerful Cummins 350 HP diesel engine, large wheels,
and a 127” wheel base offer exceptional all terrain capabilities.
The advanced suspension system ensures a comfortable ride for the crew.
The 8.8 ton GVWR allows – with a standard armor package –
for a 1.5 ton payload, or 6 passengers plus 900 kg of equipment. The add-on
armor panels can be removed, repaired, replaced or upgraded. An optional
upgrade to a 10.4 ton GVW allows for an improved armor suite, including
appliqué armor defeating RPG rockets and EFP charges.
The MDT Tiger LPV was designed to be cost effective.
The COTS Dodge platform ensures widespread support and cost effective
maintenance. The unique encapsulated cabin allows easy access to all components.
The capsule can easily be removed and remounted, allowing its installation
on a new platform, increasing its life and ensuring low life cycle cost.
The spacious cabin, with a flat floor throughout and
vertical walls, allows for various seating and equipment mission-dependent
arrangements. The front row has three-in-a-row seats for driver, navigator
and commander. In the rear, 3, 4 or 5 passengers can ride facing forward.
The rear cabin can also accommodate 6 passengers in two side-facing rows.
A 2 or 4 liter MedVac option is also available.
Windows on all 4 sides allow for improved situation
awareness. Optional gun-ports on all 4 directions allow for accurate
small arms operation. A roof mounted remote controlled weapon station,
or man-operated turret are optional.
“Milipol in Paris expands our reach into the
European Police, military and para-military vehicle market,” said
Robert Ehrlich, Arotech’s Chairman and CEO. “Europe will play
an important role in our marketing efforts of our new Tiger.”
About Arotech's Armor Division
Arotech’s Armor Division is an innovative leader
in lightweight armoring for vehicles, aircraft and their operators. The
Armor Division has years of battlefield and commercial protection experience
and has provided life saving protection under the most extreme conditions.
Arotech’s Armor Division consists of MDT Armor
Corporation (www.mdt-armor.com), M.D.T. Protective Industries, Ltd. (www.mdtisrael.com),
and Armour of America (www.aoa-usa.com).
About Arotech Corporation
Arotech Corporation is a leading provider of quality defense and security
products for the military, law enforcement and homeland security markets.
Arotech provides multimedia interactive simulators/trainers, lightweight
armoring and advanced zinc-air and lithium batteries and chargers. Arotech
operates through three major business divisions: Armor, Training and Simulation,
and Batteries and Power Systems.
Arotech is incorporated in Delaware, with corporate
offices in Ann Arbor, Michigan and research, development and production
subsidiaries in Alabama, Michigan and Israel.
Except for the historical information herein, the
matters discussed in this news release include forward-looking statements,
as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including
the effect of any share re-purchases by Arotech. Forward-looking statements
reflect management’s current knowledge, assumptions, judgment and
expectations regarding future performance or events. Although management
believes that the expectations re-flected in such statements are reasonable,
readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking
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may cause actual results to vary materially. These risks and uncertainties
include, but are not limited to, risks relating to: product and technology
development; the uncertainty of the market for Arotech’s products;
changing economic conditions; delay, cancellation or non-renewal, in whole
or in part, of contracts or of purchase orders; dilution resulting from
issuances of Arotech’s common stock upon conversion or payment of
its outstanding convertible debt, which would be increasingly dilutive
if and to the extent that the market price of Arotech’s stock decreases;
and other risk factors detailed in Arotech’s most recent Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008 and other
filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Arotech assumes
no obligation to update the information in this release. Reference to
the Company’s website above does not constitute incorporation of
any of the information thereon into this press release.
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