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ST Kinetics Lifts Lid on New AFV 01 Februari 2017 ST Kinetics Next Gen armoured fighting vehicle (photo : Shephard) Speaking at the IQPC International Armoured Vehicles Conference 2017 in London, Brigadier General (Ret"d) Winston Toh, executive vice-president and chief marketing officer of ST Kinetics revealed additional details of the company"s Next Gen Armoured Fighting Vehicle (NG AFV). This unnamed AFV has been developed by ST Kinetics to meet the operational requirements of the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) to replace its US-supplied M113 series of tracked armoured personnel carriers (APCs) and other variants, which have been upgraded to the M113A2 Ultra configuration by the company. The baseline hull of the NG AFV is all welded steel armour to which an appliqué layer of passive armour has been added. This armour package is a modular design so it can be removed and replaced as new technology emerges, or tailored to meet the appropriate threat. ST Kinetics has also stated ...

ST Kinetics Outlines Bronco 3 Capability 25 Januari 2017 The latest production-ready example of STK"s Bronco 3 features a five-door front section, early examples having just two doors. (photo : Jane"s) ST Kinetics" (STK"s) Bronco 3 is the logical evolution of the Bronco 2 (Warthog in British Army service) and factors in many lessons gained from more than 15 years of service of the Bronco 1 with Singapore"s ground forces, as well as operational experience of the Warthog in Afghanistan, Dominic Phoon, head of business development with the company"s Design and Manufacturing Group, told IHS Jane"s. Development of Bronco 3 commenced in 2010 and Phoon explained that based on its predecessors" survivability records a key design aim was to provide at least Warthog levels of protection, but at no more than Bronco 1"s base design gross vehicle weight of 16 tonnes, and not Warthog"s ultimate operational weight, which peaked at 21 tonnes. An amphib...