INDIAN ARMED FORCES CHIEFS ON
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— General Manoj Pande, Indian Army Chief

 
 
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— Admiral R. Hari Kumar, Indian Navy Chief

My compliments to SP Guide Publications for informative and credible reportage on contemporary aerospace issues over the past six decades.

— Air Chief Marshal V.R. Chaudhari, Indian Air Force Chief
       

Saudi Arabia, Creation UK join hands for Zephyr

October 01-15, 2011

Saudi Arabia’s ERAF Industries has entered into an agreement with British company Creation UK to jointly develop and build the latter’s family of Zephyr multirole vehicles in Saudi Arabia.

The two firms hope the arrangement will lead to contracts with the Saudi armed forces, which have a requirement for such vehicles. The joint venture will mark a leap into vehicle production for ERAF, which specialises in armoured vehicle upgrades and refurbishments.

Creation UK has been working on the development of the Zephyr for five years and submitted it for consideration in the British Army’s light protected patrol vehicle programme, eventually awarded to Force Protection’s Ocelot design.

A four-wheel-drive variant of the Zephyr will be delivered to ERAF by the end of this year under current plans, with a six-wheel variant to follow in 2012.