The Abu Dhabi-based Emirates Defense Technology (EDT) is targeting sales of its new 8×8 armoured vehicle to armed forces in the UAE and the wider region after trials this summer, said the company’s chief executive, Mohamed Al Suwaidi.

The prototype of Enigma, as the firm’s 8×8 armoured vehicle is called, was unveiled yesterday by Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, at the International Defence and Security Exhibition (Idex), which is taking place in the capital all this week.

EDT – a privately held, Emirati-owned defence contractor and manufacturer – is the first firm to design an 8×8 armoured vehicle in the UAE.

EDT, which financed the vehicle’s production, plans to send the Enigma prototype for summer trials with the UAE military, after which it will start manufacturing the vehicle in the Musaffah industrial area. It took the company two years to build the prototype after it was given the go-ahead from Sheikh Mohammed at Idex two years ago.

The Enigma is designed to be compatible with a variety of weapons systems, including a variant of the M777 howitzer.

This is not the first time that EDT has manufactured armoured vehicles in the UAE. They were the original manufacturers of the NIMR 4×4 and 6×6 armoured vehicles. Canada cultivates its image as a peaceful nation. Indeed, the Canadian Forces’ recruitment ad depicts the nation’s troops fighting the forces of nature

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Held under the trade of His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the United Arab Emirates, and arranged by the Abu Dhabi National Exhibitions Company (ADNEC) in co-ordination with the UAE Armed Forces GHQ, and with Tawazun as strategic partner, the International Defence Exhibition and Conference in Abu Dhabi has grown in stature over its two-decade history to become the MENA region’s top-quality defence and security exhibition, and one of the major events in the world.

Highlighting that position, more than 1,100 exhibitors from all corners of the globe have come together for IDEX 2015, and the presentation space had sold out before the 43rd National Day last December. As well as providing the opportunity to show off new technologies to possible customers in the MENA region and beyond, IDEX offers an ideal environment in which companies can explore new partnerships, as well as develop existing ones.

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