About MKU:
MKU Limited is a leading defence company in India with a footprint in over 100 countries. It offers advanced solutions in Electro Optics, Passive and Active protection for platforms against rocket propelled grenades and blasts from mine. It is a global leader in armour for soldiers and platforms globally and has protected over 2 million soldiers and 2000+ platforms till date. It is already supplying night vision devices to Special Forces, CAPFs and State Police Forces in India
MKU has recently announced its entry into weapons systems for soldiers and platforms. It is entering this arena with global majors like Thales, Caracal and Digital Bit.
About EDIC Caracal:
Caracal International is a company with the largest footprint across many continents like Africa, Europe, North America, South America and Asia. It is part of EDIC (Emirates Defence Industrial Company) with more than 16 assets spread across various defence industrial segments in UAE. Caracal manufactures a full range of small arms starting from pistols sub machine guns, assault rifles and snipers with different calibers and barrel lengths. Their weapons are already in service with many armies in the Middle East.
MKU and EDIC Caracal signed a MoU for strategic co-operation for manufacture of the advanced CAR 817AR rifles in India at Defexpo 2018 in Chennai. The special gas piston based design of CAR 817AR makes it more rugged and stable in harsh conditions like mud, sand etc. and its mettle has been p... (more)
