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FN Herstal Aims for Bulls range of products at the show, including its
FN SCAR family of rifles with configurations
for every type of military or law enforcement
Eye in Malaysian Market mission, light, medium and heavy machine
guns, along with handguns including the
new FN HiPer 9mm pistol. The new pistol
combines the best of current designs with
patented innovative features to give users
the best in ergonomics, reliability and safety.
FN Herstal is also showcasing its range of
integrated weapon systems for air, sea and
land platforms, including weapon stations
equipped with FN machine guns for tracked
and wheeled, manned and unmanned
ground vehicles. Also being displayed is a
variety of small arms ammunition. Several
NATO standard calibres have been designed
by FN. The company also has a long history
of transferring technology and assisting
customers to set up, convert, or expand
ammunition production facilities.

Malaysia’s Armed Forces adopted FN
Herstal’s FAL (SLR) rifle and the FN
MAG machine gun in 7.62mm NATO, and
the Browning 9mm High Power pistol when
Belgium-based FN Herstal is showcasing sales office in Singapore. they changed their small arms from WW2
its portfolio of modern small arms at the era equipment. This close relationship
ongoing Defence Services Asia (DSA) exhibi- The Malaysian Armed Forces have had continued later with the adoption of the
tion and conference. FN Herstal has several FN Herstal weapons in service for over 60 FN M2HB-QCB .50 Cal machine gun and
customers in the Asia-Pacific region, and a years. The Belgian firm is displaying a wide the FN MINIMI light machine gun.

also promote the capabilities of Sirius
Design Laboratory Engineering Company,
an entity in which SDT acquired 40% stake
in December last year.

SDT is part of a sizable Turkish contingent
that is exhibiting at the show. The event is
of crucial importance to the company as it
is taking place in the backdrop of growing
interest for Turkish arms not just in Malaysia
but across the region. A new report pub-
lished by the Stockholm International Peace
Research Institute (SIPRI) shows According
to a recent report by Stockholm International
Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), Turkey is
now 11th on the list of top arms exporters;
the country’s weapons exports jumped by
106 percent from 2019-2023. In the same
period, its share of global arms exports
rose to 1.6 percent, from 0.7 percent during
2014-218.
SDT Wows with Wide Range of Products After closing 2021 with record-high ex-

port revenues of US$3.224 billion, Turkey
Turkey’s SDT Space & Defence Technologies Analysis System (ELINT), Guided Missile set itself what ultimately proved to be a
has brought a wide range of its products to Simulator, Vehicle-type RF Jammer Systems, conservative target of US4 billion in 2022.
the ongoing show. Naval Wargame Simulator(NAWAS), After a record high US4.4 billion in export
ACMI Pod, Aircraft Interceptor Systems, revenue by the end the year, the country’s
Among the capabilities and products being- Backpack Type Jammer, Fox UAVand revenue from arms exports touched US$5.5
showcased by the company are RF Signal Inertial Measurement Systems. SDT will billion in 2023.

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