AAD 2010: OTT targets vehicle market gaps
OTT Technologies, a South African company, has launched two new vehicles to the international market at African Aerospace and Defence 2010. A company spokesman said that OTT was confident of success with both vehicles, which have an eye to specific gaps in the African market.
The first of these is the Samil 20 Hunter 4x4 light strike vehicle which has been developed privately by the company. The Hunter, which is based on remanufactured and customised Samil 20 truck chassis, meets the tough requirements inherent in Africa. The Hunter provides a high-level of cross country mobility while still being large enough
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