IDEX 2019: NIMR Vehicle Electro-Magnetic Compliance chamber


NIMR Automotive LLC, the leading military vehicle manufacturer based in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, and a member of the Emirates Defence Industries Company (EDIC), continues to expand on indigenous engineering capability through the commissioning of a vehicle Electro-Magnetic Compliance (EMC) chamber at its production facility in Abu Dhabi.


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Vehicle Electro-Magnetic Compliance (EMC) chamber at NIMR Automotive production facility in Abu Dhabi. (Picture source NIMR Automotive)


The state-of-the-art EMC chamber, commissioned in January 2019, is the first and only of its kind in the MENA region. Capable of accommodating wheel military vehicles up to the size of an 8x8 platform and calibrated for testing to MIL-STD 461. This adds to NIMR’s already impressive capability includes a dedicated vehicle test-track designed to dynamically test and evaluate mobility characteristics.

NIMR’s General Manager,Ali Al Mansoori, stated “The completion of the EMC chamber at NIMR is a milestone in our capability growth, ensuring that our vehicle platforms meet the highest military standards. Today, NIMR has taken the lead in Electro-Magnetic Compliance across the MENA region, with further investment underway in blast and ballistic facilities for in-house qualification to NATO STANAG 4569.”

NIMR, a member of the Emirates Defence Industry Company (EDIC) delivers highly capable wheeled military vehicles that are designed for the harshest environments, across a diverse scope of mission requirements. NIMR’s range of desert-proven 4x4 and 6x6 vehicles are available in armoured or non-armoured configurations, with modular configurable crew capacity and payload, where protection and mobility is the focus of our design activities.

Through engineering innovation, comprehensive testing and implementation of the highest standards in design and manufacturing NIMR provides exceptional vehicle reliability and best-in-class desert performance to ensure the protection of the vehicle crews that use them.