Paramount's
partnership with Dubai-based GAME will answer a specific
requirement for a multi-role border patrol vehicle that
offers high mobility and protection levels combined with
sophisticated reconnaissance and surveillance technology.
Paramount's
highly successful Mine Protected Vehicle (MPV), the Marauder
will provide a rugged platform for GAME's advanced targeting
and surveillance systems, plus a turret-mounted missile
launcher, to give customers a high tech long range border
patrol capability, coupled with the ability to quickly
and accurately engage long-range targets.
Announcing
the joint venture, one of many which Paramount Group is
exploring with technology partners around the world, Ivor
Ichikowitz, Executive Chairman of the Paramount Group,
said: "GAME has a longstanding pedigree of successfully
and effectively integrating defence systems for clients
in the Middle East and around the world. By joining GAME's
superior technology with our own tried and tested MPV
platform Marauder, we are able to work together to offer
a competitive and bespoke solution to the Middle East
market.
"The oversight
and control of increasingly porous borders is a pressing
requirement for certain Gulf Sates. The new variant of
Marauder developed with GAME has been specifically designed
to meet that requirement.
"We will
always seek out the very best strategic partners to provide
the precise solutions which our customers require, offering
them the flexibility to manage new and emerging threats."
Habib Boukharouba,
Chairman of Griffon Group, added: "We are delighted
to be working with Paramount in order to combine our experience
in net centric environment and ISTAR solutions in challenging
combat environment.
"Coupling
our highly advanced electronics sensors, jammers, integrating
new generation laser guided ammunitions on RCWS turret
systems, with Paramount's proven vehicle platforms will
answer a real need in the region. This is just the start
of what promises to be a highly fruitful joint venture."
The joint venture
with GAME is a continuation of Paramount's policy of teaming
up with selected system integrator partners worldwide,
providing a quick, simple and cost-effective means of
supplying specific systems to identified markets.
The International
Defence Exhibition and Conference (IDEX) takes place from
Sunday 20th to Thursday 24th February at the Abu Dhabi
National Exhibition Centre (ADNEC), Abu Dhabi, United
Arab Emirates.
Paramount Group's
specially developed Marauder MPV reconnaissance variant
can be viewed on Griffon Aerospace Middle East's stand
at IDEX - stand C38 Hall 12 -with its fully operational
high-tech electronic surveillance suite.
