KUALA LUMPUR: DRB-HICOM Defence Technologies Sdn Bhd (Deftech) is spending about RM100mil to expand its plants in Pekan, Pahang, and Nilai, Negri Sembilan, to cater for the production of 8x8 Armoured Wheeled Vehicle (AV8) for the Malaysian military, slated at end-2013.
Chief executive officer Abdul Harith Abdullah said the construction of new facilities would start after the 13th Defence Services Asia 2012 (DSA 2012) and it should be ready for the first unit of sealed pattern (prototype) to arrive in Malaysia by September.
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