Defense Minister Israel Katz on Wednesday presented the ministerial Defense Procurement Committee with a comprehensive plan to accelerate production of Israeli armored vehicles and increase their capacity by dozens of tanks and APCs over the next five years, valued at approximately 5 billion shekels ($1.5 billion).

The Armored Vehicle Acceleration Project is led by the Ministry of Defense’s Merkava and Armored Vehicles Directorate (MANTAK), in collaboration with the Defense Procurement Directorate (DPD), the Planning Department, and the IDF’s Ground Forces and Technological and Logistics Directorate.

Under the acceleration program, the ministry will increase Israel’s armored vehicle inventory while boosting production rates of the Merkava Mk. 4 Barak tanks, Namer APCs and Eitan wheeled A

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