The event, the region’s largest defense exhibition, is a key part of Saudi Arabia’s “Vision 2030” strategy to build a self-reliant defense industry, the company said.
Hyundai Rotem said it will focus on promoting its ground weapons systems and technologies aimed at future battlefield needs. It plans to highlight mobile weapons systems, manned-unmanned teaming and hydrogen mobility technologies.
At its exhibition hall, the company will display mock-ups of the K2 main battle tank, which it said has been well received in global markets, along with K2-based variants including an obstacle-clearing vehicle and an armored recovery vehicle.
It will also show a 30-metric-ton wheeled armored vehicle developed for export, plus mock-ups of a command post vehicle and a medical evacuation vehicle based on its existing wheeled armored vehicle platform.
Hyundai Rotem said it will debut a multipurpose unmanned ground vehicle, the HR-Sherpa, fitted with a counter-drone system. The company said the system uses radar to detect drones, establish defenses and support guard and surveillance missions.
The HR-Sherpa is an unmanned platform designed to carry different equipment depending on the mission. The company said in-wheel motors are applied to all six wheels, a design that boosts propulsion and allows the vehicle to keep moving even if one wheel develops a problem.
Also on display are a full-size reconnaissance drone and one-third-scale mock-ups equipped with a surface-to-air guided missile system and a surface-to-surface guided missile system.
Hyundai Rotem said it will also show its hydrogen fuel cell-based unmanned mobility electrification platform, Black Veil, to overseas markets for the first time after debuting it last year at the Seoul International Aerospace and Defense Exhibition, known as ADEX.
“We plan to demonstrate the diverse operational capabilities of ground weapons systems based on advanced future technologies such as AI, unmanned systems and hydrogen, in line with the rapidly changing future battlefield environment,” a Hyundai Rotem official said.
* This article has been translated by AI.
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