Plasan Sasa, established in 1985, develops, manufactures, and assembles custom-built
vehicle armor systems and chassis up-armor designs as well as Add-On Armor Protection Kits for lightweight military tactical trucks and
APCs [Wheeled & Tracked], for fixed and rotary wing aircraft, commercial vehicles, and is a major supplier of
personnel protection armor.
Plasan is a
non-public company and is wholly owned by
Kibbutz Sasa, a
communal village of some 100 families in Northern Israel. It employs 1,300 people, including 650 in the United States and 180 in France.
[1]
Plasan armor is widely used in the US military's
MRAP vehicles.
[2] US Ambassador to Israel
Dan Shapiro said that Plasan's armor has saved countless American lives.
[3] The company also sells to police and border guard forces worldwide. A special vehicle built for the military police of São Paulo, capable of transporting 24 fighters and equipped with diurnal and nocturnal vision systems was used during the Olympics in Brazil.
[4]
Sasa's innovations include vehicular cabin, chassis and hull armor kits to protect personnel and equipment on MaxxPro, MRAP (Mine Resistant and Ambush Protected) and M-ATV (all-terrain) vehicles.
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