Plasan

2005: Plasan of Israel initially designed SandCat as a composite armoured vehicle as a replacement to the AIL storm jeeps of the Israel Defence Force (IDF). In October 2005, this vehicle was first demonstrated at the Association of US Army (AUSA) show. Plasan named the vehicle SandCat and displayed it at the Eurosatory show during 2006. At the Eurosatory show in 2008, the SandCat was relaunched as a brand of Oshkosh Defense. Plasan's technology demonstrator is based on an "off-the-shelf" Ford Truck chassis cab, modified by Manning Equipment into a shorter, more maneuverable armored car. 2010: Plasan (Bennington VT, or Kibbutz Sasa Israel?) received a new $170 million order for 1,460 vehicle protection kits as a subcontractor for the Wisconsin-based firm Oshkosh. The kits are for Oshkosh's Mine Resistant Ambush Protected All Terrain Vehicles, known as M-ATVs.