• MKU continues to set benchmarks in platform armouring with its Kavro Platform Protection Solutions.

With over 40 years of trusted experience, MKU Limited, a global leader in advanced optronics and ballistic protection solutions for soldiers and platforms, continues to set new benchmarks in delivering comprehensive lightweight armouring systems for land, air, and naval platforms. Having armoured over 1800 armoured vehicles, over 400 aircraft and over 700 naval vessels, MKU has secured the trust and confidence of military forces worldwide.

MKU’s platform armouring solutions integrate cutting-edge materials and engineering expertise to provide superior ballistic protection. These solutions are designed to enhance the survivability of armoured vehicles, helicopters, naval vessels, and other mission-critical platforms against evolving threats. MKU’s advanced composite armouring solutions are up to 70% lighter than traditional ballistic steel, enabling superior mobility, extended range, and fuel efficiency. These solutions enhance payload capacity while maintaining high durability and resistance against threats, offering optimal protection for a wide range of military vehicles and installations.

The solutions engineered by MKU meet stringent international standards, including STANAG 4569, NIJ 0108.01, and VPAM certifications, making them a trusted choice for armed forces and security agencies worldwide. The company also holds AS9100D certification and has applied for the Centre for Military Airworthiness & Certification (CEMILAC). The company’s in-house manufacturing and testing capabilities ensure adherence to the highest standards of quality, reliability, and performance.

MKU collaborates with leading technology providers around the world to develop state-of-the-art armouring solutions tailored to specific operational requirements. Their commitment to military and law enforcement platform safety is exemplified through their successful completion of several projects across the world.

German Forces, MKU seamlessly retrofitted CH-53 helicopters, ensuring NIJ Level III protection standards. MKU’s advanced ballistic protection solutions were also employed in retrofitting MK41 Sea King helicopters for them, providing NIJ Level III protection in addition to equipping UH-1D helicopters with SK1 and SK3 level protection for the pilots and crew members.

Moving beyond Germany, MKU has also collaborated with Czechia Forces for Mi-17 helicopters. Through the integration of MKU’s solutions, the Mi-17 cockpits achieved STANAG Level II protection. Swiss Forces have also benefitted from MKU’s advanced ballistic protection solutions, with their Super Puma helicopters being retrofitted to meet NIJ Level III standards.

These successful projects demonstrate MKU’s unmatched expertise and their unwavering dedication to platform safety.

MKU is all set to showcase its cutting-edge platform protection solutions at Aero India 2025, demonstrating its commitment to enhancing defence capabilities. Aero India is India’s largest aerospace and defence exhibition that serves as a platform for to engage with global defence stakeholders and highlight latest innovations in ballistic platform protection.

Along with platform protection, MKU is also showcasing its range of platform optronics solutions at Aero India 2025:

  1. Netro TD-5100 Driver Night Sight: Designed for T-72 tanks, TD-5100 uses uncooled thermal sensors and day optics to deliver instant visibility in pitch dark conditions, through dust, fog, or smoke. It delivers enhanced depth perception, situational awareness, and detection ranges to tank operators at night allowing them to better manoeuvre the tank over undulating terrains.
  2. Netro NB-3101: Aviation night vision goggles are equipped with advanced F1 optics and very high-quality sensors, they are specifically designed for military aviators to help them in easy navigation at manoeuvring at the nap-of-the-earth (NOE) or while flying off or landing in difficult terrains and situations, and other operations that are extremely dangerous at night in pitch dark conditions.
  3. Netro Multi Sensor, Medium Range Reconnaissance & Surveillance System: A versatile and rugged electro-optical system with field swappable sensors, it can be mounted on a vehicle or installed on a tripod for day and night observation or reconnaissance applications.
  4. Netro MW 5000 Sighting System for Crew Served Area Weapons: A smart sighting and aiming system which delivers one-shot, one-hit capability to the operators of crew served areas weapons such as Grenade Launchers, Rocket Launchers and Large-Calibre Weapons, enhancing the efficiency of operators of these weapons to quickly acquire and neutralise targets over long ranges (1500-2000m) with a single shot.
  5. Netro Unmanned Recon Ground Vehicle (URGV Robot): A smart and versatile unmanned tracked vehicle capable of operating in extreme weather conditions and rough terrains. It has an operating range of up to 5 km and a payload capacity of 1000 kg.
  6. Netro Vision-360 for Tanks & Infantry Combat Vehicles: Mixed reality-based enhanced situational awareness system for tanks and infantry combat vehicles that gives a seamless real-time 360° view of the battlefield scenario through digital information. It is in collaboration with MKU’s technology partner Vegvisir, an Estonian company that engineers mixed reality situational awareness systems.