ISTEC announces a new collaboration agreement with Fering Technologies

ISTEC Services Limited, a British company with 37 years of operational experience in the design, manufacture, and supply of complex weapon integration solutions for military platforms, is announcing a new collaboration agreement with Fering Technologies.

This collaboration agreement is another demonstration of ISTEC’s growing portfolio of high-quality OEMs that are selecting it as their preferred supplier of sophisticated weapon mount integration solutions.   ISTEC has a long, operationally proven history of designing and manufacturing robust, high-quality crew-served weapon mounting solutions, smoke dischargers, and other ancillaries, such as weapon stowage, for military use across land, sea, and air platforms. Their systems have been used extensively in Land operations, such as in Iraq and Afghanistan, by both specialist and regular forces, and are fitted to key vehicles such as WMIK, Mastiff, Husky, and Jackal. They currently have over 20,000 mounts in use across all 3 services. ISTEC remains OEM-, platform-, and weapon-agnostic and can therefore work with any OEM to design, integrate, and manufacture the necessary weapon mounts to maximise their platform’s firepower and physical protection.

Fering Technologies has designed and manufactured the Fering Pioneer, a high-range (7,000km) hybrid all-terrain vehicle, and the Fering Pioneer X, a specific peacekeeping and defence edition. At IAV, Fering’s Pioneer X will be fitted with ISTEC’s commander’s swingarm, twin GMPG mounts, smoke dischargers, personal weapon stowage, and their Mk2 Softmount for HMG on a ring mount to maximise firepower and vehicle protection.

Gareth Reece, Chief Commercial Officer at Fering Technologies, said, “Fering is expanding into North America with new opportunities, and ISTEC is the industry standard for quality weapon mounts. Having successfully worked together in the past to ensure our innovative vehicles have the best possible crew-served weapon integration solutions, it is a natural progression for us to formalise this collaboration. We are looking forward to working more closely with ISTEC going forward.”

Anne Quelch, Director at ISTEC, said, “We are very pleased to be formalising this collaboration with Fering Technologies. The type of vehicle they produce is a perfect fit for our weapon integration solutions and demonstrates our close collaboration with OEMs to meet their specific requirements. ISTEC has vast experience in supporting a wide array of vehicle platforms, and this collaboration is one of many we are working on with various OEMS and consortia for the LMP programme to ensure that ISTEC’s products are the weapon mount of choice for potential bidders.”