| Company type | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
| Industry | Defence Commercial vehicles Automotive services |
| Founded | 27 January 1967 |
| Headquarters | Singapore |
Key people | Lee Shiang Long (President)[1] |
| Products | Ammunition Firearms Weapons Armored vehicles IFV/APV Vehicle MRO Services Emergency vehicles Distribution Vehicles Construction Equipments Testing Services |
| Revenue | S$1.43 billion (2019) |
Number of employees | 7,000 (2013) |
| Parent | ST Engineering |
| Website | [1] |
ST Engineering Land Systems Ltd (STELS), formerly known as ST Kinetics, is a strategic business area of ST Engineering and handles land systems and specialty vehicles.
In 2000, ST Engineering acquired the Chartered Industries of Singapore (CIS) through ST Automotive, a subsidiary of ST Engineering, and the new company was named ST Kinetics. Given the initial charter of CIS to support the local defence requirements, the main defence customer of ST Kinetics remains as the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF).
Besides manufacturing small arms and munitions, some of STELS' key military products include the SAR 21 assault rifle, the Bionix AFV, the Bronco All Terrain Tracked Carrier and the Terrex APC. These weapons and ammunition are often made to the United States or NATO specifications for export. The company holds a number of subsidiaries overseas, mainly in the United States, Canada and China.
Recent acquisitions between 2004 and 2009 have seen new construction equipment, specialised bodies and trailers for urban services being brought into ST Kinetics' stable of products, which was previously dominated by military weapons and platforms. Together with the other ST Engineering companies, STELS is part of the Singapore Defence Ecosystem of users, developers and producers in support of the Third Generation SAF.[2]