Manufacturer catalog

ST Engineering

ST Engineering is a Singapore-based technology, defence, and engineering group whose defence businesses cover land systems, weapons, ammunition, C5ISR, maritime systems, aerospace support, and public-security capabilities. In this catalog it is attached to MATADOR, GDAMS, 40 mm grenade-launcher systems, and ST Engineering mortar ammunition records.

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ST Engineering was formed in 1997 when ST Aerospace, ST Electronics, ST Automotive, and ST Marine were merged into one listed group. The company traces part of its defence-industrial lineage to Chartered Industries of Singapore, founded in 1967 to manufacture 5.56 mm ammunition for Singapore's M16 rifles.

The company's current defence relevance comes through land systems, platform electronics, weapons and munitions, maritime systems, training, C5ISR, and related public-security work. ST Engineering's land-defence pages describe it as an OEM for mobility platforms and a supplier of weapons and ammunition across calibre categories.

For this catalog, the strongest direct links are in the land weapons-and-ammunition portfolio. ST Engineering identifies MATADOR as a lightweight 90 mm Man-Portable Anti-Tank, Anti-Door weapon; its weapons-and-ammunition page lists 40 mm grenade launchers, mortar systems, artillery systems, and mortar bombs; and its GDAMS page describes a lightweight mortar system designed for wheeled military-platform integration.

Land defence systemsWeapons and ammunitionMilitary mobility and protected platformsC5ISR and defence electronicsMaritime systemsAerospace engineering and MRO

Notable Systems

MATADOR, Disposable shoulder-fired anti-armor recoilless weapon, Infantry Weapons

MATADOR

Disposable shoulder-fired anti-armor recoilless weapon

ST Engineering markets MATADOR as a Man-Portable Anti-Tank, Anti-Door weapon: a lightweight 90 mm system with anti-armoured-vehicle and anti-brick-wall effects for built-up-area missions.

Sources: ST Engineering MATADOR
Ground Deployed Advanced Mortar System (GDAMS), Vehicle-mounted 81 mm and 120 mm advanced mortar system, Artillery

Ground Deployed Advanced Mortar System (GDAMS)

Vehicle-mounted 81 mm and 120 mm advanced mortar system

ST Engineering describes GDAMS as a lightweight mortar system for wheeled military platforms, with rapid deployment, patented blast-diffuser technology, and adaptability to in-service 81 mm mortar systems.

Sources: ST Engineering GDAMS
PM120 precision guided mortar bomb, 120 mm GPS-guided precision mortar bomb, Munitions

PM120 precision guided mortar bomb

120 mm GPS-guided precision mortar bomb

Janes reports PM120 as part of ST Engineering's 120 mm SRAMS Mk II ammunition suite, while ST Engineering GDAMS material separately documents compatibility with a Precision Guided 120 mm Mortar Bomb.

Sources: IDEX 2018: Singapore's ST Engineering launches SRAMS 120 mm Mk II, ST Engineering GDAMS brochure

Manufacturer History

  1. Chartered Industries of Singapore formed

    ST Engineering's published history traces its defence-manufacturing roots to Chartered Industries of Singapore, formed to manufacture 5.56 mm ammunition for the M16 rifle.

    Sources: ST Engineering History

  2. ST Engineering formed

    ST Aerospace, ST Electronics, ST Automotive, and ST Marine merged to form ST Engineering as a listed Singapore group.

    Sources: ST Engineering History

  3. Land-defence lineage consolidated under ST Kinetics

    ST Automotive acquired Chartered Industries of Singapore and renamed the business ST Kinetics, consolidating defence-related pioneer companies within ST Engineering.

    Sources: ST Engineering History

  4. Global defence and engineering group

    The annual report described ST Engineering as a global technology, defence, and engineering group headquartered in Singapore, with subsidiaries and associated companies across Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and the United States.

    Sources: ST Engineering Annual Report 2025

Predecessors
ST AerospaceST ElectronicsST AutomotiveST MarineChartered Industries of Singapore
Subsidiaries
ST Engineering Land Systems
Website links
Official websiteLand defence systemsMATADOR product pageAnnual reports

ST Kinetics appears in public sources as part of ST Engineering's land-systems lineage and in adjacent catalog manufacturer facets. This record keeps ST Engineering as the canonical manufacturer name for records that use the current ST Engineering label, rather than treating every ST Kinetics attribution as an alias.

Manufacturer Sources

  • ST Engineering Annual Report 2025Publisher: ST Engineering / Singapore Exchange | Note: Supports the group description, Singapore headquarters, global footprint, listed-company context, registration information, and Temasek holding-company relationship. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • ST Engineering HistoryPublisher: ST Engineering | Note: Official company history supporting the 1967 Chartered Industries origin, the 1997 ST Engineering merger, and the 2000 ST Kinetics consolidation milestone. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • ST Engineering Land Defence SystemsPublisher: ST Engineering | Note: Official land-defence page supporting ST Engineering's OEM role in mobility platforms, maintenance services, weapons, ammunition, platform electronics, and soldier systems. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • ST Engineering MATADORPublisher: ST Engineering | Note: Official product page supporting MATADOR as a lightweight 90 mm Man-Portable Anti-Tank, Anti-Door weapon in ST Engineering's weapons and ammunition portfolio. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • NAMIC ST Engineering Land SystemsPublisher: National Additive Manufacturing Innovation Cluster | Note: Supports ST Engineering Land Systems as the land-systems arm designing and manufacturing armoured vehicles, munitions, weapons, soldier systems, robotics, and unmanned systems. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • ST Engineering Hub MapPublisher: Mapcarta / OpenStreetMap contributors | Note: OpenStreetMap-derived listing used only for the ST Engineering Hub headquarters map coordinates at 1 Ang Mo Kio Electronics Park Road. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • MATADOR Commons ImagePublisher: Wikimedia Commons | Note: Image provenance and reuse source for the MATADOR display photograph; the file page identifies Seloloving as author and lists CC BY-SA 4.0 licensing, while ST Engineering's MATADOR page connects the system to this manufacturer. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • ST Engineering GDAMSPublisher: ST Engineering | Note: Official product page supporting GDAMS as an ST Engineering lightweight mortar system for wheeled military platforms, with rapid deployment, blast-diffuser technology, and in-service 81 mm mortar adaptability. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • ST Engineering GDAMS brochurePublisher: ST Engineering | Note: Official brochure supporting GDAMS technical context and compatibility with 81 mm and 120 mm ammunition, including the Precision Guided 120 mm Mortar Bomb. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • Babcock GDAMS collaborationPublisher: Babcock International Group | Note: Supports the Babcock and ST Engineering GDAMS collaboration, 120 mm vehicle-mounted configuration, two-person operation, 15-second deployment and stowage, and standard smoothbore-munition compatibility. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • IDEX 2018: Singapore's ST Engineering launches SRAMS 120 mm Mk IIPublisher: Janes | Note: Supports PM120 as part of ST Engineering's 120 mm SRAMS Mk II ammunition suite and provides reported public specifications for the PM120 precision guided mortar bomb. | Accessed: 2026-07-11

Produced weapons

Category

Artillery

Tube artillery, rocket artillery, and long-range ground fires.

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Ground Deployed Advanced Mortar System (GDAMS), Vehicle-mounted 81 mm and 120 mm advanced mortar system, ArtilleryGround Deployed Advanced Mortar System (GDAMS)Vehicle-mounted 81 mm and 120 mm advanced mortar systemBuilt in: SingaporeGDAMS is ST Engineering's lightweight Ground Deployed Advanced Mortar System for wheeled military platforms. Official material describes an 81 mm or 120 mm compatible, vehicle-agnostic mortar with digital mission assignment, automatic laying from target coordinates, a patented blast diffuser, 15-second deployment and stowage, and compatibility with precision-guided 120 mm mortar bombs.

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Infantry Weapons

Portable weapons used by soldiers and small units.

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40 mm automatic grenade launcher, 40 mm automatic grenade launcher, Infantry Weapons2001 War in Afghanistan, 2003 Iraq War +2 more40 mm automatic grenade launcher40 mm automatic grenade launcherBuilt in: Multiple countriesThe 40 mm automatic grenade launcher class covers belt-fed crew-served grenade machine guns such as the U.S. Mk 19 Mod 3, ST Engineering 40AGL Mk2, Heckler & Koch GMG, and Spain's LAG 40 family. Direct reporting documents Mk 19 use by U.S. forces in Afghanistan and Iraq, coalition partner training against Islamic State, and Ukrainian frontline employment in the Russia-Ukraine War.
MATADOR, Disposable shoulder-fired anti-armor recoilless weapon, Infantry Weapons2008 Gaza War, 2014 Russia-Ukraine War +1 moreMATADORDisposable shoulder-fired anti-armor recoilless weaponBuilt in: Germany / SingaporeMATADOR, also marketed in the RGW 90 family, is a 90 mm disposable shoulder-fired recoilless weapon developed with Singaporean, German, and Israeli participation for anti-armor, breaching, and anti-structure missions. Singapore's version emphasized confined-space firing, a HEAT/HESH selectable effect, and wall-breaching performance for built-up areas, while Dynamit Nobel Defence's RGW 90 line includes dual-mode, anti-structure, long-range multipurpose, smoke, illumination, and training variants. The system is documented in Singapore service, in Israeli Matador WB use during the 2008 Gaza War, in German-funded RGW 90 deliveries to Ukraine, and in Israeli use during urban fighting in Gaza after October 2023.

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Munitions

Standalone missiles, bombs, rockets, torpedoes, and guided or unguided explosive payloads.

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Extended Range High Explosive, 120 mm high-explosive mortar round for smoothbore mortar systems, MunitionsExtended Range High Explosive120 mm high-explosive mortar round for smoothbore mortar systemsBuilt in: SingaporeExtended Range High Explosive is ST Engineering's Singapore-made 120 mm extended-range high-explosive mortar bomb for smoothbore mortar systems. Janes placed ER HE in the SRAMS Mk II ammunition suite, while ST Engineering's ER mortar-bomb material supports a 650 m to 9 km range, 14.8 kg round weight, 2.8 kg TNT filling, DM111A4/A5 fuze, and compatibility with vehicle-mounted smoothbore mortars.