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STREIT Group

STREIT Group is a privately owned armored-vehicle and defense-systems manufacturer headquartered in the United Arab Emirates, with roots in Canadian vehicle armoring and a product line centered on protected mobility, tactical vehicles, maritime security craft, and related battlefield technologies.

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STREIT Group connects to this catalog through the Spartan family of light armored vehicles, including the Spartan Mk III infantry mobility vehicle. The company describes its current business as defense manufacturing across land, maritime, air-defense, advanced-materials, service, and technology areas, while third-party defense references place its armored-vehicle manufacturing base across the Middle East, Canada, and the United States.

Company history is reported through a Canadian manufacturing origin in 1992 and later Middle East expansion. Defense-industry references describe production facilities in Dubai and Ras Al Khaimah opening in 2005, followed by a U.S. manufacturing site in North Charleston in 2008.

Armored personnel carriersMine-resistant and protected mobility vehiclesLaw enforcement and security vehiclesMaritime security craftBattlefield technology and support systems

Notable Systems

Spartan armored vehicle family

Catalog-relevant 4x4 light armored vehicle family; STREIT's Spartan-SUT page describes a modular STANAG II support utility APC, and VITA reported delivery of the 2,500th Spartan model in 2014.

Sources: STREIT Spartan-SUT armored vehicle, STREIT Group builds 2,500th Spartan armored vehicle

Typhoon MRAP

Mine-resistant armored personnel carrier line listed by Army Recognition among STREIT Group products.

Sources: Army Recognition Streit Group profile

Cougar and Cobra light armored vehicles

Light armored personnel carrier families listed by Army Recognition as STREIT-designed and manufactured vehicles.

Sources: Army Recognition Streit Group profile

Manufacturer History

  1. Canadian manufacturing origin

    VITA Technologies reported that STREIT Manufacturing Inc. was set up in Canada by founder and CEO Guerman Goutorov, beginning as a 2,000-square-foot manufacturing facility.

    Sources: STREIT Group builds 2,500th Spartan armored vehicle

  2. Middle East production expansion

    Army Recognition reports that STREIT opened production facilities in Dubai and Ras Al Khaimah, giving the company UAE manufacturing capacity for regional and export demand.

    Sources: Army Recognition Streit Group profile

  3. U.S. facility opened

    Army Recognition reports that STREIT opened a manufacturing facility in North Charleston, South Carolina, to support demand for armored vehicles.

    Sources: Army Recognition Streit Group profile

  4. 2,500th Spartan delivered

    VITA Technologies reported that STREIT completed the 2,500th Spartan at its Canadian manufacturing plant and shipped it to the company's Dubai headquarters.

    Sources: STREIT Group builds 2,500th Spartan armored vehicle

  5. Expanded defense portfolio

    STREIT's current official pages describe land-defense vehicles, maritime security systems, battlefield technologies, service support, and advanced materials as part of its defense-manufacturing portfolio.

    Sources: STREIT Group official website, STREIT land defense portfolio, STREIT maritime security portfolio, STREIT technology and innovation portfolio

Subsidiaries
STREIT Manufacturing Inc.Streit USA ArmoringStreit Middle EastStreit Security Vehicles
Website links
Official websiteOfficial company historyOfficial land defense portfolioArmy Recognition profile

Legacy dates vary across public sources: VITA Technologies reports STREIT Manufacturing Inc. was set up in Canada in 1992, while Army Recognition describes 1996 as the market-entry point for armored-car production. This profile uses 1992 for founding and treats 1996 as armored-car market entry rather than a separate founding date.

Manufacturer Sources

  • STREIT Group official websitePublisher: STREIT Group | Note: Official company homepage supporting the STREIT website, UAE headquarters country, and current defense-manufacturing positioning. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • About STREIT GroupPublisher: STREIT Group | Note: Official company history page supporting more than 30 years of industry experience and the company's armored-vehicle, boat, and drone manufacturing context. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • STREIT Group contact pagePublisher: STREIT Group | Note: Official contact page supporting the head office location at RAKEZ, Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • STREIT land defense portfolioPublisher: STREIT Group | Note: Official portfolio page supporting the company's land-defense focus on APCs, AFVs, MRAPs, light armored multi-role vehicles, special-purpose vehicles, and support platforms. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • STREIT maritime security portfolioPublisher: STREIT Group | Note: Official portfolio page supporting STREIT's maritime security and systems work, including patrol, interception, combat, littoral, support, and integrated maritime systems. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • STREIT technology and innovation portfolioPublisher: STREIT Group | Note: Official portfolio page supporting battlefield-management, electronic-warfare, sensing, launch-system, and autonomous protection technology context. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • STREIT Spartan-SUT armored vehiclePublisher: STREIT Group | Note: Official product page supporting the Spartan family as a STANAG II support utility APC for convoy escort, peacekeeping, urban, and border-patrol roles. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • Army Recognition Streit Group profilePublisher: Army Recognition | Note: Defense-industry reference supporting STREIT's armored-vehicle manufacturing role, Middle East and North American facilities, production-capacity history, subsidiary names, and product examples including Spartan, Typhoon, Scorpion, Cobra, Cougar, Varan, Puma, and Warrior. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • STREIT Group builds 2,500th Spartan armored vehiclePublisher: VITA Technologies | Note: Industry news item supporting the 1992 Canadian manufacturing origin, privately owned status, founder/CEO context, global facilities, and the 2014 delivery milestone for the 2,500th Spartan model. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • Streit Group Spartan APC built in Innisfil, OntarioPublisher: Wikimedia Commons | Note: Image provenance and CC BY-SA 3.0 licensing page for a STREIT Group Spartan APC built by Streit Manufacturing Inc. in Innisfil, Ontario, directly tying the reusable image to the builder and cataloged Spartan family. | Accessed: 2026-06-21

Produced weapons

Category

Armored Vehicles

Troop carriers, infantry fighting vehicles, and protected mobility.

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Spartan Mk III infantry mobility vehicle, 4x4 infantry mobility vehicle / light armored personnel carrier, Armored Vehicles2009 Boko Haram Insurgency, 2014 Second Libyan Civil War +1 moreSpartan Mk III infantry mobility vehicle4x4 infantry mobility vehicle / light armored personnel carrierBuilt in: Canada / United Arab Emirates / UkraineThe Spartan Mk III is a STREIT Group 4x4 infantry mobility vehicle built around a Ford F-550-based armored hull for protected troop movement, convoy security, and counter-terrorism work. The family includes the Ukrainian AvtoKrAZ-built KrAZ Spartan licensed derivative, with documented conflict evidence spanning Nigerian Army use and insurgent possession caveats, Libyan battlefield capture context, and Ukrainian KrAZ-Spartan service.
KrAZ Cougar, 4x4 light armored personnel carrier, Armored Vehicles2014 Russia-Ukraine WarKrAZ Cougar4x4 light armored personnel carrierBuilt in: Ukraine / United Arab EmiratesThe KrAZ Cougar is a Ukrainian-assembled version of STREIT Group's Toyota-based Cougar light armored personnel carrier, used for protected patrol, checkpoint, border-security, and troop-transport missions. Ukrainian sources and monitoring reports document the type in the 2014 Russia-Ukraine War, including National Guard and Border Guard service, OSCE sightings near Donbas contact-line areas, and continued Defence Forces fleet context after the 2022 full-scale invasion.
KrAZ Cobra, 4x4 light armored personnel carrier / infantry mobility vehicle, Armored Vehicles2014 Russia-Ukraine WarKrAZ Cobra4x4 light armored personnel carrier / infantry mobility vehicleBuilt in: United Arab Emirates / UkraineThe KrAZ Cobra is a Ukrainian KrAZ-associated version of STREIT Group's Cobra LAMV/APC. STREIT describes the Cobra LAMV as a compact protected troop-transport vehicle for hostile environments with CEN 1522 FB6 protection, while specialist references identify the Cobra APC as a Toyota Land Cruiser 200-based 4x4 design with roof weapon options; Ukrainian and Oryx reporting document its use and losses in the 2014 Russia-Ukraine War.
KrAZ Shrek, 4x4 MRAP / mine-protected armored personnel carrier, Armored Vehicles2014 Russia-Ukraine WarKrAZ Shrek4x4 MRAP / mine-protected armored personnel carrierBuilt in: Ukraine / United Arab EmiratesThe KrAZ Shrek is a Ukrainian KrAZ-5233NE-based 4x4 MRAP developed by AvtoKrAZ with STREIT Group for protected troop movement, patrol, route-clearance, ambulance, and mine-interrogation roles. Open sources document Ukrainian National Guard delivery, Mariupol route-clearance deployment, later Ukrainian military testing, and visually recorded 2022 losses during the Russia-Ukraine War, while official export data and reusable media show the baseline Shrek One and Shrek-M family configurations.
KrAZ Fiona, 6x6 MRAP / armored personnel carrier, Armored Vehicles2014 Russia-Ukraine WarKrAZ Fiona6x6 MRAP / armored personnel carrierBuilt in: Ukraine / United Arab EmiratesThe KrAZ Fiona is a 6x6 mine-resistant armored personnel carrier developed around the KrAZ-6322 truck chassis by Kremenchug Automobile Plant with STREIT Group involvement. Official export data presents it as a V-hull protected-mobility vehicle for patrol, convoy escort, troop transport, command-and-control, and medical-evacuation configurations; open reporting supports Ukrainian military test and evaluation during the Russia-Ukraine War, but not a standardized battlefield fleet.