Algeria's military industry is a small but slowly emerging industry of Algeria. Given its status as one of the most well-trained Arab militaries, Algeria is on track of significant development of its military industry, while remains a buyer of weapons mostly from Russia, China, France, South Africa and recently, Germany, Italy, Turkey and the United States.
History
is held since 1980 to ensure a degree of autonomy to the National People's Army to avoid increased dependence vis-à-vis foreign suppliers. A strategy that had allowed the National People's Army to ensure the supply of certain equipment at the time when the country was embargoed arms he needed to fight terrorism in the 1990s from some Western countries have prevented the takeover by radical Islamists. This strategy allows even today, as the global financial crisis continues, to avoid bottlenecks The Algerian industry before 2000, was modest and not concurrently. It is provided mainly on light military equipmentlicensed Russian and Chinese manufactured in its own specialized companies under the control of the Directorate of Military Manufacturing - Department of National Defence. Military equipment are responsible for meeting the priority needs of the National People's Army Despite the lack of production units of the army, navy and air force, as well as units in charge of maintenance for this exhibition, the National People's Army has also worked in recent years to upgrade the armament and equipment acquired and the construction of its own vessels
Arms
Khenchela Company of Mechanical Constructions since 1990: produces Submachine gun, Shotgun, Pistol and replacement parts and tooling.
National Diwan of Explosive Substances since 1976: produces hunting cartridges, ammunition, Hand grenade, anti-tank mines and 12 varieties of explosive materials.
Aircraft construction company of Tafraoui : produces Trainer aircraft, four-seater light aircraft, single seater light aircraft. The same company will produce its first Unmanned aerial vehicle 3 meter wingspan and 2.6 m long, HALE type which can fly at an altitude of 7,000 meters with a 36 hours battery life.
New Constructions and Repairs Naval Company facility was inaugurated in Annaba in February 2016 Produces Sea Rescue and patrol boats Length overallAlusafe 2000 under license from Maritime Partner AS.
