About us
ARMADILLO Armor Defense Systems, Inc. builds protected vehicles in the Philippines — engineered locally, finished to factory standard, handed over by the people who built them.
Who we are
ARMADILLO Armor Defense Systems, Inc. is a Philippine vehicle armoring company based in Cebu City. We engineer and install custom-made, selective-fit ballistic protection into cars, SUVs, pickups and vans — protecting the people inside without changing the way the vehicle looks, drives or feels.
Every build starts with the vehicle itself. We strip the interior to bare metal, map every cavity and line of sight, then cut and fit ballistic steel, aramid composite and multi-layer transparent armor to that specific body shell. Doors, pillars, roof, floor, firewall and bulkhead are sealed and overlapped at every joint, so there are no gaps where panels meet. Suspension, brakes and running gear are upgraded to carry the added mass, and the interior goes back in exactly as the factory intended.
The result is a vehicle that passes for standard — and performs like it — until the day it has to do otherwise.
To make genuine ballistic protection available to Filipino families, businesses and institutions — engineered here, built to a written specification, and delivered without shortcuts. Everyone who rides in one of our vehicles should arrive, every time.
To be the name the Philippines trusts for vehicle armoring — the builder that government, enterprise and private clients turn to when the vehicle carrying their people has to come back — and to set that standard across Southeast Asia.
What we hold to
We do not publish client names, plates or routes. The protection only works if nobody knows it is there.
Armor is templated to the vehicle in front of us. No universal kits, no gaps at the joints, no shortcuts where nobody would look.
You get the materials, coverage and standard in writing before we cut. If a vehicle or a budget is not right for the job, we say so.
The people who build the vehicle hand it over and answer for it afterwards. One workshop, one team, one standard.
Why the armadillo
An armadillo's shell is not strapped on. It is part of the animal — shaped to its body, hinged where it needs to move, and unremarkable until the moment it matters. That is exactly what we are trying to build: protection that belongs to the vehicle rather than sitting on top of it.
Find us
Our workshop is in Inayawan, Cebu City. Visits are by appointment — call ahead and we will make sure someone who can answer your questions is on the floor when you arrive.
Start a build
Send us the make, model and year, and a sense of where it operates. We will come back with a protection specification, a build schedule and a price — in writing.