A German frigate for the first time fired a high-energy laser weapon meant to defeat drones during recent drills held in the Baltic Sea, Rheinmetall announced today. On August 30, the frigate Sachsen engaged drones at short and very short range in the Baltic Sea near Putlos Major Training Area
Rheinmetall has delivered additional rounds of its 120mm practice ammunition for main battle tanks to the German Bundeswehr. The contract encompasses 10,715 DM98 cartridges and 10,000 DM88 cartridges
Rheinmetall handed over the first of a total of 209 Lynx infantry fighting vehicles to the Hungarian Defence Forces (HDF) on October 15, the company announced Monday. In September 2020 the Hungarian Ministry of Defence has awarded Rheinmetall an order to supply infantry fighting vehicles and related products and services with a total value of more than €2 billion
Australian Armys next generation Boxer Combat Reconnaissance Vehicle (CRV) has achieved Initial Operational Capability (IOC), Rheinmetall announced Monday. The IOC was announced on Saturday 15 October by Richard Marles, Australias Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence
Rheinmetall is supplying the Czech Republic with Leopard 2A4 main battle tanks and Buffalo armored recovery vehicles (ARVs) in exchage for supplying weapons to Ukraine. The delivery is taking place under the German governments “Ringtausch” equipment exchange programme
European MBDA, in co-operation with RBSL, have unveiled Boxer Overwatch, a Brimstone missile-equipped variant of the Boxer vehicle, for the first time at Defence Vehicles Dynamics (DVD) 2022. U
Lithuania will be repairing Panzerhaubitze 2000 self-propelled howitzers for the Ukrainian Armed Forces. “Lithuania is taking on a new mission – the PzH 2000 self-propelled howitzers owned by Ukrainians will be repaired,” Arvydas Anušauskas, Minister of National Defense of Lithuania,
American Rheinmetall Vehicles and GM Defense have offered the U.S
Rheinmetall said it has delivered AI-powered navigation system to the UK Ministry of Defence under its Project Theseus 2.2
Rheinmetall has won a contract to modernize simulators for the NH90 NFH Sea Lion naval helicopter for the German Navy. Rheinmetalls Bremen-based simulation specialists have been tasked with upgrading the “Functional Cockpit” Asterion cockpit trainer