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Rheinmetall, MBDA To Exhibit New Air Defense System At ILA Berlin Air...
June 2, 2016 @ 09:19 AMRheinmetall and MBDA will exhibit a new defense system concept for close- and very close-range protection against airborne threats for the first time at the ILA Berlin Air Show. This solution ensures highly mobile escort protection as well as immediate firing readiness, and integrates seamlessly in the German Tactical Air Defence System (taktisches Luftverteidigungssystem/TLVS) system architecture as a further possible element of integrated air defence
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Rheinmetall To Upgrade Swiss Air Defense Systems
May 19, 2016 @ 03:29 PMRheinmetall will upgrade the fire control units and guns of the 35mm medium-calibre Oerlikon Skyguard air defence system of the Swiss armed forces. The contract also includes an overhaul of the associated command and control systems in the operations centre as well as additional spare parts
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Rheinmetall To Provide 10,000 Armor-piercing Ammo For German Puma IFVs
May 4, 2016 @ 09:22 PMRheinmetall has won a series of contracts for production and delivery of 10,000 rounds of 30mm X 173 calibre armor-piercing ammunition worth over for €12 million to Germany. Besides production and delivery ammunition, the Germany's Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology and In-Service Support (BAAINBw) has contracted Rheinmetall to modify a system gun rest, and to supply it with special tools and spare parts, the company said in a statement Wednesday
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Rheinmetall To Supply Laser Duel Simulators To German Army
April 29, 2016 @ 11:49 AMRheinmetall AG has won a contract from the Bundeswehr worth €20 million to supply the German Army Combat Training Centre, or GÜZ, with a new generation laser duel simulators for staging combat training exercises. Known in Bundeswehr parlance as the AGDUS HdWa (Ausbildungsgerät Duellsimulator Handwaffen - “Training Device, Duel Simulator, Small Arms”), this laser- and wireless-supported duel simulation system is based on the Rheinmetall LEGATUS family of products
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Algerian Navy Commissions First Of Two Meko A200 Frigates
April 26, 2016 @ 02:28 PMThe Algerian Navy has commissioned the first of two Meko A200 frigates after it was delivered on April 19, 2016. The second vessel is due for delivery in 2017
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Saudi Arabia Opens Ammunition Facility
April 5, 2016 @ 04:14 PMSaudi Arabia has opened a new industrial complex for the production of projectives. The complex includes nine industrial buildings, each allocated for purposes that includes processing, packaging, assembly and filling, destructive testing and non-destructive testing, heat treatments and surface treatments, Saudi press agency reported March 27 this year
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Rheinmetall To Equip 88 Brazilian, Sweden Gripen Fighters Fitted With Automatic Cannon
March 1, 2016 @ 02:38 PMRheinmetall will be equipping a total of 88 Gripen NG fighter aircraft with the BK27 automatic cannon with a newly developed linkless ammunition feeding system. The order is worth a mid eight-figure euro amount
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Rheinmetall To Modernize Polish 128 Leopard 2 MBTs For 200 Million Euro
February 23, 2016 @ 09:34 AMRheinmetall has won a 220 million euro contract for overhauling Polands 128 Leopard 2 main battle tanks (MBT). In cooperation with Polands Polska Grupa Zbrojeniowa (PGZ) and ZM Bumar-Łabędy, Rheinmetall will serve as a strategic partner, supplying crucial key capabilities, including electronics and weapon technology, the company said in a statement Tuesday
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Rheinmetall Tests High-Energy Laser Effector Onboard German Warship
February 20, 2016 @ 08:06 AMRheinmetall and the German Bundewehr have successfully tested a high-energy laser effector installed on a German warship operating on the high seas. To carry out the test, Rheinmetall mounted a 10-kilowatt high-energy laser (HEL) effector on a MLG 27 light naval gun
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Rheinmetall Wins 390 Million Euros To Modernize air defence system For An...
February 2, 2016 @ 11:50 AMRheinmetall has won a 390 million euro contract to modernize its Skyguard air defense systems from an international customer. The modernization program consists of equipping the missile/gun air defence systems with advanced radar technology
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The Future of Combat: Miniaturized Laser Weapons Set to Replace Bullets and Missiles
Lasers may soon replace bullets, and drones could disable enemy UAVs with beams of light instead of missiles
Four-legged Robots Vs. Military Dogs
Four legged robots that resemble dogs are increasingly being seen in war zones and exercises for functions such as reconnaissance...
Lockheed Martin Faces Billions in F-35 Cuts Under U.S. Policy Shift
Americas policy of controlling F-35 usage, spares, and maintenance—combined with President Donald Trumps threats of trade wars with Europe, halted...
Russian Su-57 and Chinese J-20 as Alternatives to the American F-35 Stealth Fighter
As the Russian Su-57 stealth fighter jet enters serial production, the debate over how it stacks up against the American...
