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MBDA Qualifies GRIFO Air Defense System with CAMM-ER Missile for Italian Army
May 9, 2024 @ 04:00 AMMBDA recently qualified the GRIFO system, the Italian Armys new air defense system, as part of the EMADS (Enhanced Modular Air Defense Solutions) family using the (Common Anti-Air Modular Missile – Extended Range) missile. The GRIFO system enhances the Italian Armys short-range air defense (SHORAD) capability with extended range provided by the CAMM-ER missile, which is vertically launched to provide 360° air defense coverage
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Rheinmetall Presents First Heavy Weapons Carrier Prototype to the German Army
May 3, 2024 @ 09:37 AMRheinmetall today presented to the German Army the first prototype of the “Infantry Heavy Weapon Carrier” for development and testing. The handover of the keys took place at the Rheinmetall Unterlüß site in the presence of the Parliamentary State Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Defense Siemtje Möller and other officials
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KNDS, Rheinmetall, Thales to form New Company for MGCS Project
May 1, 2024 @ 04:24 AMFrench and German companies – KNDS Deutschland, KNDS France, Rheinmetall Landsysteme, and Thales – are forming a new company to collaborate on the Main Ground Combat System (MGCS) project. The agreement, solidified during the Franco-German Ministerial Council meeting in Toulouse on October 16, 2019, underscores both nations' commitment to jointly develop a successor to the Bundeswehrs Leopard 2 and the French Armys Leclerc, with deployment expected to begin in 2035
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German Army Awards Rheinmetall €400M to Develop Intercom with Hearing Protection
April 24, 2024 @ 12:18 PMRheinmetall has secured a seven-year contract with the Bundeswehr to supply up to 191,000 sets of the “intercom with hearing protection function” valued at up to €400 million. The Budget Committee of the German Bundestag had imposed conditions on the project
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MoU Signed to Set up Rheinmetall Ammunition Factory in Lithuania
April 17, 2024 @ 08:04 AMLithuanian institutions and the German company Rheinmetall signed a Memorandum of Understanding for the construction of an ammunition factory in Lithuania. The signatories included Minister of Economy and Innovation Aušrinė Armonaitė, Minister of National Defence Laurynas Kasčiūnas, and Maximilian Froch from Rheinmetall AG
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Australia Inks Boxer Heavy Weapon Carrier Vehicle Production Contract
April 11, 2024 @ 05:25 AMRheinmetall has announced that Australia has signed the production contract for 123 Boxer Heavy Weapon Carrier vehicles with more than 100 of those vehicles to be exported from Australia for use by the German Army. This is Australias largest foreign military export to Germany
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Rheinmetall to Deliver 20 Additional Marder IFVs to Ukraine
April 9, 2024 @ 08:26 AMThe German government has asked Rheinmetall to deliver 20 additional Marder infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs) to the Ukraine. The order was placed in March 2024 and has a value in the mid double-digit million Euro range
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Japan to Test Rheinmetall's Unmanned Ground Vehicles
April 8, 2024 @ 07:50 AMJapan has awarded Rheinmetall a multimillion-dollar contract to deliver Mission Master SP Unmanned Ground Vehicles (UGVs) for testing and potential Army purchase. Rheinmetall will deliver three Mission Master SP vehicles to Japan in January 2025
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KNDS Germany Asks Rheinmetall to Supply Components for PzH 2000 Howitzers
April 3, 2024 @ 05:07 AMRheinmetall has secured a contract from KNDS Germany to provide essential components for 22 self-propelled howitzers, PzH 2000. The contract, facilitated through Rheinmetall's divisions Weapon and Ammunition, and Vehicle Systems Europe, entails the delivery of 22 weapon systems L52 of 155 mm caliber along with an equal number of chassis for the PzH 2000 for the German Bundeswehr
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European Union Awards Rheinmetall €130M to Boost Ammo Production
March 27, 2024 @ 06:29 AMRheinmetall has received over €130 million in funding from the European Union to increase the production of ammunition. More than a quarter of the total €500 million awarded by the EU under the Act of Support in Ammunition Production (ASAP) will be channeled into six projects by Rheinmetall AG's European subsidiaries, aimed at expanding the production of 155mm artillery ammunition and powder
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Four legged robots that resemble dogs are increasingly being seen in war zones and exercises for functions such as reconnaissance...
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As the Russian Su-57 stealth fighter jet enters serial production, the debate over how it stacks up against the American...
