Airbus has confirmed the most negative scenario regarding faults in the reduction gear of the engine of the A400M military transport aircraft, as cracks have been found in all engines whose propellers rotate clockwise. In extreme cases, these cracks in the engine’s Propeller Gear Box (PGB) could shed flakes of metal which then that pass […]

The  «Leopard RI» main battle tanks  arrived in Indonesia from Germany. The  «Leopard RI» is a  modular upgrade package to the Leopard 2A4 main battle tanks for Indonesia. Tanks are internally named Leopard 2RI (RI referring to “Republic of Indonesia”). The tanks are part of a USD280 million contract encompassing the Leopard 2 RIs, 42 Leopard 2+ MBTs, 42 […]

Airbus Group SE disclosed a cracking issue in its A400M military transport aircraft Friday and said its government customers must inspect the planes and make fixes if necessary. The issue doesn’t impact flight safety, the European planemaker said. The issue was first identified in 2011 in tests before the plane went into service, Airbus said […]

Seven platoons from six NATO nations compete in offensive and defensive operations during the first days of the ‪‎Strong Europe‬ ‎Tank Challenge. The a three-day event at Grafenwoehr Training Area includes vehicle identification, battle damage assessment, mounted orienteering and casualty evacuations. The SETC is co-hosted by U.S. Army Europe and the German Bundeswehr, May 10-13, […]

In the ongoing process of integrating the Puma infantry fighting vehicle into the German armed forces, Rheinmetall has recently booked a series of orders from Germany’s Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology and In-Service Support (BAAINBw). Besides production and delivery of 10,000 rounds of 30mm x 173 calibre armour-piercing ammunition, the Bundeswehr has contracted […]

In the evening of April 28 Minister of National Defence Juozas Olekas received a confirmation via phone call with Federal Minister of Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen that Germany is going to be in the lead of formation of a NATO battalion group for Lithuania. “We highly appreciate Germany’s decision, this is a firm […]

Rheinmetall AG has won an important procurement order from the Bundeswehr worth just under €20 million. The Düsseldorf-based Group will be supplying the German Army Combat Training Centre, or GÜZ, with a new generation of equipment for staging combat training exercises. Located in the Altmark district of Saxony-Anhalt, the GÜZ is one of the world’s […]

Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW) has performed the opening of the new building complex at KMW do Brasil Sistemas de Defesa Ltda in Santa Maria, Brazil. A production and service center has been erected on the 18 hectare site occupied by the KMW do Brasil Sistemas de Defesa Ltda subsidiary since its foundation in 2011. Its primary focus […]

A Meko class frigate.The Algerian Navy has commissioned the first of two Meko frigates at ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems (TKMS) in Germany, and will take delivery of the vessel in the coming months. The first frigate was named Harrad (Deterrent) during the commissioning on 23 February at the TKMS yard in Kiel, reports Navy Recognition. It […]

Rheinmetall Defence and the German Armed Forces (Bundewehr) have tested a high-energy laser effector installed on a German Navy warship operating on the high seas. To carry out the test, Rheinmetall Defence mounted a 10-kilowatt high-energy laser effector on a MLG 27 remote-controlled weapon station. The test programme included tracking of potential targets, including unmanned […]