Rheinmetall has booked another major modernization order for heavy tanks. Poland has just awarded the Düsseldorf-based Group a contract for overhauling 128 Leopard 2 MBTs. In cooperation with Poland’s Polska Grupa Zbrojeniowa (PGZ) and ZM Bumar-Łabędy S.A., Rheinmetall will serve as a strategic partner, supplying crucial key capabilities, including electronics and weapon technology. The project […]

Rheinmetall AG has decided to consolidate its Defence unit’s extensive military vehicle activities in a new division called “Vehicle Systems”. As a first step, Rheinmetall Landsysteme GmbH (RLS) and Rheinmetall MAN Military Vehicles GmbH (RMMV) have been placed under joint management effective from 1 January 2016. Ben Hudson (CEO) and Michael Wittlinger (CFO) will lead […]

Mercedes Benz is developing a new light armoured vehicle and the prototype has been spied going under cold weather testing, reported www.auto-motor-und-sport.de. The G Class light armoured vehicle is expected to be based on G500 4×4. Mercedes already has the G Wagon LAPV 6.1 armored version and this new model will be more extreme compared to […]

Atlas Elektronik UK has delivered an ARCIMS USV to the German Naval Technical Centre for evaluation, the company announced on 20 January. The equipment is being assessed as part of a German Navy requirement for unmanned mine countermeasure (MCM) systems. ARCIMS USV is an 11m platform with a large open deck space and a 4 […]

An international customer has awarded Rheinmetall an important contract for artillery ammunition. Worth around €130 million, the order encompasses the Group’s full spectrum of projectile variants as well as the accompanying propelling charges. Delivery of the products will take place during a period up to the end of 2019. Rheinmetall Denel Munition of South Africa […]

According to the German web resource augengeradeaus.net, Research Institute of materials and property of the Bundeswehr (Wehrwissenschaftliche Institut für Werk- und Betriebsstoffe – WIWeB) has developed a new security pattern camouflage uniforms Multitarn for the German army. German Defense Ministry has not yet issued a formal decision on the adoption of Multitarn for camouflage uniforms […]

The commander of Egypt’s naval forces, Rear Admiral Osama Mounir, attended in Hamburg, Germany the inauguration of a German-built Egyptian submarine on Thursday, according to the Egyptian Armed Forces spokesperson. This is Egypt’s first Type-209/1400 submarine with the latest technology installed for this type of vessel. Egypt had signed the deal with Berlin to buy […]

Rheinmetall has booked an order for additional Fieldguard 3 Fire Control measuring systems to be supplied to an international customer. Together with earlier systems covered by an existing framework contract from 2012, this order brings the total value for the systems including spare parts to €52 million. The delivery of the systems started in May […]

Germany has received into service its second Airbus Defence and Space A400M Atlas transport aircraft, the company announced on 2 December. The aircraft was handed over to the German Air Force during a ceremony at the final assembly line in Seville, Spain, just less than a year after the first aircraft was delivered on 18 […]

Airbus Helicopters will next week begin deliveries of the H145M rotorcraft to its German air force launch customer. On 8 December, the service will receive the first two of an eventual 15 aircraft configured for special forces missions. Deliveries of the 3.7t helicopters, derived from the latest version of the civil model, will run until […]