DefenceTalkRheinmetall AG of Duesseldorf, Germany, released details today of its plans for a new factory in Eastern Slovakia and a massive investment into the Slovak economy. The company is hoping to supply 152 KF41 Lynx Infantry Fighting Vehicles as part of the Slovak Armed Forces’ re-equipment programme. Rheinmetall also revealed names and roles among its […]https://www.defencetalk.com/rheinmetall-ready-to-produce-new-infantry-fighting-vehicles-in-slovakia-78385/

DefenceTalkBAE Systems has signed a contract with Finland to upgrade the Finnish Army’s fleet of CV90s. The agreement, worth up to $32 million USD with options, includes a mid-life extension program to increase the vehicles’ combat efficiency for the future battlefield. The CV9030FIN prototype and test series vehicles will be upgraded first, with the remaining […]

DefenceTalkRheinmetall and Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW) formally handed over the Puma infantry fighting vehicle to the German Bundeswehr today, the most advanced system of its kind anywhere. One of the world’s most ambitious projects in the field of army technology thus enters the utilization phase. The Bundeswehr’s fielding of the Puma IFV gives its mechanized infantry […]https://www.defencetalk.com/puma-infantry-fighting-vehicle-enters-bundeswehr-service-64656/