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Rheinmetall awarded contract to produce ammo for PUMA infantry fighting vehicles
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Germany purchased 100 Australian-made Boxer Armored Vehicles
Germany’s parliament has approved a plan to buy more than 100 Boxer armoured vehicles assembled in Queensland in a deal being touted as Australia’s “single biggest defence export” of all time. A contract worth more […]
Air Platform
Airbus, Boeing Offer Chinook Heavy Lift Helicopters For Bundeswehr
Boeing and Airbus Helicopters signed a Memorandum of Understanding to partner and fulfill the requirements of Germany’s Schwerer Transporthubschrauber (STH) heavy-lift helicopter program. Airbus Helicopters thus joins the industrial base constituted by Boeing around the […]
Defense Industry
Germany Commits €100 Billion to Meet NATO Defense Spending Requirement
Germany has announced a plan to prioritize military spending in light of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. A “special fund” will be set up to better equip the Bundeswehr, reported DW News. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz announced […]
Europe
Rheinmetall awarded €1.04 billion contract to upgrade Puma IFV of Bundeswehr
The German defense ministry has awarded a €1.04 billion contract to a joint venture between Krauss-Maffei Wegmann and Rheinmetall for the upgrade of the first lot of the Bundeswehr’s Puma infantry fighting vehicle, bringing them […]
C4iSR
German Army to receive Israeli air defense radar
As planned, the German Armed Forces bought the Israeli ground detection radar ELM-2180 “WatchGuard” to timely identify threats and control the surrounding area. On 17 June 2021 Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) announced it obtained a […]
Europe
Rheinmetall modernizing 27 more Boxer command vehicles for the Bundeswehr
Rheinmetall is currently bringing another 27 Boxer command vehicles of the Bundeswehr up to the latest A2 standard. Germany’s Federal Office for Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology and In-Service Support (BAAINBw) awarded the order at the […]
Europe
Rheinmetall To Bid For Future German Air Defense System
German defense conglomerate Rheinmetall has assembled a team with Diehl Defence GmbH & Co. KG of Überlingen and Hensoldt Sensors GmbH of Taufkirchen to cooperate in a special partnership known as an “Arbeitsgemeinschaft” (ARGE). Under […]
Europe
Bundeswehr Selected HK416A7 Rifles For German Commandos
German Bundeswehr office for defense procurement informed on October 2020, that an H&K HK416A7 carbine was chosen for the German commandos. The choice is a part of Sturmgewehr Speziakräfte program. A general order from the […]
C4iSR
Armenia Turned Down Russian Offer to Buy More Weapons
Armenia refused to buy Russian weapons and electronic warfare systems because of their ineffectiveness in the war in Nagorno-Karabakh. The Armenian authorities demonstratively refused to buy Russian-made weapons and electronic countermeasures to combat unmanned aerial […]