Rheinmetall, Croatian Firm DOK-ING to Jointly Develop Unmanned Ground Systems

Croatia’s DOK-ING and Rheinmetall signed a Memorandum of Understanding on Monday to establish a joint venture for developing various unmanned ground systems with entirely European origin.

The agreement was signed in the presence of the Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister of the Republic of Croatia Ivan Anušić.

The agreement provides for joint development and subsequent marketing of the new DOK-ING Komodo platform. Rheinmetall AG is contributing various capability modules/upgrade kits (e.g. for direct and indirect fire, mine-laying, reconnaissance sensors, logistics, etc.), as well as its international market access and industrial capacities.

The implementation of the MoU is subject to the prior approval of the relevant regulatory authorities, including the European Commission and the respective national competition authorities.

Within the framework of the future cooperation, numerous combat and combat support solutions will be developed, including a joint project for an unmanned armed support vehicle (known as a Wingman) for battle tanks and infantry fighting vehicles for reconnaissance and fire support is also to be developed. These shall be used in combination with other Rheinmetall products, such as the KF51 Panther, the Büffel-3 armoured recovery vehicle and the Kodiak-3 armoured engineer vehicle.