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Rheinmetall, Lockheed Martin Team to bid for Canadian Army Land Vehicle Crew...

June 5, 2020 @ 04:33 PM

Rheinmetall is teaming up with Lockheed Martin in pursuit of the Canadian Armys Land Vehicle Crew Training System (LVCTS) project. Rheinmetall Canada will take the lead in a partnership that includes Lockheed Martin Canada, Rheinmetall Electronics of Bremen, Germany, and Lockheed Martin Training and Logistics Solutions in Orlando, Florida
KMW, Nexter and Rheinmetall to Start Initial MGCS Architecture Study

May 20, 2020 @ 01:22 PM

The Franco-German ambitious project to build a Main Ground Combat System (MGCS) is one step closer to seeing the daylight with companies- KMW, Nexter and Rheinmetall, receiving the go-ahead to begin initial architecture study. "With the contract on a system architecture definition study concluded between industry and the Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology and In-Service Support (BAAINBwBundesamt für Ausrüstung, Informationstechnik und Nutzung der Bundeswehr), the future German-French Main Ground Combat System (MGCSMain Ground Combat System) has reached its next milestone," German Federal Ministry of Defense said in a statement Wednesday afternoon
Bundeswehr Receives Rheinmetall Fox Vehicles Now Configured to Destroy Bombs

May 11, 2020 @ 10:44 AM

The German Bundeswehr is taking delivery of Rheinmetall Fox/Fuch armored transport vehicles newly-configured to support Explosives and Ordnance Demolition (EOD) missions. “Unexploded ordnance, mines and improvised explosive devices pose a grave threat to troops deployed in harms way
UK Procures Four Rheinmetall Cargo Loading Robots

April 16, 2020 @ 02:18 PM

The United Kingdom has placed an order for four Mission Master unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs) to transport cargo. "Configured for transporting cargo, these UGVs will form part of the United Kingdom's Robotic Platoon Vehicle programme
Rheinmetall Wins $80M to Supply Artillery Propelling Charges to International Customer

April 7, 2020 @ 01:11 PM

Rheinmetall has won a contract worth over $80 million (€70 million) to supply artillery propelling charges to an unnamed international customer by 2021. Booked at the end of March by Rheinmetall Denel Munition (Pty) Ltd
Germany Extends Saudi Arms Embargo till December

March 26, 2020 @ 08:58 AM

Germany has extended an arms embargo against Saudi Arabia, imposed after the Khashoggi murder, till December 31 this year. During a press briefing, a spokesman for the German chancellery announced Monday that "no new requests (for export licenses) on Saudi Arabia will be authorized until December 31, 2020
Rheinmetall NIOA Munitions, Australia to Manufacture Ammunition for US F-35

March 25, 2020 @ 06:33 AM

Australian based Rheinmetall NIOA Munitions (RNM) has secured a contract to produce and export ammunition for the US F-35 Joint Strike Fighter programme. RNM will begin production of 25mm Frangible Armoured Piercing (FAP) projectiles at the federal government-owned Benalla plant in Victoria
Thai Army Selects Israeli HarTech’s Wargaming System

March 11, 2020 @ 02:47 AM

Israel based HarTech Technologies and its Thai partner M-Landarch have been selected to provide a Wargaming Solution to the Royal Thai Army. The team led by HarTech Technologies was awarded the US$8
Rheinmetall to supply Swiss Army with Rifle-mounted laser Targeting modules

March 6, 2020 @ 11:13 AM

The Swiss Army has placed an order for Rheinmetalls VarioRay LLM laser light modules. “A contract to this effect was signed in December 2019 with Switzerlands Federal Office for Defence Procurement (Armasuisse),” the company said in a statement Delivery of 9,640 devices is set to commence in May 2020 and be complete by the end of 2022
France Selects Rheinmetall to supply Airbus A400M Cargo Hold Simulators

February 29, 2020 @ 09:02 AM

Rheinmetall has been chosen to supply Airbus A400M cargo hold simulators for Frances Cargo Training Centre near Toulouse. Having successfully passed the on-site acceptance test, the French armed forces' new cargo hold simulator for the Airbus A400M transport plane officially entered service on 31 January 2020

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