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Rheinmetall Seeks Removal From Indian Defense Ministry's Banned List

December 27, 2016 @ 02:34 PM

Rheinmetall has written, requesting Indian Defense Ministry to be taken off the banned list with the conglomerate expressing its intention to participate in PM Narendra Modis 'Make in India' initiative. The defence ministry has come up with a new blacklisting policy in November after working on it for over a year
Rheinmetall Wins Bundeswehr Contract For Fuchs/Fox Armoured Transport Vehicles Upgrade

December 12, 2016 @ 11:55 AM

Rheinmetall has won €135 million from Bundeswehr (unified armed force of Germany) for survivability upgrades of Fuchs/Fox armoured transport vehicles. Under the contract, Rheinmetall will modernize ninety of the Bundeswehrs long-serving Fuchs/Fox armoured transport vehicles, the company announced today
Rheinmetall, Day & Zimmermann JV To Make Medium-Calibre Ammunition

December 2, 2016 @ 01:55 PM

Rheinmetall and Day & Zimmermann (D&Z) have formed a joint venture to make medium-calibre ammunition for US market, including the 25mm for F35 Joint Strike Fighter. The two firms announced the move at the AUSA show in Washington D
Rheinmetall Wins €134 Million Tractor-Trailers Contract

November 24, 2016 @ 04:18 PM

Rheinmetall has won a €134 million to supply 110 HX81 tractor-trailers to an international customer. The order has been earmarked for delivery between January 2018 and February 2019
Romania To Sign Armored Vehicles Deal With Germany's Rheinmetall

November 19, 2016 @ 09:16 AM

Romania has considered awarding a contract to Germany's Rheinmetall Defence to deliver armored personnel carriers (APC), replacing the countrys TAB vehicles. Romanias TAB vehicles are a locally built variant of the Soviet-designed BTR-70
African Nation To Acquire Combat Training Technology From Rheinmetall

November 19, 2016 @ 08:52 AM

Rheinmetall has won a contract from a nation in the Middle East-North Africa region to modernize and expand a live combat training facility. Under the $10
Corrupt Defence Firms To Be Blacklisted For One Year Only: New Indian...

November 8, 2016 @ 11:44 AM

Indias defense ministry approved a new liberalised blacklisting policy on Monday where armament companies suspected of corruption will be blacklisted for one year at a time, instead of the existing norm of 10 years at a go. The defence acquisitions council (DAC), chaired by defence minister Manohar Parrikar, approved the new guidelines for suspension or banning of business dealings with arms companies, which will be made public in the next few days, Economic Times reports
UK Air Force Receives Cargo Trainer Enhanced For Airbus A400M Transport Plane...

November 4, 2016 @ 01:29 PM

Rheinmetall and Airbus Defence & Space have supplied the Cargo Hold Trainer Enhanced (CHT-E) for the A400M transport plane to the Royal Air Force on October 20 at a formal handover ceremony. This training system is located in the National Training Centre at the Royal Air Force station in Brize Norton, the company announced today
Rheinmetall Displays 105mm Medium Battle Tank At Indo Defence 2016

November 2, 2016 @ 02:30 PM

Rheinmetall is offering a 105mm medium battle tank at Indo Defence 2016, held from 2-5 November 2016 in Indonesia. The vehicle is based on the Marder 1 chassis already fielded by the Indonesian Army
NATO’s Multi-National Battalion In Lituania To Receive Leopard 2 Tanks

October 28, 2016 @ 02:33 PM

The North Atlantic Treaty Organizations (NATO) multi-national battalion in Lithuania will receive Leopard 2 tanks in addition to the German military servicemen. "Indeed, the decision was made to dispatch tanks, but we cannot say what their numerical strength will be

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