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Algerian Navy Commissions First Of Two Meko A200 Frigates

April 26, 2016 @ 02:28 PM

The Algerian Navy has commissioned the first of two Meko A200 frigates after it was delivered on April 19, 2016. The second vessel is due for delivery in 2017
Saudi Arabia Opens Ammunition Facility

April 5, 2016 @ 04:14 PM

Saudi Arabia has opened a new industrial complex for the production of projectives. The complex includes nine industrial buildings, each allocated for purposes that includes processing, packaging, assembly and filling, destructive testing and non-destructive testing, heat treatments and surface treatments, Saudi press agency reported March 27 this year
Rheinmetall To Equip 88 Brazilian, Sweden Gripen Fighters Fitted With Automatic Cannon

March 1, 2016 @ 02:38 PM

Rheinmetall will be equipping a total of 88 Gripen NG fighter aircraft with the BK27 automatic cannon with a newly developed linkless ammunition feeding system. The order is worth a mid eight-figure euro amount
Rheinmetall To Modernize Polish 128 Leopard 2 MBTs For 200 Million Euro

February 23, 2016 @ 09:34 AM

Rheinmetall has won a 220 million euro contract for overhauling Polands 128 Leopard 2 main battle tanks (MBT). In cooperation with Polands Polska Grupa Zbrojeniowa (PGZ) and ZM Bumar-Łabędy, Rheinmetall will serve as a strategic partner, supplying crucial key capabilities, including electronics and weapon technology, the company said in a statement Tuesday
Rheinmetall Tests High-Energy Laser Effector Onboard German Warship

February 20, 2016 @ 08:06 AM

Rheinmetall and the German Bundewehr have successfully tested a high-energy laser effector installed on a German warship operating on the high seas. To carry out the test, Rheinmetall mounted a 10-kilowatt high-energy laser (HEL) effector on a MLG 27 light naval gun
Rheinmetall Wins 390 Million Euros To Modernize air defence system For An...

February 2, 2016 @ 11:50 AM

Rheinmetall has won a 390 million euro contract to modernize its Skyguard air defense systems from an international customer. The modernization program consists of equipping the missile/gun air defence systems with advanced radar technology
Artec Wins Boxer Vehicles Contract From German Bundeswehr

December 18, 2015 @ 12:37 PM

Artec, a joint venture between Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW) and Rheinmetall has won a contract worth EUR 476 million to provide the German Bundeswehr with 131 high-protection vehicles of Boxer type. The order commissioned by the German Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology and In-Service Support (BAAINBw), is due to deliver the Boxer vehicles between 2017 and 2020
Rheinmetall Wins Tank Ammunition Contract

November 6, 2015 @ 11:41 AM

Rheinmetall has won around Euro 20 million worth contract from an international customer to supply practice tank ammunition. The DM78A1 and DM78A3 subcalibre practice ammunition will be delivered in two lots between 2016 and 2018, the compay announced today
Rheinmetall’s Defence Records Sharp Growth In 9 Month Earnings

November 5, 2015 @ 01:31 PM

The Rheinmetall Groups Defence sector generated sales of Euro 1.6 billion in the first nine months of 2015
Rheinmetall Offers Fire Control For US Army's Grenadier Sighting System

October 12, 2015 @ 04:14 PM

Rheinmetall has offered a fire control device, Vingmate MR 500 to US Army for Grenadier Sighting System program. The company claims that the device is capable of improved first-shot hit capability at all ranges

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