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PUMA IFVs Head To UAE For Hot Climate Tests
August 28, 2013 @ 02:29 PMGerman armed forces will spend the next two months in the UAE testing the performance of the new Puma infantry fighting vehicle (IFV) in hot climates after completing cold tests in Norway last year. The tests will be conducted under the direction of the Federal Office for equipment, information technology and operation of the Bundeswehr (BAAINBw) by personnel of the Bundeswehr Technical Centre (WTD) 91 Meppen (weapons) and WTD 41 Trier for mobility
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Rheinmetall Wins $1.58 Billion Australian Contract
July 23, 2013 @ 12:14 PMRheinmetall today announced that it has won a $1.58 billion contract in Australia
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Rheinmetall Receive Tank Parts Order Worth 475 Million Euros
July 19, 2013 @ 02:40 PMRheinmetall yesterday received a major order worth 475 million euros from an unnamed Arab customer. Under this contract, Rheinmetall will be supplying complete L55-type tank guns for over sixty Leopard 2A7 main battle tanks, together with fire control electronics and electro-optical sensors for the medium-calibre weapon station
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Rheinmetall Executive Charged With Bribery By Indian Police
June 7, 2013 @ 11:41 AMIndian officials have charged a Rheinmetall Air Defence (RAD) official and two others who allegedly paid bribes on behalf of the company to ensure it wouldnt get blacklisted in India. Police have charged Gerhard Hoy, the India representative of Rheinmetall, with bribery, along with Indian businessman Abhishek Verma and his Romanian-born wife, Anca Neacsu
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Rheinmettal To Upgrade 25 Armored Trucks For Germany
May 24, 2013 @ 01:48 PMRheinmetall has won a $46.4 million contract to modernize 25 Fuchs/Fox armored transport vehicles in additional to the 177 trucks for the Bundeswehr
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Meeting With Arms Dealers Leaves Indian MoD Officials Red Faced
May 24, 2013 @ 08:53 AMSuspects in the Indian-Rheinmetall Air Defense scam have managed to leave Indian MoD officials red faced after the Central Bureau of Investigation received photographs and videos of meetings between middlemen and bureaucrats. According to reports, the CBI was sent confidential material from arms dealer Abhishek Vermas estranged business partner Edmond Allen
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Rheinmetall Wins Fox Upgrade Contract Worth €36 Million
May 23, 2013 @ 01:47 PMRheinmetall has been awarded a €36 million contract by German Army to upgrade an additional 25 Fuchs/Fox armoured transport vehicles. This contract will bring the old vehicles up to the new 1A8 version, enhancing the protection levels in the previous version
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New Zealand Orders 200 Trucks From Rheinmetall
May 17, 2013 @ 02:51 PMNew Zealands Defence Minister, Dr Jonathan Coleman, announced that Rheinmetall MAN Military Vehicles Australia (RMMVA) has been awarded a contract to supply the countrys armed forces with up to 200 vehicles. The contract was signed recently by Secretary of Defence Helene Quilter
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Rheinmetall To Sell 164 Tanks To Indonesia
May 8, 2013 @ 01:07 PMIn a deal worth several millions of dollars, Rheinmetall has been given a nod by the German government to sell 164 tanks to Indonesia, after the Dutch parliament rejected the similar request over human rights concerns. After this deal, Indonesia joins the contentious new export list along with Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates
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Rheinmetall Expects 50% Revenue Outside Europe By 2015, Focus on China, India
March 20, 2013 @ 12:43 PMThe Rheinmetall group sees potential in markets outside Europe such as in Asia and Australia. Hence 2015 strategic program intends to generate around 50% of sales with customers outside Europe
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