The German Armed Forces (Bundeswehr) announced a contract awarded to Rheinmetall for the "Schwerer Waffenträger Infanterie (Heavy Weapon Carrier for the Infantry)". Following approval by the Budget Committee of the…
ARTEC GmbH, on behalf of its parent companies Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW) and Rheinmetall, has officially handed over the last of the Boxer armoured transport vehicles (GTK) ordered to date by…
The German Bundeswehr has awarded RUAG with a “Multinational Interoperable Radio Connection Point” contract to meet an immediate operational requirement and is supplying 55 interoperable communications solutions based on the…
The German Bundeswehr has ordered 31 Airbus NH90 helicopters, to be known as Sea Tiger, for the German Navy’s ship- borne operations. The helicopters will replace the German Navy’s Sea…
German sensor solutions provider, Hensoldt has won a Bundeswehr tender for supply of 368 IRV 900 A2 infrared attachments. The order also contains an option for an additional 34 attachments.…
Airbus Helicopters has delivered the fifth and final H135 that will be used by the German Armed Forces in Bückeburg to train their pilots. The German Federal Office for Bundeswehr…
German’s Federal Office for Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology and In-Service Support (BAAINBw) in Koblenz has placed an order with Rheinmetall for 5,000 rounds of DM11 service ammunition.
Germany’s Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology and In-Service Support (BAAINBw) has awarded Airbus Helicopters a contract for the retrofit of 26 CH-53 heavy transport helicopters.
The German Bundeswehr has received all ten “missim” threat simulator units it had on order with RUAG. RUAG Aviation will provide comprehensive life cycle support for “missim”, including training, maintenance,…
The Bundeswehr, Rheinmetall and the Israel Aerospace Industries’ (IAI) ELTA Group have successfully tested the MASS and NavGuard ship protection systems. The trials took place under the aegis of the…
HENSOLDT, a specialist in sensor technology, has been awarded a substantial contract by Rheinmetall Air Defence to supply SPEXER air defence radars. These radars will be utilised in the new…
Germany's armed forces, the Bundeswehr, have awarded Airbus the SATCOMBw 3 prime contract for the next generation secure military satellite system. This contract includes geostationary satellites, ground segment, launch, and…
The HIS consortium comprising of of Helsing GmbH and Schönhofer Sales and Engineering GmbH (SSE), a 100% subsidiary of Rohde & Schwarz GmbH and Co. KG has announced the attainment…
The HIS consortium comprising of of Helsing GmbH and Schönhofer Sales and Engineering GmbH (SSE), a 100% subsidiary of Rohde & Schwarz GmbH and Co. KG has announced the attainment…
TE Connectivity (TE) has achieved VG certification for its HARTMAN K-Series contactors, facilitating their adoption for demanding aerospace, rotorcraft, eVTOL, ground vehicle, marine, and defense sectors. “Achieving VG certification for…
CAE GmbH has delivered a fully equipped NH90 training center to the German Navy during an official ceremony at the facility. Members of the NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA),…
Airbus has officially launched the construction of the new A400M maintenance centre in Wunstorf. The A400M maintenance centre is being built right next to the air base of Air Transport…
The German government has commissioned Rheinmetall to supply 40 more Marder infantry fighting vehicles to Ukraine. This order brings the total number of Marder vehicles to be supplied by Rheinmetall…
As the world enters an era in which rapidly evolving technology will determine how wars are fought and won, Boeing wants to focus in assisting militaries prepare for the present…
Dynamit Nobel Defence has the latest version of its anti-tank Panzerfaust 3-IT (Improved Tandem) at the show. The product features a tandem warhead that is particularly suitable for engaging combat…
The Finnish armed forces have contracted with EuroSpike GmbH, a joint venture of Rheinmetall Electronics GmbH, Diehl Defence, and Rafael, to supply Spike antitank guided missiles. For Rheinmetall, the order…
Sensor solutions provider Hensoldt is developing sensor equipment that can be integrated into a pod to give the recently commissioned Eurodrone a signals intelligence (SIGINT) capability. The contract for the…
Germany’s Bundeswehr, Airbus, the German Aerospace Center DLR, and German companies SFL and Geradts have jointly carried out the world’s first successful launch and operation of a Remote Carrier flight…
Airbus Defence and Space has developed and tested a loading system to lift outsized military cargo into the Airbus Beluga A300-600ST aircraft. The capability was successfully tested during a verification…
Kongsberg Maritime Sweden AB (Kongsberg) announced a contract award with Damen Naval to supply four shipsets of controllable pitch propeller systems along with associated hubs, blades, hubcaps, and shaft lines,…
Airbus Helicopters and Boeing are partnering on the Chinook H-47 to support Germany’s Schwerer Transporthubschrauber (STH) heavy-lift helicopter requirements. The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) will build on the existing Chinook…
CAE announced on Tuesday that CAE GmbH has been awarded a contract from the Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology and In-Service Support (BAAINBw) to provide ab initio training…
Data cables produced by W. L. Gore & Associates (Gore) for aerospace and defense applications have received VG designation from the Bundeswehr, Germany’s unified armed forces as well as related…
Sensor solutions provider Hensoldt, together with Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), is supplying new radars to the German Navy to modernise the sensor technology of F124 air defence frigates. The Federal…
Organisation Conjointe de Cooperation en matière d’Armement (OCCAR), the multinational procurement organisation has awarded a contract to a consortium of HENSOLDT and THEON SENSORS for the production and delivery of…
Boeing has signed agreements with ESG Elektroniksystem- und Logistik-GmbH and Lufthansa Technik to explore potential areas of collaboration in systems integration, training, support and sustainment work. The signed memorandum of…
69 tactical mobile radar systems will be manufactured and delivered to the German Land Forces by Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), through its Group and Subsidiary ELTA SYSTEMS LTD and ESG…
Airbus Helicopters is acquiring ZF Luftfahrttechnik as part of its strategy to strengthen its MRO capabilities. The decision also improves the fleet availability of the programs covered by the ZF…
Sikorsky and the members of the German CH-53K industry team have signed a new teaming agreement, bringing Reiser Simulation and Training on board. Reiser, a Bavarian medium-sized company, joins the…
The German Bundeswehr has awarded a €27 million contract to Rheinmetall for fabrication of thermal imagining aiming devices for the Marder Infantry Fighting Vehicle (IFV). 260 equipment kits will be…
RUAG MRO International has supported the avionics upgrade of two special mission Dornier 228 aircraft to ADS-B Out standards. The German Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology and In-Service…
Leading defence and security electronics firm HENSOLDT, has announced the supply of three Spexer2000 3D radars and one Z:NightOwl M camera as Xpeller module packages as part of the GUARDION…
Germany's Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology and In-Service Support (BAAINBw) has signed a renewed service contract agreement with Airbus Defence and Space for Heron 1 unmanned aerial systems…
Standing for Main Ground Combat System, MGCS is a joint Franco-German defenceproject. The programme, to be implemented under German political leadership, is tasked with developing a main combat system to…
Germany’s Federal Office for Equipment, Information Technology and In-Service Support of the Bundeswehr (BAAINBw) has selected Nexter for supply of the P20 pintle-mounted 20mm cannon. The order is an important…
Elbit Systems announcedthat it was selected by the Federal Office for Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology, and In-Service Support to support the preliminary design of Airborne Electronic Warfare (EW) self-protection systems…
MBDA has received an order to build further Meteor beyond visual range air-to-air missiles for the German Air Force. Meteor is the world’s most advanced air-to-air missile, and has a…
Airbus Helicopters has delivered the first H145 for the German Armed Forces’ (Bundeswehr) search and rescue service to the Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology and In-Service Support (BAAINBw),…
Eurospike, a joint venture between Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Ltd., Diehl Defence GmbH & Rheinmetall Electronics GmbH has signed a multi-year framework contract for the supply of SPIKE (also known…
Airbus Helicopters has delivered the first NH90 Sea Lion naval multi-role helicopter to the Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology and In-Service Support (BAAINBw), with a further two to be delivered…
Airbus Helicopters as prime contractor will work together with Dresden-based Elbe Flugzeugwerke to maintain the German Armed Forces’ (Bundeswehr’s) NH90 fleet. Airbus and the Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology…
Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW) which is part of the German-French defense technology group KNDS, has been commissioned by the German Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology and In-Service Support (BAAINBw)…
Germany has extended the successful operation of the Heron 1 drones by Airbus DS Airborne Solutions GmbH, a company of Airbus, until mid of 2020. These contracts have been…
The H135 fits many military training programmes, finding favour in Germany, Switzerland, the UK, Australia, and Japan, among others. Globally, 132 H135s and H135Ms are in service with military training programmes. …
Airbus and the Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology and In-Service Support (BAAINBw) have signed an operator agreement for Heron TP unmanned aerial systems (UAS) after parliamentary approval was…
Boeing and ten German aerospace companies reached agreements to partner on a range of business opportunities on the H-47 Chinook, a contender in Germany’s STH heavy-lift helicopter competition. The…
A new joint venture (JV) between MBDA Deutschland and Lockheed Martin, is expected to become the prime contractor for the next generation Integrated Air and Missile Defence System, "TLVS," for…
Thales has received an order for 1,000 and 10,000 70mm/2.75” rockets from the Logistic Support Command of the Army (MALE) of Spain and the German Procurement Agency, to complete the…
The modernisation of the Bundeswehr’s Leopard main battle tank fleet will be undertaken by Rheinmetall, which will implement a comprehensive array of upgrades. Coupled with additional services, the modernization package…
Airbus Helicopters has completed the delivery to the German Armed Forces (Bundeswehr) of the 15th and final H145M multi-role helicopter.
Germany’s Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology and In-Service Support (BAAINBw) has awarded Atlas Elektronik with a contract worth approximately 78.5 million Euros for the modernisation of three mine…
Throughout its 125-year corporate history, Rheinmetall has remained true to its defence engineering roots, while repeatedly branching out into other forward-looking industries, successfully striving for excellence there too, and positioning…
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