Tag: Rheinmetall
Armoured Vehicles – Combat Compendium
Armoured vehicles come in many shapes and sizes, with differing roles. This compendium will examine two categories: armoured fighting vehicles (AFV) used for direct...
Rheinmetall books multiple ammunition orders in the first half of 2018
Rheinmetall has won orders to supply an international customer with various artillery components, including fuses, charges and a large number of projectiles. The contracts,...
Rheinmetall ships 200th Puma IFV to the Bundeswehr
The 200th Puma infantry fighting vehicle earmarked for the Bundeswehr has just rolled off the assembly line at the Rheinmetall plant in Unterlüß in...
Raytheon’s 360-degree AESA radar passes 3,000 hours of operations
Raytheon Company’s 360-degree capable, gallium nitride -powered active electronically scanned array, a Raytheon funded and proposed upgrade to the Patriot® Air and Missile Defense...
British Ministry of Defence announces they will re-join the Boxer programme
The UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) has announced that they will re-join the Boxer programme via the Organization for Joint Armament Cooperation, or OCCAR,...
Rheinmetall integrates MELLS antitank guided missile into Marder infantry fighting vehicle
Rheinmetall has integrated the state-of-the-art MELLS antitank guided missile into the Marder 1A5 infantry fighting vehicle.
Following successful conclusion of the study phase, the...
Slovenia Selects ARTEC’s Boxer
The 2 February announcement by The Slovenia Ministry of Defense became the most recent national military to select ARTEC’s Boxer 8x8 multi-role armoured vehicle...
Rheinmetall books new multi-million-dollar contracts from United States military
Marines and Navy order infantry ammo and special effects ordnance. America’s armed forces have once again placed their trust in Rheinmetall, recently issuing the...
MIV BOXER manufacture drives UK jobs and prosperity
Leading British companies in the defence sector BAE Systems, Pearson Engineering and Thales UK have signed agreements with the ARTEC consortium as partners for...
Up Close and Personal
Close-In Weapons Systems are effectively the ‘last line of defence’ for naval vessels. CIWS have evolved in recent years as the immediate threats to...
