In addition to the Patriot air defence missile systems already stationed in Slovakia, Germany’s Defence Minister Christine Lambrecht has promised further air defence support for this NATO country.
Slovak Minister of Defence Jaroslav Naď welcomed Minister of Defence of the Federal Republic of Germany Christine Lambrecht to the Slovak MOD in an enhanced honour cordon ceremony.
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The German security and defence industries are absolutely open and prepared to enter into European armament cooperation schemes.
Sweden, Germany, and the United Kingdom have reached an agreement with BAE Systems to purchase 436 BvS10 all-terrain vehicles.
ESG underlines its international leadership as a technology partner for C4FS systems for artillery and Joint Fire Support.
The German Ministry of Defence announced it is procuring 35 Lockheed Martin 5th Generation F-35 Lightning II aircraft.
In a further multilateral exchange of equipment, or “Ringtausch”, Rheinmetall has provided Slovenia with military swap body truck at the behest of the German government.
Two state-of-the-art submarines for the Republic of Singapore were launched in a festive ceremony at the thyssenkrupp Marine Systems shipyard in Kiel.
Rheinmetall has reached another milestone on the road to equipping the German military with a new combat helmet.
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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 test demonstrator from a flying A400M.
The technology company VINCORION, based in Wedel near Hamburg, Germany, will supply a new generator test bench to Israel.
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One of the Gepard self-propelled anti-aircraft guns (SPAAG) transferred to Ukrainian armed forces by Germany shot down a Russian cruise missile.
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