Rheinmetall’s state-of-the-art Lynx infantry fighting vehicle has reached its latest interim objective: promptly at the start on 2023, low-rate initial production (LRIP) began in NATO member nation Hungary, the vehicle’s first customer.
The German government will provide Ukraine with Marder infantry fighting vehicles and Patriot air defence system battery.
German defence industry company Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW) has launched the production of RCH 155 howitzers for Ukraine.
NATO’s Very High Readiness Joint Task Force (VJTF) was created in 2014 at the core of a strengthened NATO Response Force, following Russia’s illegal annexation of Crimea and crises in the Middle East.
In December this year COMLOG Gesellschaft für Logistik delivered the first Patriot GEM-T air defence missile to the German Air Force.
Atlas Elektronik and Vsense Technologies, which is an Israeli supplier and system integrator of advanced Communication and surveillance solutions for defense, maritime and industrial customers, signed an agreement to collaborate on a one-of-a-kind project.
Leonardo's LIONFISH 12.7 Top defense systems have been chosen to equip the German Navy's F126 new frigates.
The German government is examining whether it can provide even greater support to the Ukrainian armed forces in their defence against Russian air attacks.
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The Czech army received the first of 15 tanks to be sent from Germany, which will replace those sent to Ukraine to boost its defence capabilities.
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.
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