The Lynx KF41 is Rheinmetall's answer to the requirements of future battlefields and offers superior capabilities in terms of survivability, lethality, mobility as well as command and control.
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According to Rheinmetall, the Lynx Skyranger 30 will be a groundbreaking air defence system based on the tried-and-tested Lynx infantry fighting vehicle.
The German defence industry giant Rheinmetall has been awarded a contract to develop the Skyranger 30 Lynx short-range air defence turret.
The Hungarian ministry of defence awarded Rheinmetall a contract in September 2020 worth over €2 billion to supply Hungary with Lynx infantry fighting vehicles.
Hungary, a NATO and EU member nation, has awarded Rheinmetall a contract for the conceptual development of the Skyranger 30 turret for the future Lynx KF41 Mobile Air Defence Vehicle.
In mid-September, the Hungarian Defence Forces carried out their inaugural live firing exercise with the Lynx KF41x infantry fighting vehicles.
The Lynx KF41 is Rheinmetall's answer to the requirements of future battlefields and offers superior capabilities in terms of survivability, lethality, mobility as well as command and control.
The new cutting-edge facility opened in Hungary will produce the Lynx infantry fighting vehicle, the world’s most advanced IFV.
During DEFEA 2023, Rheinmetall will present its Lynx KF41 Infantry Fighting Vehicle, a strong contender for the modernization of the mechanized brigades of the Hellenic Armed Forces.
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.
On 15 October 2022, Rheinmetall handed over the first of a total of 209 Lynx infantry fighting vehicles to the Hungarian Defence Forces (HDF).
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