The Bundeswehr has commissioned Rheinmetall to supply the “Heavy Infantry Weapon Carrier” (sWaTrg Inf). The signing of the contract on 21 March 2024 was preceded by the approval of the Budget Committee of the German Bundestag the day before. The contract authorises the procurement of up to 123 vehicles. The contract value is around 2.7…
The Bundeswehr is procuring four new Patriot systems and conversion kits for the Patriot radars worth almost 1.4 billion euros. The Bundestag Budget Committee approved the procurement during its meeting on 20 March 2024. The funds will come proportionately from the Bundeswehr’s special assets and the regular defence budget. Around half of the funding will…
The British Ministry of Defence has commissioned Rheinmetall to supply 500 HX 8×8 logistics vehicles of the Palletised Load System variant. The order is worth around 330 million euros.Rheinmetall’s British subsidiary RMMV UK is responsible for executing the order. The company is committed to deliver the vehicles to the British Army within three months. For…
The Navy’s Operational Flotilla 2 has received the first two modernised Rapid C-810 standby and operational boats, which will be deployed on the F123 and F124 class frigates.The main changes of the modernisation are the new drive train and new radio and navigation systems. The drive train consists of a 350 hp engine, a matching…
The Czech Air Force is procuring 24 Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II fighter jets. Maintenance and logistics services are also part of the package. The first aircraft will be introduced in 2031. This is the latest Block 4 configuration.It will be procured via the US government’s Foreign Military Sales programme. With this programme, the US…
The German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius (SPD) had already announced in November that he believed that the European Union (EU) would not meet its ambitious targets for the supply of ammunition to Ukraine. Now the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borrell, has admitted the failure. At a press conference in…
The opening of the Berlin Security Conference (BSC) 2023 was melodious. The Bundeswehr’s Stabsmusikcoprs played for the first time. After the anthems of Europe, the Netherlands and Germany resounded in the hall, the stage was set for the more than 1,400 participants, over 100 speakers and more than 50 exhibitors. The hall was filled with…
“The coexistence of different armed forces is expensively inefficient and only serves national interests,” explained German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius at the Berlin Security Conference (BSC) 2023. Germany and the Netherlands proved that strength lies in partnership. Dutch Defence Minister Kajsa Olongren agrees with this. A strong Europe is the top priority of Dutch foreign…
At the Berlin Security Conference, Admiral Rob Bauer, Chairman of the NATO Military Committee, calls for hybrid threats to be clearly identified as such. He also dispels any over-reliance on technology. “If it looks like a duck, moves like a duck and sounds like a duck, then it’s probably a duck,” stated Admiral Rob Bauer…
The two companies signed a memorandum of understanding at the Berlin Security Conference (BSC) 2023. Together, they want to develop solutions for the fifth and fourth generation of interoperability. According to the companies, the current and future challenges of European and US troops in the land, air and water domain are the subject of the…