Tag: Leopard 1

Report: Germany plans large Skyranger air defence order

A Boxer Skyranger 30 air defence system manufactured by the German defence company Rheinmetall is displayed on the grounds of Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) during the International Aerospace Exhibition (ILA) on June 06 , 2024, at Brandenburg, Schoenefeld | File Photo: Sebastian Gollnow/dpa

Germany plans to order over 600 Skyranger air defence systems from Rheinmetall in a deal worth more than €9 billion to strengthen its drone defence. The mobile system, now in testing, can be mounted on Boxer and Leopard 1 vehicles and is designed to counter modern aerial threats, including drone swarms.

Ukraine orders artillery ammo plant from Rheinmetall

155 mm ammunition | Photo: Rheinmetall

The order is for a turnkey factory that will become a ‘Ukrainian Centre of Excellence for Ammunition’ to be operated by a Rheinmetall joint venture with a Ukrainian state-owned company, that will begin production within 24 months to manufacture hundreds of thousands of rounds of artillery ammunition per year.