Land Warfare

Germany moves to upgrade Puma armoured vehicles as additional procurement remains on hold

21st April 2023

Germany is spending €770 million to bring all its Puma infantry fighting vehicle inventory up to a uniform S1 design standard by 2029.

Land Warfare

Germany moves to upgrade Puma armoured vehicles as additional procurement remains on hold

21st April 2023

Germany is spending €770 million to bring all its Puma infantry fighting vehicle inventory up to a uniform S1 design standard by 2029.

Air Warfare

Hensoldt develops demonstrator SIGINT pod for Eurodrone

23rd January 2023

The company has already demonstrated its C-ESM capabilities in ground and flight tests.

Naval Warfare

OSI to upgrade navigation systems for legacy German ships

13th December 2022

OSI is already contracted to supply systems for Germany’s F126 frigates and K130 corvettes.

Uncrewed Vehicles

Rheinmetall demonstrates art of the possible for autonomous trucks

11th November 2022

Rheinmetall has successfully carried a two-week demonstration using a joint US-German convoy of autonomous trucks as part of the InterRoc programme.

Training

Germany seeks simulation-based training provider for F125 frigates

16th February 2022

Responses are due by 9 March to a German Navy tender for naval simulation-based training.

Naval Warfare

TKMS delivers final F125 frigate

29th January 2022

The four Baden-Württemberg-class F125 ships were built by the ARGE F125 consortium of Thyssenkrupp Marine Systems (TKMS) and NVL Group.

Digital Battlespace

Sea Tigers to fly with SOVERON

25th January 2022

New shipborne helicopters for the German Navy will be equipped with software-defined radios.

Defence Helicopter

Germany replenishes 70mm rocket stocks

10th January 2022

With its 70mm rocket stocks exhausted, Germany has ordered the FZ209 MOD 2.

Naval Warfare

Germany orders Mini-DRFD sets

6th January 2022

Extra Mini-DRFD M3.0 sets are destined for German Naval Special Forces Command.

Land Warfare

Germany issues EOD equipment tender

6th January 2022

The German Army will acquire 385 handheld dual-sensor EOD systems.

Training

German Army to use wireless AGDUS for combat training

3rd December 2021

New AGDUS passive vehicle training systems from Rheinmetall will be used by the German Army in its Combat Training Centre

APCs/IFVs - tracked

LuWa

Programme Background The German Army has a requirement for a new airmobile AFV to replace the Wiesel 1s used by its 1st Airmobile Brigade, as ...

Military helicopters - maritime

NH90 NFH - Germany

The helicopters will form an integral part of the frigate system for German Navy vessels. Equipped with sonar, radar and torpedoes, they will be capable ...

Military UAS - small

Puma 2 AE (Germany)

Programme Background The Germany navy had an urgent requirement for three UAS required for reconnaissance and identification in maritime operations. A platform was required that ...

Special operations vehicles

Mammoth Special Forces Medium Vehicle Family (First Batch)

Programme Background The KSK has identified the need for an armoured special operations vehicle platform to replace the AGF 1 Serval and ESK Wolf, the ...

Special operations vehicles

Mammoth Special Forces Medium Vehicle Family (Second Batch)

Programme Background The KSK has identified the need for an armoured special operations vehicle platform to replace the AGF 1 Serval and ESK Wolf, the ...

ISR/special mission

Pegasus SIGNIT aircraft (Germany)

Programme Background The Pegasus (Persistent German Airborne Surveillance System) project aims to fulfil a SIGINT capability which has been missing in the German Armed Forces ...

Frigates

F125 (Baden-Württemberg Class)

Programme Background The Baden Württemberg class (F125) frigates are in fact closer to the size of a destroyer than a traditional frigate, however, designed for ...

Sealift/replenishment vessels

Type 707 Fleet Tanker

The German Navy approved an acquisition to start replacing the two aging Type 204 RHÖN class single-hulled tankers which were constructed in the 1970s. The ...

APCs/IFVs - tracked

CATV (Germany)

Programme Background CATV The CATV programme was initiated in 2019, when the UK, Germany, Netherlands and Sweden signed an MoU to share acquisition costs for ...

APCs/IFVs - tracked

CATV (Netherlands)

Programme Background CATVThe CATV programme was initiated in 2019, when the UK, Germany, Netherlands and Sweden signed an MoU to share acquisition costs for the ...

APCs/IFVs - tracked

CATV (Sweden)

Programme Background CATV The CATV programme was initiated in 2019, when the UK, Germany, Netherlands and Sweden signed an MoU to share acquisition costs for ...

APCs/IFVs - tracked

CATV (UK)

Programme Background CATV The CATV programme was initiated in 2019, when the UK, Germany, Netherlands and Sweden signed an MoU to share acquisition costs for ...

APCs/IFVs - tracked

CATV (Germany - Second Order)

Programme Background CATV The CATV programme was initiated in 2019, when the UK, Germany, Netherlands and Sweden signed an MoU to share acquisition costs for ...

Military UAS - rotary-wing, Military UAS - tactical

Skeldar V-200B / Sea Falcon (Germany)

Programme Background Requirements Under the Reconnaissance and Identification in the Maritime Operational Area (AImEG) project, the German Navy sought an ISR capability for its Braunschweig Class ...

Frigates

F124 Frigate Replacement Programme (F127) (Germany)

Programme Background Requirements The German Navy gave Shephard an update on the programme in October 2021. Germany expects to introduce the next-generation F127 frigate into ...

Construction vehicles

G-LTM 1090-4.2 armoured mobile crane

Liebherr has manufactured more than 800 military cranes with lifting capacities from 10 to 500t since 1977. In June 2017, Germany’s Federal Office of Bundeswehr ...

APCs/IFVs - tracked

GSD LuWa

Luftbeweglichen Waffenträger (LuWa) is an air-transportable light armoured vehicle commissioned by the German Army. It is intended to be used by airborne troops as a replacement ...

EO/IR systems

Mantis i45

AeroVironment’s Mantis i45 EO/IR gimbal sensor suite is designed for the AeroVironment Puma AE small UAS, providing it with additional intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities. ...

APCs/IFVs - tracked

BvS10 Mk II

Based on its experience with the Bv206S, BAE Systems Hägglunds developed the tracked BvS10 all-terrain armoured vehicle to meet the requirements of the UK Royal ...

Deployable/static missile systems

TLVS

TLVS (Taktisches Luftverteidigungssystem) is a mobile ground based air and missile defence system for protection against the current and future threat spectrum in the lower ...

Land: software-defined radios and modems, Sea: communication systems

MSSR 2000 ID

MSSR 2000 ID (also known as AN/UPX-48) is a Mode 5 IFF interrogator system designed for medium-to-long range applications on land and at sea. According to ...

Land: soldier modernisation systems - national programmes

Gladius/IdZ

Gladius is the latest iteration of the Infantryman of the Future (Infanterist der Zukunft or IdZ) project. In 2009, Rheinmetall was awarded a contract to ...

Self-propelled rocket launchers

MLRS

Development of the M270 Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) began in the US in 1976 and was extended in 1983 to include France, Germany, Italy ...

Military UAS - rotary-wing, Military UAS - tactical

Skeldar V-200B / Sea Falcon

The Skeldar V-200B, an improved variant of the Skeldar V-200 VTOL UAV, has been designed for maritime applications. Unveiled in 2018 by UMS Skeldar, the V-200B has ...

Tanks

Leopard 2A7

The Leopard 2A7 is the current production standard of the successful 120mm-armed Leopard 2 MBT series. In April 2013, Qatar bought 62 new Leopard 2A7Q ...

Frigates

Baden-Württemberg Class (F125)

The Baden-Württemberg-class (F125) frigates for the German Navy are one of the largest frigates in service in the world and were built by the ARGE ...

Frigates

Sachsen Class (F124)

The Sachsen-class (F124) frigates for the Federal German Navy were designed for enhanced air defence with stealth features to decrease detection. Based on the Brandenburg-class ...

Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - small

Puma 2 AE

The Puma 2 All Environment (AE), or RQ-20B in US nomenclature, is the second generation of AeroVironment's small UAS. The Puma 2 AE is sometimes called ...

Fighter - multirole

Eurofighter Typhoon Tranche 3A (Block 20, 25, 25C)

The Eurofighter Typhoon Tranche 3A is the latest variant of the Typhoon multirole fighter aircraft family. Under the Tranche 3A contract signed in 2009, a total ...

APCs/IFVs - tracked

Puma IFV

The 30mm-armed Puma tracked IFV was developed by Projekt System & Management (PSM), a JV between Krauss-Maffei Wegmann and Rheinmetall Landsysteme, to meet the German ...