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DPRTE 2020 and DIO to present live webinar on infrastructure opportunities

Land June 3, 2020

DPRTE 2020 & PASS are to present a live webinar held in conjunction with Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) entitled Building the Defence Estates Infrastructure & Connecting Opportunities. In this free webinar, taking place on Monday 8 June 11am, Nick Wilkinson, Commercial Head of Programmes at the Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO), will ...

Latvia and Estonia place orders for Carl-Gustaf M4

Land June 2, 2020

Saab has received orders from Latvian Armed Forces and Estonian Armed Forces for deliveries of Carl-Gustaf M4. The orders are placed within a framework agreement signed by the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) in June 2019, which allows Sweden, Latvia and Estonia to place orders for Carl-Gustaf M4 weapon systems during ...

Bundeswehr awards Rheinmetall procurement order for EOD equipment

Land May 26, 2020

Rheinmetall has been awarded a supplementary procurement order by the Bundeswehr to supply four Route Clearance Systems. The order is worth a figure in the lower two-digit million-euro range. Signed in December 2019, the contract is set to run for approximately four years. Under the contract, Rheinmetall will be turning five Fuchs/Fox ...

ARGE get the go-ahead for initial MGCS architecture study

Land May 26, 2020

Standing for Main Ground Combat System, MGCS is a joint Franco-German defence project. The programme, to be implemented under German political leadership, is tasked with developing a main combat system to succeed the Bundeswehr’s Leopard 2 and the French Army’s Leclerc starting in 2035. Marking the start of the MGCS procurement ...