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Major order from a NATO customer: Rheinmetall wins framework contract for 155mm artillery ammunition in the mid three-digit million euro range

19/12/202221/12/2022 Paolo Valpolini 155 mm, artillery, Assegai, M2005, M92, modular charges, Rheinmetall, V-LAP

19 December 2022 –  long-time NATO customer awarded the South African subsidiary Rheinmetall Denel Munition a framework contract for the

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KMW and Elbit Systems intensify Rocket Artillery Cooperation

02/12/202202/12/2022 Paolo Valpolini artillery, Elbit Systems, KMW, Krauss-Maffei Wegmann, MARS-II, MLRS

Munich, November 2022– After having signed an MoU (Memorandum of Understanding in June this year, Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW), Ulm based

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EDR News 

A long-range truck-based artillery effector by Rheinmetall

17/06/202211/10/2022 Paolo Valpolini artillery, Eurosatory 2022, HX3, Rheinmetall, RMMV, RWM

Visiting the Unterlüß premises means witnessing the manufacturing of some of the key elements of the new Rheinmetall artillery system

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EDR News 

Nexter Arrowtech: completing the 155 mm 52 cal ammunition family

20/05/202211/10/2022 Paolo Valpolini 155 mm, ammunition, Arrowtech, artillery, illuminating, KNDS, LU 215, LU 216, LU 217, Nexter, smoke

In November 2021 the Nexter Group, part of KNDS, announced the re-branding of its ammunition business, which is now known

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Business News 

► Elbit Systems Awarded $130 Million in Contracts to Provide Artillery Munitions Production Line in a Country in Asia-Pacific

28/03/202228/03/2022 Paolo Valpolini ammunition, artillery, Ebit Systems, Elbit

Haifa, Israel, March 27, 2022 – Elbit Systems Ltd. (NASDAQ:ESLT and TASE: ESLT)(“Elbit Systems”) announced today that it was awarded

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EDR News 

Future Artillery Conference: Germany details future acquisitions

28/05/202128/05/2021 Paolo Valpolini artillery, BAAINBw, Bundeswehr, Defence iQ, Germany, KMW, MARS-II, MLRS, PzH 2000, Rheinmetall, Vulcano

By Paolo Valpolini While last October the German contribution to the Future Artillery Conference, organised by Defence IQ, came from

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Industry News 

Rheinmetall and Northrop Grumman agree to strategic partnership for precision-guided enhanced range artillery ammunition

19/04/202119/04/2021 Paolo Valpolini ammunition, artillery, guided, M1156, Northrop Grumman, PGK, RDM, Rheinmetall, V-LAP

19 April 2021 – Rheinmetall and Northrop Grumman have formalized an agreement to cooperate in the field of precision-guided enhanced

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NATO customer awards Rheinmetall multimillion-euro contract for artillery ammunition and propelling charges

25/01/202125/01/2021 Paolo Valpolini ammunition, artillery, charges, NATO, Rheinmetall

25 January 2021 – A NATO customer has awarded Rheinmetall an order for modern artillery ammunition. The Group’s South African

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German Army: the Future Fires Concept

06/11/202028/12/2020 Paolo Valpolini ADLER, artillery, COISS, Future Artillery Online, German Army, MLRS, PzH 2000, VJTF

By Paolo Valpolini One of the more numerous armies in terms of tanks, armoured infantry fighting vehicles and artillery assets

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EDR Special Reports 

Future Artillery Online: less nine-liners and more call-for-fire?

03/11/202012/10/2022 Paolo Valpolini artillery, Future Artillery Online

Originally planned for 27-29 October in London the 2020 edition of the Future Artillery Conference, the yearly event organised by

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