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There is an increasing trend for military Land Forces around the World to replace manned crew-served weapon systems on vehicles, with remote controlled weapon systems, to improve crew protection, improve precision and reduce collateral damage, provide enhanced situational awareness and to increase the lethality of fielded weapon systems. This has …

Already from the first day of operation of DEFEA 2023 industrial cooperation agreements were signed. The most important was the acquisition of the leading Greek electronics company Intracom Defense (IDE) by the Israeli IAI (Israel Aerospace Industries). The final agreement was signed by the company’s president, Mr. Sokratis Kokkalis, at …

The leading European robotics and autonomous systems developer, Milrem Robotics, and the German defence company Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW) have signed a contract to deliver 14 THeMIS unmanned ground vehicles (UGV) to Ukraine. Of the 14 vehicles, seven will be configured for casualty evacuation (CASEVAC) and are scheduled to be delivered …

 Rheinmetall and Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW) have established a joint venture in Lithuania for providing comprehensive logistical support for combat vehicles belonging to the Lithuanian armed forces as well as those of other NATO nations stationed in the Baltic States. The idea is to take advantage of synergy effects and to …

Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW) has been commissioned by IVECO Defence Vehicles S.p.A. to produce the driver’s cabs of GTF2 protected transport vehicles on the IVECO Trakker basis. In total, the order involves a production volume of 224 protected cabs from KMW with an option for a further 824 truck cabs. KMW …