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2020-02-09

Rheinmetall and Thales Team Up

Rheinmetall and Thales have signed an agreement to together support the future developments, qualification and production of the 70mm (2.75”) guided and unguided rockets solutions for helicopters as well as potentially other new platforms in Germany.
 
The Thales 70mm (2.75”) rocket systems are currently operated on UHT Tiger and under certification on Airbus Helicopters H145M. As part of the agreement, Rheinmetall Waffe Munition GmbH will lead the team towards the German customers and use its experience as the main supplier to the Bundeswehr. 
 
The agreement deepens the existing relationship between Thales and Rheinmetall in this field as other members of Rheinmetall Group are working in collaborative integration programmes with Thales, like on Rheinmetall Canada’s Mission Master UGV. 
 
Together, Rheinmetall and Thales propose important complementary capabilities, especially in the frame of the Tiger MK3 programme (guided rocket in “Lock-On-Before-Launch” mode, additional communication between the rocket system and the platform, identification, remote control).
 
Torsten Böhm, Senior Vice President ‘Business Development and Sales’, Rheinmetall Waffe Munition said: “The multi-decade experience and quality of the Thales 70mm rockets fit perfectly to Rheinmetall’s activities to provide the users in Germany with the best products. The Thales portfolio in this domain is complementary to the current Rheinmetall technical portfolio. This gives the opportunity to combine forces, but more importantly gives the user direct access to products, meeting the highest requirements on effectiveness, accuracy and safety.”

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