Security Architectures in the EU

Tag: Army

  • PackBot: German Army receives 127 new robots

    PackBot: German Army receives 127 new robots

    The Bundeswehr is being equipped with small ground robots for reconnaissance and bomb disposal. Rheinmetall, meanwhile, is showing off an armed drone tank. The German Army will receive 127 PackBot 525 ground robots, U.S. manufacturer Teledyne FLIR Defense announced last week at the Eurosatory military trade show in Paris. The tablet-controlled devices will be delivered […]

  • Ukraine war: Russia allegedly uses laser weapons against drones

    Ukraine war: Russia allegedly uses laser weapons against drones

    Russian high-energy lasers are also said to blind satellites. US land forces mount smaller systems on tanks, German Rheinmetall still working on it. Russian forces say they are using laser weapons in the war against Ukraine to take out defenders’ drones. This was stated by Russian Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov at a conference in […]

  • German Bundeswehr: The Army does not want to be intercepted

    German Bundeswehr: The Army does not want to be intercepted

    In order to communicate securely, land forces in NATO missions allegedly stop their tanks and arrange to talk “tower to tower”. The German Armed Forces also want to communicate in a tap-proof manner and use encrypted connections for this purpose. This is a problem especially for the Army, which is still not equipped with digital […]

  • Takeover of German manufacturer: Rheinmetall re-enters the drone business

    Takeover of German manufacturer: Rheinmetall re-enters the drone business

    Equipping the German Army’s reconnaissance force with new LUNA drones seems to be secured, so a sale of the insolvent German manufacturer EMT to Israel is off the table. The Bundeswehr has also commissioned a study for kamikaze drones, such a system is also offered by Rheinmetall. Defence contractor Rheinmetall is taking over major parts […]