Security Architectures in the EU

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  • Rheinmetall presents small drone bomber: Fixed-wing aircraft to drop smart grenades

    Rheinmetall presents small drone bomber: Fixed-wing aircraft to drop smart grenades

    In 2021, Rheinmetall re-entered the drone business. Already in the noughties, the Düsseldorf-based defence company had been researching “loitering munitions” with an Israeli partner. Rheinmetall wants to equip its “Luna” drones with intelligent munitions. The fixed-wing aircraft, which is about three metres long and has a wingspan of five metres, is to carry grenades for […]

  • Loitering munition: Rheinmetall sells first kamikaze drones to NATO state

    Loitering munition: Rheinmetall sells first kamikaze drones to NATO state

    In the present wars, the military is increasingly using remote-controlled warheads. The German defence ministry calls such weapons “worrying”. But after similar plans a decade ago, the Bundeswehr is again considering to procure them. For the first time, the arms manufacturer Rheinmetall has won an order for its loitering munition. According to a press release […]

  • 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 […]

  • Germany’s long road to drone power

    Germany’s long road to drone power

    The German Bundeswehr has been flying reconnaissance drones for 60 years, and now they are to be armed. In a study, the author describes all German military drones and the role of the Airbus Group. According to the UN Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial Executions, Agnès Callamard, more than a hundred states have drones in military […]