April 26, 2021 | International, Other Defence
Le CIDEF adresse une lettre à la ministre des Armées, Florence Parly, exprimant sa « profonde inquiétude » s'agissant du projet de texte visant à établir de nouveaux critères de label écologique pour les produits financiers. Il craint que ce nouveau texte ne restreigne encore davantage les facultés de financements des industriels de la défense car il se fonde sur un rapport du Centre commun de recherche (JRC) qui préconise d'exclure de ce label « les entreprises impliquées dans la production et/ou le commerce d'armes conventionnelles et de produits militaires pour le combat si elles tirent plus de 5% de leurs revenus de ces activités ». En conséquence, six fédérations d'industriels européens de la défense appellent les États à les soutenir en vue d'éviter leur exclusion de la taxonomie sur la finance durable de l'UE. « Nous exhortons les institutions européennes et les gouvernements nationaux à reconnaître qu'une telle interprétation de la finance durable aurait des effets négatifs sur l'industrie européenne de la défense, l'une des industries les plus réglementées », expliquent-elles.
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August 3, 2021 | International, Aerospace
The UK is developing its Future Combat Air System that will include next-generation fighter jets, artificial intelligence, and drones.
March 14, 2024 | International, Land
Lockheed Martin’s Camden plant produces both the High Mobility Artillery Rocket System, or HIMARS, which is a coveted long-range firing system.
December 11, 2020 | International, Aerospace
December 9, 2020 - Rheinmetall has won an order from the German Bundeswehr to inspect, maintain and repair Sikorsky CH-53G transport helicopters. Starting in March 2021, the Düsseldorf-based Group will be operating two maintenance and repair bays belonging to the German Air Force's 64th Helicopter Squadron at Diepholz in Lower Saxony. Worth a figure in the lower two-digit million-euro range, the contract with Rheinmetall Aviation Services GmbH runs for five years, with an option for a one-year extension. In Diepholz, the 64th Helicopter Squadron is responsible for larger maintenance operations in a separate remote squadron, with a total of five Bundeswehr-owned maintenance and repair bays for the CH-53G – an aircraft that has been operated in the Bundeswehr since 1972. An integrated high-tech enterprise dedicated to security and mobility, Rheinmetall's proposal won the tender, so that its subsidiary Rheinmetall Aviation Services GmbH (RAS) will soon be in charge of maintaining and repairing Bundeswehr helicopters in Diepholz. RAS will draw on organizational and aeronautical regulatory support from its sister company Rheinmetall Technical Publications GmbH, an approved aeronautical company located at Bremen Airport. About Rheinmetall Aviation Services: Rheinmetall Aviation Services GmbH, which is also based in Bremen, was founded at the beginning of 2019 as part of the Group's strategic cooperation with Sikorsky in the Heavy Transport Helicopter (STH) procurement programme, with responsibility for maintenance, repairs, training and documentation. Rheinmetall and Sikorsky have been cooperating together intensively in various procurement projects since 2009. Thanks to the new order, expertise gained through this partnership will now be profitably put to work on behalf of the Bundeswehr in Diepholz. Looking ahead, the Bundeswehr also stands to benefit in the long term from the partnership between Rheinmetall and Sikorsky in the STH procurement programme, coupled with experience accumulated at Diepholz Air Base. Rheinmetall AG Corporate Sector Defence Press and Information Oliver Hoffmann Rheinmetall Platz 1 40476 Düsseldorf Germany Phone: +49 211 473-4748 Fax: +49 211 473-4157 View source version on Rheinmetall Group: https://www.rheinmetall.com/en/rheinmetall_ag/press/news/latest_news/index_22144.php