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25 April

Arms

A white Vector reconnaissance drone is seen flying a gray landscape. The drone has the shape of a typical airplane, with a slimmer body and wings. Some areas of the field below have smoke billowing out from what appears to be burning grass. Trees with little to no leaves are dotted around the area.

German Drone Company Opens Second Factory in Ukraine

Quantum Systems has opened a drone factory and development hub in Ukraine to fast-track the supply of reconnaissance capabilities for Kyiv.

24 April

Arms

A soldier standing on shallow waters is seen wearing a helmet and fatigues and holding a Steyr GL-40 grenade launcher. The weapon is a portable capability smaller than an automatic rifle. The background is the water's shores made up of light brown sand and rock.

Juster Domingo

Germany Orders 40mm Grenade Launchers From Austria

Austrian arms manufacturer Steyr has signed a contract to supply Germany's armed forces with the GL-40 grenade launcher.

22 April

War

Inder Singh Bisht

Ukraine to Receive IRIS-T Air Defense System in Weeks: Diehl CEO

Germany will deliver the fourth IRIS-T SLM air defense system to Ukraine in a few weeks, manufacturer Diehl Defence CEO Helmut Rauch said.

22 April

Arms

Rheinmetall and Elnit Systems conduct live-fire demonstration of automated 155mm L52 wheeled self-propelled howitzer.

Rojoef Manuel

Rheinmetall to Build 155mm Ammunition Factory in Lithuania

Rheinmetall has signed a memorandum of understanding with Lithuania to initiate the construction of an ammunition manufacturing facility.

19 April

Europe

A Boxer armored fighting vehicle is seen parked in a cemented area in front of a green, tree-filled field. The eight-wheel armored vehicle is painted in green, brown, and black camouflage. A mounted gun by its hatch above is seen pointing forward. The background is a clear blue sky.

Juster Domingo

Five Dutch Soldiers Injured in NATO Exercise Mishap

Five Dutch soldiers were injured during a NATO exercise in Germany when a Boxer vehicle collided with a Fennek reconnaissance vehicle.

15 April

Europe

Staff Writer With AFP

Germany to Send Additional Patriot System to Ukraine

Germany will send an additional Patriot air defense system to Ukraine to bolster its hard-pressed military and help it fend off increased Russian aerial attacks.

12 April

Arms

Two Marder 1A3 Infantry Fighting Vehicles are seen displayed inside a warehouse-like building. The vehicles are painted dark green.

Juster Domingo

Germany to Send 20 More Marder IFVs to Ukraine

Germany has commissioned Rheinmetall to deliver 20 more Marder 1A3 infantry fighting vehicles to Ukraine.

11 April

Land

Rojoef Manuel

Australia, Rheinmetall Ink Contract to Export Boxers to Germany

Canberra and Rheinmetall Defence Australia have signed a production contract to deliver locally-developed Boxer vehicles to Germany.

11 April

Technology

A newly renovated and modernized maintenance facility project was completed and placed into operation recently at U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Command’s Tobyhanna Army Depot Forward Repair Area-Europe on Panzer Kaserne in Kaiserslautern, Germany. Pictured here is some network equipment being tested and maintained at the maintenance facility. (Cameron Porter)

Rojoef Manuel

US Army Revamps Depot-Level Equipment Maintenance Center in Germany

The US Army has opened a renovated military facility in Germany to support depot-level maintenance for warfighter equipment in Europe.

9 April

Europe

Staff Writer With AFP

Germany Begins Deployment of Permanent Lithuania Brigade

Germany has begun the permanent deployment of a military brigade in Lithuania with an advance contingent of 20 soldiers arriving in Vilnius and 150 more to join them by year's end.

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