KNDS Reactivates PzH-2000 Production Line
German-French Defence Company KNDS reactivates PzH-2000 self-propelled howitzer production line to upgrade guns.
KMW News
Weapon / Missile
Weapon / Missile
Expo and Air Show
KNDS Offers CAESAR 6x6 SPG to Malaysia
During DSA 2024, organised in Malaysia, French-German joint venture KNDS proposed its CAESAR 6x6 155 mm SPG to the Malaysian Army.
Land
Leopard Again for Italy
Italy steps further for new main battle tanks. In this context, a path similar to the past has been chosen.
Unmanned Systems
Milrem Robotics to Deliver THeMIS UGVs to Ukraine
Estonian Milrem Robotics and Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW) have signed a contract to deliver 14 THeMIS unmanned ground vehicles to Ukraine.
Land
Bilateral Relations
Greece to Co-produce Leopard Tanks
According to Die Welt, there are plans for Krauss-Maffei-Wegmann KMW to produce Leopard tanks with Greek company Metka.
Weapon / Missile
Germany Deliveres PzH 2000 Howitzer to the György Klapka
Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW) delivered the Panzerhaubitze 2000 self-propelled howitzers as part of a $1.8 billion contract signed on December 19, 2018.
Weapon / Missile
German howitzers in Ukraine are showing signs of wear
According to Spiegel, some of the Panzerhaubitzen PzH-2000 155mm Howitzers need repairs after intensive fighting.
Land
UK Gets 100 more Boxer
OCCAR, and ARTEC, a Rheinmetall and KMW consortium, have signed a contract extension to supply the British Army with an additional 100 BOXER.
Global Defence Trend Brief
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- 12:00 Reuters tracks Ankara’s goal of doubling defence exports - Reuters reported that Turkish officials want to double defence exports within two years after export...
- 12:00 Breaking Defense highlights Turkish one-way attack systems at SAHA 2026 - Breaking Defense reported that Turkish companies used SAHA 2026 to unveil multiple one-way attack sy...
- 12:00 Defense News spotlights ASELSAN’s autonomous warfare concept - Defense News reported that ASELSAN used SAHA 2026 to present a future warfare concept centred on aut...
- 12:00 Le Monde examines Türkiye’s expanding defence footprint in Mali - Le Monde reported that Türkiye has become an increasingly important security partner for Mali throug...
- 12:00 French strategic study identifies Türkiye as a rising European supplier - The Fondation pour la Recherche Stratégique assessed Türkiye as one of the most notable new entrants...
- 12:00 Middle East Forum analyses Baykar’s expansion into Europe - A Middle East Forum analysis argued that Baykar’s growing presence in Europe shows how production ca...
- 12:00 Jerusalem Post highlights Baykar’s export-heavy revenue model - The Jerusalem Post reported that Baykar generated roughly $1.8 billion in drone exports in 2024 and...
- 12:00 Foreign defence reporting keeps focus on KAAN’s next prototype phase - International defence coverage continued to highlight Turkish Aerospace’s target for the first ‘true...
- 09:00 NATO pushes allies to fill US air and naval capability gaps - Washington is pressing European allies and Canada to provide more manned and unmanned aircraft plus...
- 09:00 AI-driven drone swarms rise as a new NATO planning priority - NATO officials are warning that AI-enabled drone swarms could reshape warfare within five years, pus...
- 09:00 Counter-drone demand expands beyond battlefields into critical infrastructure - Growing drone incursions around airports, ports, oil facilities and data centres are accelerating de...
- 09:00 Europe’s loyal wingman race becomes a core airpower trend - Collaborative combat aircraft took centre stage at Berlin Airshow 2026 as European companies and air...
- 09:00 Ukraine’s drone combat know-how is becoming an export asset in Asia - Ukrainian drone firms are marketing battlefield-proven systems and swarm concepts in Japan, Taiwan a...
- 09:00 NATO accelerates live testing of counter-drone technologies - Alliance members and industry partners are expanding field trials of drone detection and interceptio...
- 09:00 Hypersonic threats keep driving demand for persistent tracking networks - The spread of hypersonic weapons continues to push Western defence planners toward integrated radar...
- 09:00 Military space resilience shifts toward larger distributed constellations - Armed forces are increasingly favouring proliferated satellite constellations over a small number of...
- 09:00 Autonomous maritime systems gain importance in surveillance and strike planning - Navies are broadening interest in autonomous surface and underwater systems for persistent ISR, infr...
- 09:00 Industrial surge capacity is becoming a decisive defence metric - Across missiles, drones and air defence, governments are placing more weight on production scalabili...
