The contractors are charged with building a futuristic tank while showcasing Europe’s unified arms industry at the same time.

In a pivotal step for European defense modernization, four major defense companies—KNDS Deutschland, KNDS France, Rheinmetall Landsysteme, and Thales—have formally established the MGCS Project Company ...

The next step has now been taken in the Franco-German armaments project Main Ground Combat System (MGCS). On the basis of the approval by the German Federal Cartel Office, KNDS Deutschland, KNDS ...

Launched at the initiative of the French and German governments, the Main Ground Combat System (MGCS) project aims to replace ...

On the same day when this statement was made - April 6, in Azerbaijan (a co-sponsor country of the UN resolution) as a result ...

Azerbaijan is considered the second most mine-contaminated country in Europe. Civilians are still being killed and maimed ...

The Franco-German MGCS defense initiative has progressed with the official founding of the MGCS Project Company GmbH, a joint industrial entity f ...

The newly created MGCS Project Company GmbH (MPC) brings together KNDS Deutschland, KNDS France, Rheinmetall Landsysteme, and ...

Could Germany could solve two problems at once? Its struggling automotive sector is saddled with surplus factories and ...

Borrow? Cut spending? Raise taxes? European governments are exploring all avenues to finance the increase in military spending expected in the coming years, driven by the dual pressures of the ...

On April 4, the UN Human Rights Council unanimously and without a vote supported a resolution calling on countries to comply with the 1997 treaty banning the use of mines, to protect and ensure human ...

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