Rheinmetall Electronics, Diehl Defence and Hensoldt Sensors have teamed up to bid for the future German short-range and very short-range air defence system, known as the ‘LVS NNbS’.The partners have signed a joint agreement to form a special collaboration known as Arbeitsgemeinschaft (ARGE). The tender will be submitted under the ARGE NNbS framework.
Through this collaboration, the three companies aim to provide a ‘national and low-risk solution’ that can be easily available with the help of ‘commercially available systems and system components’.
The NNbS project seeks to fill a capability gap in protecting ground troops and other assets against ‘short and very short-range aerial threats’ during deployed operations.
ARGE NNbS’ conceptual system design is mainly based on proven systems and subsystems, including integration of components that are already in use with Bundeswehr, the unified German Armed Forces...MORE
