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Rheinmetall-Led Consortium To Build Demonstrator To Protect Bases Abroad

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Monday, November 9th, 2009

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A consortium led by Germany's Rheinmetall Defence plans to build a prototype version of a fully networked system for protecting Bundeswehr camps, semi-static bases and similar installations. Germany's Federal Agency for Defence Technology and Procurement (BWB) awarded the project-engineering contract to Rheinmetall, Thales Defence Deutschland and Diehl BGT Defence. The consortium plans to demonstrate the prototype's functions and efficiency at the Bundeswehr's base in Meppen, Germany, as early as next year, the company said in a Nov. 4 release. This…

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