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Rheinmetall and Anduril Industries signed a memorandum of understanding to partner on the design, development, and production of Counter-small Unmanned Aerial System capabilities.
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Signed during the Eurosatory trade show in Paris, the C-sUAS capabilities are expected to leverage technology from both parties, including Rheinmetall’s command and control system Skymaster and weapons systems, as well as Anduril’s Lattice AI, Sentry Tower, Wisp sensors, and Anvil autonomous interceptor.
The two companies are expecting that the partnership will meet demand from the European market as a priority.
By leveraging their combined expertise and capabilities, Oliver Dürr, CEO of Rheinmetall Air Defence AG, expected that the partnership would enable their customers to overcome future threats.
“This cooperation will showcase the most innovative C-sUAS system – combining the strength of Rheinmetall military capabilities and the cutting-edge development speed of Anduril. I am absolutely confident that this combination will address the future needs of our clients and that we shall bring the right solution at the right time on the market,” Dürr said.
Greg Kausner, Anduril’s SVP of global defence, explained that the MOU would ensure that customers would be able to stay ahead of the ever-evolving drone market.
“The pace of warfare is accelerating at the speed of technology development. Global defence forces must face a rapidly evolving set of threats from both emerging unmanned systems and legacy manned platforms,” Kausner said.
“Air defence systems require a layered approach that is flexible, adaptable, and rapidly deployable. Anduril’s partnership with Rheinmetall will bring an innovative, software-defined and hardware enabled C-sUAS system to our customers to ensure they stay one step ahead of the drone threat.”
Just days before, the German prime contractor unveiled its Concept Uncrewed Turret (CUT), the concept demonstrator of an uncrewed turret for a next-generation main battle tank.
The main armament of the CUT is Rheinmetall’s 130mm Future Gun System with 51 calibre lengths. Ammunition is fed via the bustle-mounted autoloader from two magazines in the rear of the turret. The ammunition capacity consists of 25 cartridges. A coaxial .50 heavy machine gun is also fitted.
In addition, the commander’s Main Sensor Slaved Armament (MSSA) remote controlled weapon station is equipped with a Rheinmetall RMG762 machine gun. This has three rotating barrels; if one is hot-fired, another barrel is brought into firing position and the machine gun is ready to fire again. With its high firepower, the RMG762 is also expected to be suitable for fighting small UAV drones. The commander’s MSSA remote controlled weapon station also has an integrated smoke grenade launcher.
“The crewless turret has both a hunter-killer and a killer-killer capability,” according to a company statement published earlier this week.
“The reconnaissance capability can be further enhanced with small on-board reconnaissance drones.”
