Current Projects of the BWB
This section offers information about current individual BWB projects.
Apart from an abstract about the project you will learn more about its operational tasks, the technical specifications and the underlying – often multilateral – procurement program.
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Selected individual projects
The EUROFIGHTER is a one-seater in Delta-Canard configuration with two engines. Primary weapons are medium range air-to-air missiles (initially AMRAAM and Meteor in the future) and short-range air-to-air missiles (Sidewinder, ASRAAM and IRIS-T in the future).
The Army Training Combat Center permits operational training of combat troops under realistic conditions for combined arms combat using laser tactical engagement simulators.
The "HEP 90" main decontamination point is designed for decontamination tasks in the NBC defense corps and the crisis reaction forces. Its main purpose is to rapidly restore the troops' full operational readiness following a contamination event.
The "Infantryman of the Future" is modular, state-of-the art combat equipment. It is meant to enhance the performance of the dismounted soldier and to reduce the stress-exposure.
The introduction of the MARDER Infantry Combat Vehicle 1 A5 has provided a significant and impressive improvement of crew protection for an in-service combat vehicle, in particular with respect to the growing mine threat.
Satellites as carriers of optical or radar sensors can - unlike aircraft or unmanned aerial vehicles - carry out reconnaissance operations without infringing sovereign rights. They are thus particularly suited to gathering information – without escalating effect – for early crisis detection and prevention and for effective crisis management.
A helicopter family of the 9-to-10 ton class for transport and navy operations is being developed within the framework of the quadripartite project NH90. France, Italy, the Netherlands and Germany participate in the development.
The European, multinational co-operative project A400M is an all-weather capable transport aircraft optimized for strategic and tactical air transport with special requirements for operational flexibility and effectiveness, survivability and availability.
The capability for long-range maritime reconnaissance is being maintained by means of the still existing weapon system BR 1150 Breguet Atlantic which still has remaining capability that can be used for operations.
The weapon system TIGER is currently the most advanced combat helicopter available on the world market. After the American COMMANCHE program has been abandoned the TIGER has currently no direct competitors from a technology point of view.
Great Britain withdrew from the program at the beginning of 2005. It is currently being continued by Germany and the Netherlands with the aim of providing armored transport space for the armed forces.
The WIESEL 1 weapon carrier was developed by Porsche as a highly mobile, lightly armored and highly combat capable system with different types of armament: automatic cannon (MK 20) and guided missile TOW (Tube-launched, Optically Tracked, Wire-guided missile).
The demand of the airmobile combat and combat support forces for a light air-transportable armored vehicle with increased loading capacity and more space compared to WIESEL 1 led to the development of the WIESEL 2 by Rheinmetall Landsysteme GmbH.
