According to the newspaper’s report, the German defense company Rheinmetall will start serving tanks in Ukraine in August. Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung.
The first 12 employees from Ukraine started training in Germany and 12 more will be added soon.
The concern also plans to start tank production in Ukraine as soon as possible. Rheinmetall plans to lease local factories and manufacture equipment to NATO standards on one or two conveyors.
Formerly German defense concern Rheinmetall approvedBy the end of 2023, it will supply Ukraine with an unmanned Luna NG complex for aerial reconnaissance.
Concern clarified that Luna NG has several thousand flight hours and has proven itself with foreign customers.
The unmanned aerial system includes a ground control station with several UAVs. And also – a launch catapult, an additional safety net for landing and equipment for quick repairs. Luna NG’s design provides over 12 hours of flight time. The drone can scout at a distance of several hundred kilometers.
Previously in NATO in your name Condition for the transfer of the F-16 to Ukraine.