{"id":366472,"date":"2025-06-18T17:20:20","date_gmt":"2025-06-18T14:20:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/defensehere.com\/?p=366472"},"modified":"2025-06-18T17:20:20","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T14:20:20","slug":"rheinmetall-anduril-team-up-for-european-air-and-propulsion-tech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/defensehere.com\/en\/rheinmetall-anduril-team-up-for-european-air-and-propulsion-tech\/","title":{"rendered":"Rheinmetall, Anduril team up for European air and propulsion tech"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rheinmetall and Anduril Industries have announced a strategic partnership to co-develop a new generation of autonomous air systems and propulsion solutions for Europe. The initiative focuses on integrating key technologies into Rheinmetall\u2019s digital sovereignty architecture, with joint development and production planned across the continent.<\/p>\n<p>The collaboration includes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A European variant of Anduril\u2019s <em>Barracuda<\/em>, a low-cost, mass-manufactured autonomous air vehicle, to be integrated into Rheinmetall\u2019s Battlesuite ecosystem.<\/li>\n<li>The adaptation of <em>Fury<\/em>, a high-performance, Group 5 multi-mission UAV designed for manned-unmanned teaming.<\/li>\n<li>The development of solid rocket motors using Anduril\u2019s scalable production methods to enhance European propulsion capabilities.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The partnership emphasizes local industrial participation, modularity, and rapid deployment, aiming to deliver systems that are tailored to national requirements and aligned with NATO standards.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a different model of defense collaboration, built on shared production and mutual respect for sovereignty,\u201d said Brian Schimpf, CEO of Anduril Industries.<\/p>\n<p>Rheinmetall CEO Armin Papperger added: \u201cBy integrating these solutions into our European production base, we\u2019re expanding our ability to deliver autonomous capabilities that meet the evolving needs of European forces.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The agreement builds on earlier joint efforts by the two companies, including counter-UAS systems and a bid for the U.S. Army\u2019s OMFV program. It represents a long-term commitment to strengthening European defense autonomy through scalable, adaptable, and sovereign technologies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rheinmetall and Anduril Industries have announced a strategic partnership to co-develop a new generation of autonomous air systems and propulsion solutions for Europe. The initiative focuses on integrating key technologies into Rheinmetall\u2019s digital sovereignty architecture, with joint development and production planned across the continent. The collaboration includes: A European variant of Anduril\u2019s Barracuda, a low-cost, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":366364,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2407,4127,2359,58726,4509,5169],"tags":[58826,58555],"class_list":["post-366472","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-agreements-en","category-all-news","category-companies-en","category-defense-industry","category-headlines-en-tr","category-rheinmetall-en","tag-anduril-en-2","tag-rheinmetall-en-2"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/defensehere.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/366472","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/defensehere.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/defensehere.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/defensehere.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/defensehere.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=366472"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/defensehere.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/366472\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/defensehere.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/366364"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/defensehere.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=366472"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/defensehere.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=366472"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/defensehere.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=366472"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}