10 Ground Robots in Development and Testing for Military Applications

Rheinmetall provides defense systems to the U.K., Hungary

Düsseldorf, Germany-based Rheinmetall AG this month said it had received an order from the U.K. for four Mission Master vehicles. The U.K. is beginning Spiral 2 or the second phase of its Robotic Platoon Vehicle testing. Rheinmetall also received an €140 million ($170 million U.S.) order from Hungary to add its StrikeShield Active Defense System to its fleet of 209 Lynx infantry fighting vehicles.