Oerlikon Skyguard® 3 Air Defence System
The Oerlikon Skyguard® 3 Air Defence System is the third generation of the legendary Skyguard air defence product line.
Rheinmetall Air Defence
Ground-based Air Defence Systems
The complex requirements imposed on short and very short-range air defence have become much more complex in recent years.
The complex requirements imposed on short and very short-range air defence have become much more complex in recent years. Both quantitatively and qualitatively, the air threat continues to mutate and multiply.
Increasingly, the emphasis is on unmanned air vehicles and precision guided munitions that are smaller, faster and more agile than ever; only the most sophisticated air defence systems can provide protection against these threats.
Advanced air defence systems
Rheinmetall Defence’s air defence division is one of the world’s foremost makers of advanced air defence systems. The company leads the global market in automatic cannon-based air defence, and is the only system supplier able to offer fire control technology, automatic 35mm cannon, integrated guided missiles and Ahead airburst ammunition, all from a single source.
The ground forces of over 40 nations count on Rheinmetall’s state-of-the-art air defence solutions.
Fully automated and extremely effective, our high-performance systems are ideal to protect military and civil high-value assets from modern symmetric and asymmetric threats. Thanks to the company’s Ahead technology, they can take out even the smallest targets.
Command and control systems for air defence
We offer customer-tailored solutions for tactical and operative air defence networks with multi spectrum sensor netting.
Oerlikon Skymaster® Command and Control Systems:
• Customer tailored solutions
• Tactical and operative air defence networks
• Multi spectrum sensor netting solutions
• Force multiplier on all command levels and increased effectiveness
Asset protection systems
MOOTW systems are designed for conference and vital critical asset protection of strategic national concern or protection of fielded military engaged in peacekeeping or nation-building missions.
Oerlikon Skyshield® MOOTW/C-RAM System:
• Defence system for round the clock protection
• Highly effective against RAM targets – sense and warn, intercept
• Works with netted sensors
• Build for highest precision
• Integrated command system
• Use of Ahead ammunition
Stationary critical asset protection systems
Stationary critical asset protection systems are used as the inner tier of the layered air defence for vital point protection of critical military infrastructures. They have a high efficiency against fast and small air targets.
• Oerlikon Skyguard® Air Defence System:
• Third generation of the legendary Skyguard air defence product line
• Skyguard 3 fire control unit
• Connecting up to four effectors such as Oerlikon Twin Gun® GDF007, VSHORAD missile launchers and Oerlikon Revolver Gun® Mk 2 Towed
• Optimised for inner tier and vital asset protection
• Use of Ahead technology
Mobile air defence systems
Our mobile defence systems are self-propelled and are used for the protection of moving vital assets, such as mechanised forces or convoys.
Oerlikon Skyranger® Mobile Air Defence System:
• Modular multi-mission mobile air defence system
• Flexibility
• Manoeuvrability
• Concentrated fire power
• Sustainability
• Adaptable armour protection
Skyarcher® ASRAD 2 Mobile Air Defence System:
• Mobile VSHORAD missile air defence system
• Electro-optic target tracking sensor
• Capable for various fire and forget VSHORAD missiles
• Optional 0.5in machine gun for self defence
• Capable for autonomous and networked mobile operations
Air and naval defence services
We also offer customer tailored service solutions such as instruction in the handling of systems, maintenance, and tactics.
Our naval defence services offer all the benefits of our ground-based air defence systems, specially designed for naval layered air defence tasks. More information is available on the Naval-Technology website.
Rheinmetall Air Defence – Countering modern air threats
Rheinmetall Air Defence – Highly effective, programmable ammunition
The Oerlikon Skyshield® Air Defence System – Countering the Threat From Above
In contemporary conflicts, where the threat is often asymmetric, attacks can come at any time and any place - especially from above.
Oerlikon Skyshield® MOOTW / C-RAM System
The opponent side using rockets, artillery and mortar (RAM) in asymmetric warfare is highly mobile and very difficult to identify and to distinguish. The Oerlikon Skyshield® MOOTW / C-RAM System is the Rheinmetall Air Defence solution to counter this challenge.
HX3 Tactical Military Trucks, Germany
The HX3 series of future-proof military trucks is being offered by German company Rheinmetall MAN Military Vehicles (RMMV) for logistics and tactical missions.
SkyKnight C-RAM Missile System
SkyKnight is a new air defence missile system manufactured by Halcon, a precision-guided weapons supplier based in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). It is the first counter-rocket, artillery, and mortar (C-RAM) missile system designed and built locally in the UAE.
Mission Master Autonomous Unmanned Ground Vehicle
Mission Master is a modular autonomous unmanned ground vehicle (A-UGV) designed and manufactured by Rheinmetall Canada.
NBS MANTIS Air Defence Protection System
Nächstbereichschutzsystem (NBS) MANTIS is a very short-range air defence protection system developed for protecting the forward-operating bases of the German Army in Afghanistan.
Mission Master Unmanned Ground Vehicle
The Mission Master unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) is produced by Rheinmetall to support multiple mission requirements of troops in difficult terrain conditions.
ADATS Short Range Air Defence System
ADATS is a low-level short range air defence (SHORAD) system, capable of engaging both air and surface targets.
Rheinmetall to Supply Artillery Ammunition to Australia
Australia is procuring artillery ammunition from Rheinmetall. Under its 'Land 17 Phase 1C.2 Future Artillery Ammunition' project, the Australian Defence Force will soon be taking delivery of various projectile types from the Rheinmetall Assegai family, as well as fuses and propelling charges, supplied by a team consisting of NIOA, Rheinmetall Waffe Munition, Rheinmetall Denel Munition, Nitrochemie and Junghans Defence.
4 April 2018Rheinmetall Integrates MELLS Antitank Guided Missile into Marder Infantry Fighting Vehicle
Rheinmetall has integrated the state-of-the-art MELLS antitank-guided missile into the Marder 1A5 infantry fighting vehicle.
28 March 2018Rheinmetall to Supply Australian Army with Boxer Wheeled Armoured Reconnaissance Vehicles
The Prime Minister of Australia, The Honourable Malcolm Turnbull MP, has announced that Rheinmetall has been selected by the Australian Government to provide its next generation 8x8 Combat Reconnaissance Vehicles (CRVs) as part of plans to modernise the Australian Army under the Land 400 Phase 2 Project.
21 March 2018Rheinmetall Skynex – a Fully Networked, Next-Generation Air Defence System for ‘Below Patriot Scenarios’
Experience gained in current conflicts shows that certain threats cannot be effectively countered with large, missile-based air defence systems, while other projectiles slip past the defensive shield as 'leakers'.
7 March 2017Remote-Control Firepower: the Oerlikon Fieldranger 20 from Rheinmetall
At IDEX 2017, Rheinmetall showcased its Oerlikon Fieldranger 20, a versatile, high-precision, remotely controlled weapon station that delivers impressive firepower.
1 March 2017Rheinmetall Presents Skynex at Eurosatory 2016
At Eurosatory 2016 the Düsseldorf-based Group is giving the international public a first look at Skynex, its new concept for a fully networked, future ground-based air defence system.
15 June 2016Rheinmetall’s Unveils New Oerlikon Revolver Gun Mk3 at Eurosatory 2016
At Eurosatory 2016 Rheinmetall is unveiling its new Oerlikon Revolver Gun Mk 3, a remotely controlled, autonomous, network-capable air defence system.
12 June 2016Rheinmetall Unveils Hard-Hitting New Solutions for Armed Forces
At Eurosatory 2016, Europe's biggest defence show (13-17 June), Rheinmetall will be highlighting its role as a high-tech group dedicated to meeting two of modern humanity's fundamental requirements: security and mobility.
6 June 2016Rheinmetall Wins Contract to Extend Service Life of Switzerland’s Air Defence Systems
Rheinmetall Air Defence AG of Zürich, a member of the Düsseldorf-based Rheinmetall Group, has won an important modernisation order from the Swiss armed forces.
17 May 2016Integrated Air and Missile Defence Brazil 2013
Rheinmetall Defence is hosting a post-conference workshop at Integrated Air and Missile Defence (IAMD) Brazil.
29 May 2013Rheinmetall Transfers MANTIS Air Defence System to the German Air Force
In November 2012, the German Air Force took formal delivery of the Rheinmetall-made MANTIS air defence system at a ceremony in Husum, Germany, home of Air Defence Missile Squadron 1 'Schleswig-Holstein'.
19 March 2013Flying Colours: Rheinmetall Successfully Tests 50kW High-Energy Laser Weapon
Rheinmetall has successfully tested its new 50kW high-energy weapon technology demonstrator.
19 March 2013Rheinmetall Air Defence Releases Skyshield MOOTW White Paper
Rheinmetall Air Defence has released a white paper on the Skyshield MOOTW / C-RAM System is a relocatable Ground Based Air Defence (GBAD) system.
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