Germany's Rheinmetall reports receiving two new orders for air defense system hardware and services for the air forces of two countries.
The two orders are worth a combined total of more than $250 million, the company announced on Tuesday.
A new customer country ordered two Skyguard 3 air defence systems, a third-generation system for protecting critical facilities and infrastructure from very short ranges.
Each system consists of a Skyguard 3 fire control unit as well as two 35mm Oerlikon Twin Gun GDF009 automatic cannons, Rheinmetall said.
A second country — a longstanding customer — ordered 35mm Skyguard 1 fire units. Its order included 35mm ammunition, simulators, and on-location training.
Deliveries will occur through 2021 and follow-on orders are expected in the future from both countries.
Israel strikes Gaza after missile across border: army
Israel struck a position of Islamist group Hamas in Gaza on Monday, the army said, hours after a missile was fired across the border from the Palestinian enclave.
"An (Israeli) tank targeted a post belonging to the Hamas terror organisation in the southern Gaza Strip" in the early hours of the morning, the army said in a statement.
A Hamas security source told AFP on condition of anonymi … read more
