Rheinmetall is proposing solutions to close the Bundeswehr’s short-range air defence capability (SHORAD) gap, especially for countering saturation attacks by unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). To fill this gap, the company said in a 30 September press release that it is offering a sensor mix consisting of various radars and electro-optical reconnaissance and surveillance assets and effectors including missiles, its Skyranger Boxer with a 35 mm gun firing air burst munition (ABM), and eventually high energy lasers (HELs).

Rheinmetall demonstrated its Boxer Skyranger system against UAVs at its Ochsenboden firing range in Switzerland on 18–19 September 2018. (Rheinmetall)

During a press briefing of German journalists and Janes

Rheinmetall is proposing solutions to close the Bundeswehr’s short-range air defence capability (SHORAD) gap, especially for countering saturation attacks by unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). To fill this gap, the company said in a 30 September press release that it is offering a sensor mix consisting of various radars and electro-optical reconnaissance and surveillance assets and effectors including missiles, its Skyranger Boxer with a 35 mm gun firing air burst munition (ABM), and eventually high energy lasers (HELs).

Rheinmetall demonstrated its Boxer Skyranger system against UAVs at its Ochsenboden firing range in Switzerland on 18–19 September 2018. (Rheinmetall)

During a press briefing of German journalists and Janes

Rheinmetall is proposing solutions to close the Bundeswehr’s short-range air defence capability (SHORAD) gap, especially for countering saturation attacks by unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). To fill this gap, the company said in a 30 September press release that it is offering a sensor mix consisting of various radars and electro-optical reconnaissance and surveillance assets and effectors including missiles, its Skyranger Boxer with a 35 mm gun firing air burst munition (ABM), and eventually high energy lasers (HELs).

Rheinmetall demonstrated its Boxer Skyranger system against UAVs at its Ochsenboden firing range in Switzerland on 18–19 September 2018. (Rheinmetall)

During a press briefing of German journalists and Janes

Rheinmetall is proposing solutions to close the Bundeswehr’s short-range air defence capability (SHORAD) gap, especially for countering saturation attacks by unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). To fill this gap, the company said in a 30 September press release that it is offering a sensor mix consisting of various radars and electro-optical reconnaissance and surveillance assets and effectors including missiles, its Skyranger Boxer with a 35 mm gun firing air burst munition (ABM), and eventually high energy lasers (HELs).

Rheinmetall demonstrated its Boxer Skyranger system against UAVs at its Ochsenboden firing range in Switzerland on 18–19 September 2018. (Rheinmetall)

During a press briefing of German journalists and Janes

Rheinmetall is proposing solutions to close the Bundeswehr’s short-range air defence capability (SHORAD) gap, especially for countering saturation attacks by unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). To fill this gap, the company said in a 30 September press release that it is offering a sensor mix consisting of various radars and electro-optical reconnaissance and surveillance assets and effectors including missiles, its Skyranger Boxer with a 35 mm gun firing air burst munition (ABM), and eventually high energy lasers (HELs).

Rheinmetall demonstrated its Boxer Skyranger system against UAVs at its Ochsenboden firing range in Switzerland on 18–19 September 2018. (Rheinmetall)

During a press briefing of German journalists and Janes

Rheinmetall is proposing solutions to close the Bundeswehr’s short-range air defence capability (SHORAD) gap, especially for countering saturation attacks by unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). To fill this gap, the company said in a 30 September press release that it is offering a sensor mix consisting of various radars and electro-optical reconnaissance and surveillance assets and effectors including missiles, its Skyranger Boxer with a 35 mm gun firing air burst munition (ABM), and eventually high energy lasers (HELs).

Rheinmetall demonstrated its Boxer Skyranger system against UAVs at its Ochsenboden firing range in Switzerland on 18–19 September 2018. (Rheinmetall)

During a press briefing of German journalists and Janes