This is stated in a statement on the company's website, European Pravda writes.
The systems are designed to monitor large areas of terrain with a minimum number of personnel. In this project, Rheinmetall cooperates with the Estonian company DefSecIntel.
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Known as the SurveilSPIRE, these reconnaissance systems consist of mobile surveillance towers with day and night-capable camera equipment, autopiloted mini drones and a control system. The scope of delivery also includes transport vehicles.
"The order is worth a figure in the double-digit million-euro range. Delivery has already commenced," the statement said.
Manufactured by the Estonian company DefSecIntel, the SurveilSPIRE surveillance towers can be loaded onto trailers and quickly delivered to the area of operation.
Assembly requires three personnel; operation is fully automated.
The system includes wireless links (4G and Starlink) for video transmission to a mobile command post. Solar panels enable sustained operation without power cables or a fuel source. The system relies on autopiloted reconnaissance drones that conduct patrols and mission-specific flights. This enables inspection of detected threats and lets the operator initiate necessary countermeasures.
As Rheinmetall states, the company is already taking part in several projects in support of Ukraine. On behalf of the German government, for example, Rheinmetall subsidiary Zeppelin Mobile Systeme GmbH is supplying Ukraine this year with a turnkey field hospital. Moreover, along with other defence materiel to help it repel the Russian invasion, Ukraine is taking delivery of 26 brand new high-mobility HX swap-body trucks.
Furthermore, Rheinmetall is a partner in multiple multilateral “Ringtausch” transactions. This procedure, developed by the German government, is designed to support the Ukrainian war effort in cooperation with Germany’s European neighbours and NATO partners. Here, NATO member nations transfer Soviet-era equipment to Ukraine in exchange for surplus Western-made systems.
As Defense Express reported, earlier the Government of Germany signed the contracts with Rheinmetall on the Gepard guns ammunition production for Ukraine.
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