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Slovenia procures more IRIS-T SLM fire units

units from Diehl Defence The Slovenian Ministry of Defence procured a further two fire units of the medium-range ground-based air defence system IRIS-T SLM within the European Sky Shield Initiative (ESSI) contractual framework. Diehl Defence and the German Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology and In-Service Support (BAAINBw), on behalf of and with a power of attorney from the Republic of Slovenia, signed a purchase contract in July. …

Denmark procures IRIS-T SLM

In its procurement process for an interim solution in the area of Surface Based Air and Missile Defence (SBAMD), the Danish Ministry of Defence has opted for the IRIS-T SLM system from Diehl Defence. Helmut Rauch, Diehl Defence CEO, and Ralph Herzog, Vice President of the Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology and In-Service Support (BAAINBw), signed the contracts for the procurement of a fire unit of the IRIS-T SLM ground-based air defence system for Denmark on July 29. The Danish Ministry of Defence Acquisition and Logistics Organization (DALO) had previously granted the BAAINBw the authority to do so. …

armasuisse Switzerland procures IRIS-T SLM

Diehl Defence and the German Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology and In-Service Support (BAAINBw) have signed the contracts for the procurement of ground-based air defence (GBAD) systems of the type IRIS-T SLM for Switzerland. The Swiss Federal Office for Defence Procurement armasuisse had previously granted the BAAINBw the authority to do so. The signing of the agreement was preceded by Switzerland joining to the European Sky Shield Initiative (ESSI), of which Switzerland became the 19th of 24 members in October 2024. …

Change in the management of the representative offices in Berlin and Coblenz

Diehl Defence holds representative offices in Berlin and Coblenz, the management of which will change as of July 1, 2025: Thomas Schüller, who has held this position within the company to date, will hand over to his successor Oliver Schmelzer in the middle of the year and will retire on December 31, 2025. …

Diehl Defence and Sener will collaborate in Remote Carriers, UGVs and Hypersonic Missile Technologies

During the 55th International Paris Air Show, Diehl Defence and Sener signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the strategic collaboration in future systems for FCAS, hypersonic missiles, as well as for a variety of core technologies of both Sener’s and Diehl Defence’s product portfolio. …

Sweden becomes latest ESSI country to opt for IRIS-T SLM

Sweden becomes the latest of the 24 European Sky Shield Initiative (ESSI) countries, to opt for IRIS-T SLM as an element in its ground-based air defence armament. During a press conference on Gotland, Sweden, the country’s Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson and Minister of Defence Pål Jonson announced that the Swedish procurement agency FMV will procure seven fire units of the IRIS-T SLM ground-based air defence system. …

Diehl Defence and POLARIS sign cooperation agreement

Diehl Defence and Safran sign cooperation agreement to co-develop next-generation light modular air-to-ground munitions

Diehl Defence and HENSOLDT develop top-class software-defined air defence systems and intensify cooperation

Diehl Defence and Reliance Defence strengthen Strategic Partnership

Diehl Defence CEO Helmut Rauch and Anil D. Ambani, Founder of Reliance Group, discussed further details of the strategic partnership on Guided Munition / Terminally Guided Munition (TGM) that is in place, based on a Cooperation Agreement, which was signed in 2019. …