Italy’s Leonardo and Germany’s Rheinmetall have secured, through their three means partnership, two contracts with the Italian Navy worth $4.16 billion in full for armored cars, Italy’s MF newspaper reported on Thursday.
The orders are for the supply of the A2CS battle cars and the new-generation MBT tanks and are part of Italy’s wider navy modernization program, the Italian financial each day added.
Rheinmetall declined to comment.
Leonardo CEO Lorenzo Mariani acknowledged he could not affirm whether or not or not the contract had been signed “as any communication on the matter should be coordinated with our purchasers.”
Leonardo and Rheinmetall launched their 50-50 three means partnership in 2024.
“The programme is ready to enter manufacturing from our aspect. We’re actively engaged on every the tank programme and the Future Combat System (FCS), and are progressing on every in shut cooperation with Rheinmetall,” Mariani acknowledged in Rome.
Speaking on the sidelines of the annual meeting of the state-backed Fondo Italiano d’Investimento, he harassed the importance of tanks for the modernization of Italy’s safety, for exports and for the broader partnership with Rheinmetall.
