Rudy Ruitenberg
Rudy Ruitenberg is a Europe correspondent for Defense News. He started his career at Bloomberg News and has experience reporting on technology, commodity markets and politics.
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Tank maker KNDS plans stock market listing, Germany to buy 40% stake
The firm showed a proposed battle tank at Eurosatory defense exhibition in Paris boasting a French turret and gun mounted on a German Leopard 2 chassis.
Size matters: KNDS pitches long-barreled artillery for 60-kilometer base range
The 155mm howitzer is equipped with a girthy 58 caliber gun tube, about 12% longer than the 52 caliber barrels common in Europe.
MBDA advances land version of its naval missile as European strike weapon
Europe lacks long-range strike options that provide deterrence by holding Russian assets at risk, a gap that countries are trying to patch.
KNDS proposes mixed French-German tank to replace France’s Leclerc
The French-Germany company plans for an in-house active protection system and the ability to change out the 120mm gun with a 140mm variant.
France picks MBDA-Safran combo to supply multiple rocket launcher
Paris snubbed competing offers from Thales and ArianeGroup, as well as from U.S. defense giant Lockheed Martin and South Korea's Hanwha Aerospace.
French army shows Leclerc tank with once-mocked anti-drone cage
Once derided as primitive, roof-mounted armor variants have been adopted by both Russian and Ukrainian forces as drone threats proliferate.
France prepares Ukraine-inspired ‘kill web’ for battlefield awareness
The kill web will be part of the broader Arcadia AI-powered battlefield command and control structure, a top French commander said.
Interview: French Army chief Schill talks technology, surprise and ‘archaic’ combat
"We should avoid excessive analogies. France is not Ukraine," said Gen. Pierre Schill in an interview ahead of the Eurosatory defense expo near Paris.
