Rheinmetall signs MoU to use Vantor’s geospatial platform for European intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance network

by Peter B. de Selding

BRUSSELS — German defense technology contractor Rheinmetall AG,  investing heavily in space technology to capture a share of the German military’s $40-billion, five year space budget, has signed an MoU with US-based Vantor to integrate Vantor’s Tensorglobe geospatial platform and satellites into Rheinmetall’s command and control architecture.

The agreement, announced June 18, is the first major trans-Atlantic space partnership by Rheinmetall, which in recent months has signed multiple agreements on intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR), and secure space-based communications, in Europe.

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