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The more than 200 guests invited to Rheinmetall's proving ground in Unterlüß, Germany, at the end of September 2005 were suitably impressed by the capabilities of the company's new Protective Shield system. Representatives of the German military, the Federal Bureau of Criminal Investigation, members of the German Parliament and international delegations gathered for the three-day presentation to find out more about Protective Shield, Rheinmetall's modular protection concept for protecting our armed forces from asymmetric threats. The current threat to forward operating bases all over the world prompted the company's decision to create a modular protection system that can be tailored to different scenarios.
Klaus Eberhardt, Chairman of the Executive Board of the Düsseldorf-based Rheinmetall Group, explained that Rheinmetall launched the concept at its own initiative and using its own funds, the aim being to close existing capabilities gaps. In front of an audience of experts, the company presented networked solutions and products from all of the Group's divisions, integrated into a complete demonstrator system. "We have integrated existing technologies and have adopted a pragmatic approach; in other words we intend to offer our customers solutions that are available today and not concepts that will take years to materialize", declares Eberhardt.
Representatives from numerous German military bodies–including the Army Office, the Federal Ministry of Defence, Forces Command, the Air Force Office, Planning and Operations Command, and the Special Operations Forces–were given ample opportunity to examine the capabilities of the company's networked command and control, reconnaissance, and effector systems.
Live demonstrations showed how messages from security installations are processed in the Operations Centre–the heart of the Protective Shield–and how countermeasures are taken. The Protective Shield system proved highly effective in every case–whether in using security cameras to monitor persons approaching the perimeter fence, in detecting snipers in the area of operations with the Sniper Location System, or in shooting down incoming mortar rounds with Rheinmetall's state-of-the-art Skyshield air defence system.
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Klaus Eberhardt, Chairman of the Executive Board of the Düsseldorf-based Rheinmetall Group, explained that Rheinmetall launched the concept at its own initiative and using its own funds, the aim being to close existing capabilities gaps. In front of an audience of experts, the company presented networked solutions and products from all of the Group's divisions, integrated into a complete demonstrator system. "We have integrated existing technologies and have adopted a pragmatic approach; in other words we intend to offer our customers solutions that are available today and not concepts that will take years to materialize", declares Eberhardt.
Representatives from numerous German military bodies–including the Army Office, the Federal Ministry of Defence, Forces Command, the Air Force Office, Planning and Operations Command, and the Special Operations Forces–were given ample opportunity to examine the capabilities of the company's networked command and control, reconnaissance, and effector systems.
Live demonstrations showed how messages from security installations are processed in the Operations Centre–the heart of the Protective Shield–and how countermeasures are taken. The Protective Shield system proved highly effective in every case–whether in using security cameras to monitor persons approaching the perimeter fence, in detecting snipers in the area of operations with the Sniper Location System, or in shooting down incoming mortar rounds with Rheinmetall's state-of-the-art Skyshield air defence system.
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