MBDA Germany communicates about the support it is bringing to the German army’s Patriot air defense modernization imposed by the more complex threats, including identification of friend or foe. This leads to improved reliability and extended functions of the air defense systems. Extensive tests with the new Patriot configuration have now been carried out at the MBDA test site in Freinhausen. The Bundeswehr should then operate the more modern Patriot available this year.
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MBDA Germany is assisting the Bundeswehr to modernize its Patriot air-defense missiles, notably by extensively testing the new Patriot configuration at the MBDA test site in Freinhausen (Picture source: MBDA)
For three weeks, the Bundeswehr (German army), with the support of MBDA experts, is testing new software and the first modernized radars of the German Patriot systems for their suitability for use. As part of the tests, the Bundeswehr used the MBDA test site in Freinhausen and also deployed combat aircraft, helicopters and drones for target presentation.
Jürgen Koneczny, Managing Director of COMLOG GmbH and Head of Patriot MBDA Germany, said: “Air defense gained in importance with the beginning of the Ukraine war. We support the Bundeswehr in this area with our know-how and our infrastructure. At our test site in Freinhausen, we can test and further develop a wide variety of air defense systems. What has been created here is unique in Europe. A decisive contribution to the provision of sufficient ammunition is also the construction of a production line in Schrobenhausen, as Raytheon and MBDA are driving at Patriot.”
The cooperation between the BAAINBw, the Luftwaffe (German Air Force) and MBDA Germany has been well-established at the Freinhausen location for over a decade. The focus in Freinhausen is currently on the operation of the test and reference facility for the Patriot air defense system, called TuRA for short. However, the site also has the necessary technological infrastructure to test new air defense systems with different ranges.
