HENSOLDT joins Boeing’s German MQ-28 Ghost Bat Industry Team

Dietmar Thelen, Head of HENSOLDT´s Multi-Domain Solutions Division, said: "Joining Boeing's Industry Team Germany is a logical next step for HENSOLDT. The MQ-28 Ghost Bat is a highly capable platform, and our contribution goes well beyond sensors. We bring mission system integration, decades of in-service support expertise, and the ability to anchor national key technologies within a solution that will be supported by the German defence ecosystem. This is exactly what it means to be a platform-independent partner."

The MoU reflects HENSOLDT's broader strategic approach as a platform-independent technology partner: HENSOLDT will provide options for critical sensor suites, mission-system elements and integration services. Drawing on decades of experience in sustainment and lifecycle support - from entry into service to operations - HENSOLDT will help ensure that the Luftwaffe can deploy the MQ-28 Ghost Bat with full operational readiness in the German ecosystem, if selected by the German Armed Forces.

"With HENSOLDT, we are bringing another strong German industrial partner on board our MQ-28 Ghost Bat team," said Dr. Michael Haidinger, President of Boeing Germany. "HENSOLDT´s expertise in the fields of sensor technology and mission system integration significantly strengthens our team, enabling us to bring a sovereign German CCA solution to the Luftwaffe."

The MoU reinforces the Boeing-led Industry Team's commitment to deliver an MQ-28 system with embedded German sovereign capabilities. Together with Rheinmetall, Diehl Defence, Rohde & Schwarz and HENSOLDT, the team will integrate German technologies, industrial capacity and sustainment arrangements to deliver a locally supported Collaborative Combat Aircraft to the German Air Force.

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