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Rheinmetall has contributed to the United Arab Emirates’ first air defence missile, the Halcon SkyKnight.
The SkyKnight was unveiled at the IDEX show in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and is described by Halcon as the first UAE-designed and manufactured counter-rocket, artillery, and mortar (C-RAM) missile system.
EDGE Group, parent company of HALCON, has been developing a short-range air defence system, as has Germany-based Rheinmetall AG, which was actively seeking a missile system to form part of its Skynex air defence system. The companies decided to jointly offer a solution, with HALCON providing SkyKnight, the missile system to the Oerlikon Skynex Air Defence System.
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