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Rheinmetall Launches FV-014 Loitering Munition From Truck

The test marked the first stationary and moving launches from the truck-mounted launcher, which can carry up to 18 FV-014 munitions.

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Rheinmetall launched its FV-014 loitering munition from its Containerized Missile Launcher for the first time.   The demonstration took place in July 2026 at the National Test Centre for Unmanned Aerial Systems, operated by the German Aerospace Centre (DLR) at Cochstedt, Saxony-Anhalt.  The munition was fired from a Rheinmetall HX truck both from a standstill and while the vehicle was in motion, and flew a series of simulated mission profiles an…

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(Seoul = Yonhap News) German defense contractor Rheinmetall has successfully tested launching a suicide drone from a container-type launcher mounted on a moving military truck.

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Rheinmetall demonstrated a spectacular video of a drone launch on the move. Rheinmetall successfully tested the launch of FV-014 loitering munitions from a container launcher mounted on a truck chassis while the munitions were in motion, the company's press service reported. Both the container missile launcher and the FV-014 loitering munitions system are the company's own developments. The demonstration took place at the National Test Center fo…

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Defence Blog broke the news in United States on Thursday, August 13, 2026.
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