Rafael’s relationship with Germany is built on more than 30 years of defense cooperation across multiple domains. That history includes: EuroSpike, a joint venture with Diehl Defence and Rheinmetall to produce Spike missiles; EuroTrophy, a joint venture with KNDS and General Dynamics European Land Systems to provide the Trophy active protection system; and now the establishment of Dynamit Nobel Defence Digital (DND Digital), a digital division inside Dynamit Nobel Defence that is fully owned by Rafael.
The DND Digital effort centers on localizing Rafael’s BNET software-defined radio technology in Germany, with DND Digital building local engineering authority, production capacity, and tactical communications expertise for the Bundeswehr and other European customers.
In this Breaking Defense Q&A, Gideon Weiss, vice president, business development and marketing at Rafael, and Andreas Dohrn, Director of DND Digital, discuss why coalition C2 has become urgent, why Germany is central to Rafael’s localization strategy, and how the German model could become a blueprint for other countries seeking sovereign, coalition-ready tactical communications.
Breaking Defense: Why are secure communications and coalition C2 so urgent for allied militaries?
