In the Letter of Intent (LoI) between Germany and France of June 2018, Germany was specified as the lead nation for the Main Ground Combat System (MGCS) cooperation project. The aim of this project is to replace the currently used Leopard 2 and Leclerc main battle tanks in the mid-2030s.
Unter Verwendung von innovativen Spitzentechnologien soll eine hochmoderne State-of-the-Art-Lösung bereitgestellt werden, die bis weit in die zweite Hälfte dieses Jahrhunderts hinein in den anspruchsvollsten Einsatzkontexten die Durchsetzungsfähigkeit und Überlegenheit von duellfähigen Landkampfsystemen bei jeder direkten Auseinandersetzung mit allen potentiellen Gegnern garantiert.
Projekte auf Grundlage internationaler Kooperationen sind in der Regel durch besondere, einzigartige Rahmenbedingungen gekennzeichnet. Dem entsprechenden Abstimmungsbedarf mit multinationalen Partnern sowie den Abläufen von internationalen Beschaffungsorganisationen muss durch die Wahl eines individuellen Projektaufsatzes und geeigneter Verfahrensbestimmungen angemessen Rechnung getragen werden. Die Individualisierten Verfahrensbestimmungen für das Vorhaben Main Ground Combat System wurden im August 2019 auf Staatssekretärsebene gebilligt.
General conditions and assignment
The project was approved in May 2017 as a top-down action planning portfolio for the development of technology and system demonstrators. It is currently in the analysis phase part 1 and was designated as a project category A project in February 2019. Tasks that, according to Custer Product Management, are the responsibility of one of the Bundeswehr Planning Offices will be carried out by the German part of the bi-national Combined Project Team ( CPT) MGCS (national part: BAAINBw K5.6).
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