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 "slug": "bundeswehr-owe-500-plus-deep-strike-100000-euro-round",
 "title": "Bundeswehr Assesses Four Firms for OWE 500+, a EUR 100,000 Deep-Strike Round Sized for a Hundred-Round Day",
 "url": "https://www.grosswald.org/bundeswehr-owe-500-plus-deep-strike-100000-euro-round/",
 "canonical": "https://www.grosswald.org/bundeswehr-owe-500-plus-deep-strike-100000-euro-round/",
 "type": "article",
 "published": "2026-07-10T21:32:00.000+02:00",
 "updated": "2026-07-29T18:55:08.000+02:00",
 "excerpt": "\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKey points\n\n\n * The Bundeswehr has commissioned analysis house IABG to assess candidates for OWE 500+ — One Way Effector 500 Plus — a low-cost, mass-producible strike weapon with a range beyond 500 kilometres\n * Four firms are under study: Destinus, Diehl Defence, Helsing and MBDA Deutschland; each must demonstrate flight capability by autumn 2026\n * The forces are understood to target a system price of roughly EUR 100,000 per round in series production, and a force able to fire more t",
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