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 "title": "Rheinmetall & ICEYE to Build German Defense-Grade SAR Satellites",
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 "published": "2025-05-09T19:24:44.000+02:00",
 "updated": "2025-05-09T23:25:52.000+02:00",
 "excerpt": "Rheinmetall (60 %) and ICEYE (40 %) will mass-produce SAR satellites in Neuss from 2026—giving Berlin its first defence-grade builder outside the Airbus/OHB duopoly and bolstering the EU’s IRIS² supply chain as well as NATO’s APSS surveillance effort.",
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