{"id":5151,"date":"2025-07-01T11:48:47","date_gmt":"2025-07-01T08:48:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/intersystems.ro\/isw\/?page_id=5151"},"modified":"2025-07-01T11:57:38","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T08:57:38","slug":"marte_press","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/intersystems.ro\/isw\/marte_press\/","title":{"rendered":"MARTE \u2013 Main ARmoured Tank of Europe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5156 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/intersystems.ro\/isw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Marte-ARGE.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"332\" height=\"70\" srcset=\"https:\/\/intersystems.ro\/isw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Marte-ARGE.png 332w, https:\/\/intersystems.ro\/isw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Marte-ARGE-300x63.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 332px) 100vw, 332px\" \/>[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]<br \/>\n<br \/><\/br><\/p>\n<p class=\"Recipient\" style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"center\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 120%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;\">Media Release<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Recipient\" style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"center\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 28px; line-height: 120%; font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif;\">MARTE \u2013 Main ARmoured Tank of Europe<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/br><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5149\" src=\"https:\/\/intersystems.ro\/isw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Sigla-EDF-MARTE.png\" alt=\"EDF\" width=\"413\" height=\"413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/intersystems.ro\/isw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Sigla-EDF-MARTE.png 413w, https:\/\/intersystems.ro\/isw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Sigla-EDF-MARTE-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/intersystems.ro\/isw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Sigla-EDF-MARTE-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 413px) 100vw, 413px\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: 21px;\">Key Facts:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>MARTE ARGE leading a consortium of 51 entities from 11 EU Member States plus Norway<\/li>\n<li>MARTE project awarded by European Commission with a grant of approximately<br \/>\n\u20ac20 Mio. from the European Defence Fund (EDF)<\/li>\n<li>Comprehensive Consortium to design the next generation, future Main Battle Tank system<\/li>\n<li>Grant Agreement signed and Kick-Off-Meeting conducted: Project successfully launched<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Bonn, 01<sup>st<\/sup> of July 2025<\/p>\n<p>The European defense sector takes a significant step forward with the launch of the Project MARTE (acronym for Main ARmoured Tank of Europe), a cutting-edge and highly promising initiative designed to strengthen Europe\u2019s technological autonomy by addressing the crucial asset of a Main Battle Tank (MBT) System.<\/p>\n<p>Coordinated and led by MARTE ARGE GbR, a joint venture company between KNDS Deutschland GmbH &amp; Co.KG and Rheinmetall Landsysteme GmbH, the MARTE project brings together complementary industrial partners including leading, large entities as well as MidCaps, research institutions and innovative Small and Medium Enitities (SMEs). The ambitious proposal prepared and submitted to the European Commission has been awarded with a Grant from the European Defence Fund of approximately \u20ac20 Mio. In addition to the funding granted by the European Commission, the MARTE consortium receives strong support from in total 11 Ministries of Defense (MoDs) as potential future customers. Led by the German MoD, the MoDs from the following Member States are contributing: Belgium, Spain, Estonia, Finland, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Romania and Sweden. At a time of growing geopolitical uncertainty, this initiative expresses the desire for greater strategic autonomy in defense and security matters and thus MARTE represents a strategic investment in Europe\u2019s defense capabilities.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>MARTE aims to conduct study and design activities to create a future MBT-System, that adequately meets current and future threats, and the harmonized needs of the European Member States involved. By integrating innovative and disruptive technologies a resilient defense system is to be designed, tailored to the evolving challenges of modern warfare and considering lessons learned from current conflicts.<\/p>\n<p>To achieve this ambitious goal, a consortium composed of 51 legal entities from 12 European Countries (11 Member States plus Norway) has agreed to contribute their respective expertise and gained experiences in the best possible way. MARTE is fostering technological innovation and leveraging cross-border collaboration.<\/p>\n<p>In its role as coordinator, MARTE ARGE takes over the project coordination and manages the project with support of the consulting company Erdyn and a core team of five top-tier defense companies: KNDS Deutschland GmbH &amp; Co.KG and Rheinmetall Landsysteme GmbH (both Germany), Leonardo SPA\u00a0(Italy), Indra Sistemas SA (Spain) and SAAB AB (Sweden).<\/p>\n<p>Building on their pertinent and significant know-how and know-why in the field of Main Battle Tanks, each of them manages one of the five technical Work Packages in which the project\u2019s scope has been clustered \u2013 with all further companies (see depiction below) contributing with their relevant technical knowledge.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-5153\" src=\"https:\/\/intersystems.ro\/isw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/EDF-Entities-1024x854.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"980\" height=\"817\" srcset=\"https:\/\/intersystems.ro\/isw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/EDF-Entities-1024x854.png 1024w, https:\/\/intersystems.ro\/isw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/EDF-Entities-300x250.png 300w, https:\/\/intersystems.ro\/isw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/EDF-Entities-768x640.png 768w, https:\/\/intersystems.ro\/isw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/EDF-Entities-1536x1281.png 1536w, https:\/\/intersystems.ro\/isw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/EDF-Entities.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 980px) 100vw, 980px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>With MARTE ARGE and the European Commission signing the Grant Agreement, the MARTE project started on 01<sup>st<\/sup> of December 2024 officially. By conducting the Kick-Off Meeting on 5<sup>th<\/sup> and 6<sup>th<\/sup> of December 2024 in Stockholm, MARTE ARGE as project coordinator brought together both key stakeholders as well as all consortium partners and launched the project with great success.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><u>Media Contacts:<\/u><\/p>\n<p>MARTE ARGE GbR<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:Info@marte-arge.eu\">Info@marte-arge.eu<\/a><br \/>\nMarion Ballach and Martin Mair<br \/>\nExecutives<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-5154 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/intersystems.ro\/isw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/EDF-EU-300x63.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"63\" srcset=\"https:\/\/intersystems.ro\/isw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/EDF-EU-300x63.jpg 300w, https:\/\/intersystems.ro\/isw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/EDF-EU-1024x215.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/intersystems.ro\/isw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/EDF-EU-768x161.jpg 768w, https:\/\/intersystems.ro\/isw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/EDF-EU-1536x322.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/intersystems.ro\/isw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/EDF-EU.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Commission. 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