{{Short description|Swiss aerospace and defence company}} {{Use British English|date=September 2016}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2016}} {{Infobox company | name = RUAG Holding Ltd | logo = RUAG Logo.svg | logo_size = 200px | type = State-owned Aktiengesellschaft | industry = Aerospace engineering and defence industry | genre = | fate = | predecessor = Eidgenössische Konstruktionswerkstätte<br>Eidgenössische Flugzeugwerke Emmen<ref>Theodore von Kármán: Flugzeuge für die Welt und eine Stiftung für Bern, Kärin Nickelsen, Alessandra Hool, Gerd Grasshoff · 2013</ref> | foundation = {{Start date and age|1 January 1999}} | founder = | location_city = Bern, Bern-Mittelland, Bern | location_country = Switzerland | location = | locations = | area_served = Worldwide | key_people = Dr. Remo Lütolf (Chairman)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ruag.com/en/about-ruag/organisation/board-directors |title=Board of Directors |publisher=RUAG}}</ref><br>André Wall (CEO)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ruag.com/en/about-ruag-international/organisation/group-executive-board |title=Group Executive Board |publisher=RUAG}}</ref> | products = All kind of technical products from ammunition to satellite equipment | services = | revenue = {{increase}} CH₣ 2,003&nbsp;million<ref name="FY2019">{{cite web |url=https://annualreport.ruag.com |title=Financial Year 2019 |publisher=RUAG}}</ref> | revenue_year = 2019 | operating_income = {{decrease}} CH₣ -7&nbsp;million<ref name="FY2019"/> | income_year = 2019 | net_income = {{decrease}} CH₣ -25&nbsp;million<ref name="FY2019"/> | net_income_year = 2019 | aum = | assets = | equity = | owner = Swiss Confederation | members = | num_employees = 9,091<ref name="FY2019"/> | num_employees_year = 2019 | parent = | subsid = RUAG MRO International <br> RUAG International | homepage = [http://www.ruag.com www.ruag.com] | footnotes = | intl = }} '''RUAG Holding''' (originally '''Rüstungsunternehmen Aktiengesellschaft'''; Armaments Companies JSC) is a Swiss company specialising in aerospace engineering and the defence industry. Its headquarters are located in Bern, while it also has numerous production sites in Switzerland (Nyon, Aigle, Thun, Bern, Emmen, Altdorf, Zürich and Interlaken), Germany (Oberpfaffenhofen, Hamburg Wedel and Fürth), Sweden (Gothenburg, Linköping and Åmotfors), Austria (Vienna, Berndorf) and United States (Tampa and Titusville), and sales companies in Australia, UK, France, Belgium, Brazil and Malaysia.

==History== ===Background and initial years=== During the 1990s, the government of Switzerland decided that the nation's military enterprises needed to be restructured, a view which led to the passing of the Federal Act on Federal Armaments Companies (FArmCA) in 1997.<ref name = "20 RUAG"/> In accordance with this act, a new entity, known as ''RUAG Switzerland Ltd'', was established to bring together four former state-run enterprises: ''SE Schweizerische Elektronikunternehmung AG'', ''SF Schweizerische Unternehmung für Flugzeuge und Systeme AG'', ''SM Schweizerische Munitionsunternehmung AG'', and ''SW Schweizerische Unternehmung für Waffensysteme AG''. Prior to this merger, these companies were comprehensively restructured with the intention of making them competitive commercial enterprises. RUAG formally commenced operations on 1 January 1999.<ref name = "20 RUAG"/>

Even prior to its establishment, RUAG was confronted by a severe challenge in the form of dwindling orders from the Swiss Armed Forces due to post-Cold War defence cuts having greatly diminished military spending.<ref name = "20 RUAG"/> Recognising its overdependence on the Swiss military, which initially accounted for 86 per cent of RUAG's sales, the company adopted a long-term strategy of diversification, progressively expanding its activities in the military and civil sectors both inside Switzerland and on the global market. This expansion went beyond only organic growth, necessitating numerous acquisitions, often focused in specific fields, such as aircraft and helicopter maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO); command, information and communication systems; simulation and training systems; and small-calibre ammunition.<ref name = "20 RUAG"/>

Positive results were soon achieved. During 2000, RUAG's Aerospace division reported 39 per cent growth in sales on the third-party market, which were generated from various programmes of aircraft manufacturers, including Airbus, Boeing and Pilatus. Other business included MRO services to foreign Northrop F-5 fighter aircraft, repair work on AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles for the United States Air Force and production of payload fairings for the US's Atlas V launch vehicle.<ref name = "20 RUAG"/> RUAG's Land Systems division was also had optimism in the civilian sector, performing component assembly for injection moulding machines used in compact disc production. By the end of 2001, RUAG had reached a turning point, reporting 8 per cent overall growth for that financial year despite a sustained decline in the domestic defence sector; these gains were achieved upon the international market, particularly within the civilian sector.<ref name = "20 RUAG"/>

RUAG was negatively impacted by the Great Recession that started during 2008, soon thereafter reporting a significant drop in orders from the civilian sector, particularly for aerostructures and MRO services, as well as its automotive and semiconductor interests. Consolidated profit was hit by CHF 160 million of write-downs, causing a negative EBIT of CHF 113 million – the first deficit recorded in RUAG's operational history.<ref name = "20 RUAG"/> Around this time, RUAG made a strategic move into the space industry, which had been previously a tiny area of the business. In 2008, it acquired ''Saab Space'' and its subsidiary ''Austrian Aerospace''; during the following year, RUAG also bought the ''Oerlikon Space AG'', and subsequently created its RUAG Space division, Europe's largest independent space supplier.<ref name = "20 RUAG">{{cite web |url = https://www.ruag.com/sites/default/files/media_document/2018-04/180419_Broschuere_20%20Jahre_RUAG_EN.pdf |title = 20 years of RUAG |publisher = RUAG |date = April 2018}}</ref>

===2010s=== By 2010, RUAG's aviation division comprised three core areas: military MRO, business aviation, and special mission aircraft; of these, business aviation reportedly suffered a downturn following the Great Recession.<ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.flightglobal.com/switzerland-ruag-focuses-on-growth-markets-of-aviation-and-space/96014.article |title = Switzerland: Ruag focuses on growth markets of aviation and space |publisher = Flight International |first = Murdo |last = Morrison |date = 28 September 2010}}</ref> The company made efforts to bolster its business aviation activities, focusing on providing MRO services to end users.<ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.flightglobal.com/ruag-boosts-business-aircraft-refurbishment-activity/92355.article |title = Ruag boosts business aircraft refurbishment activity |publisher = Flight International |first = Kate |last = Sarsfield |date = 9 March 2010}}</ref> In 2019, RUAG decided to sell its business aviation facilities in Geneva and Lugano to Dassault Aviation; the company stated that it was part of a strategic alignment, instead concentrating resources on its aerostructures and space programmes.<ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.flightglobal.com/business-aviation/dassault-buys-ruags-swiss-business-aircraft-operations/133413.article |title = Dassault buys Ruag's Swiss business aircraft operations |publisher = Flight International |first = Michael |last = Gubisch |date = 3 July 2019}}</ref>

RUAG has progressively expanded the range of military aircraft that it provides MRO services for. During 2012, it competed against EADS to provide aircraft support services to the German military.<ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.flightglobal.com/ila-ruag-vies-with-eads-to-support-german-military/106996.article |title = ILA: Ruag vies with EADS to support German military |publisher = Flight International |first = Niall |last = O’Keeffe |date = 12 September 2012}}</ref> In 2014, the company partnered with Finnish firm Patria to offer MRO services to McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet operators worldwide.<ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.flightglobal.com/patria-ruag-step-up-f-18-support-offer/112669.article |title = Patria, Ruag step-up F-18 support offer |publisher = Flight International |first = Craig |last = Hoyle |date = 17 March 2014}}</ref> During the 2010s, RUAG performed a major modernisation of the Swiss Air Force's Airbus Helicopters AS332 Super Puma helicopter fleet, and has subsequently promoted this capability for other operators.<ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.flightglobal.com/helicopters/paris-ruag-showcases-swiss-precision-in-military-mro/117203.article |title = PARIS: RUAG showcases Swiss precision in military MRO |publisher = Flight International |first = Craig |last = Hoyle |date = 15 June 2015}}</ref>

During the 2010s, RUAG Aerostructures became a tier-one supplier of aircraft fuselage sections, wing components, flaps, and other elements for both civilian and military aircraft.<ref name = "aerostruct dec2019"/><ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.flightglobal.com/new-ruag-line-to-build-airbus-fuselage-/60823.article |title = New RUAG line to build Airbus fuselage |publisher = Flight International |date = 13 June 2005}}</ref> It is a long-term supplier to aerospace giant Airbus, having delivered in excess of 9,000 Airbus A320 family fuselage sections by January 2020. On 19 December 2019, the two companies concluded a six-year arrangement for RUAG to manufacture the center fuselage section, flooring and side shells of the A320 at a rate of 60 sections per month at its plants in Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany; Eger, Hungary; and Emmen, Switzerland.<ref name = "aerostruct dec2019">{{cite web |url = https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/air-transport/2020-02-12/ruag-and-airbus-confirm-supply-deal-a320 |title = Ruag and Airbus Confirm Supply Deal for A320 |publisher = AIN Online |first = Gregory |last = Polek |date = 12 February 2020}}</ref> In addition to its work for Airbus, other customers of RUAG Aerostructures include Boeing, Bombardier Aviation, Dassault Aviation, GE Aviation, Pilatus Aircraft, and Saab AB.<ref name = "aerostruct dec2019"/>

===Dornier 228NG=== thumb|The main outside change of the 228NG is the five bladed propeller

During 2003, RUAG acquired the type certificate for the Dornier 228.<ref name = "ain 2009">Alcock, Charles. [https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/aviation-international-news/2009-12-28/ruag-do228ng-approval-planned-first-quarter "Ruag Dornier 228NG approval planned for first quarter."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160301232856/https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/aviation-international-news/2009-12-28/ruag-do228ng-approval-planned-first-quarter |date=1 March 2016 }} ''AIN Online'', 28 December 2009.</ref> In December 2007, RUAG announced its intention to launch a modernized version of the Dornier 228, which it designated as the ''Dornier 228 Next Generation'', or Dornier 228 NG.<ref name=Steenhuis>Eriksson, Sören and Harm-Jan Steenhuis. [https://books.google.com/books?id=ReEsCgAAQBAJ ''The Global Commercial Aviation Industry.''] Routledge, 2015. {{ISBN|1-13667-239-7}}, pp.59–62, 241.</ref><ref name=AIN28Dec2007>{{cite news |url= http://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/aviation-international-news/2007-12-28/ruag-relaunch-do-228-production |title= Ruag to relaunch Dornier 228 production |author= Thomas Stocker |date= 28 December 2007 |work= AIN online}}</ref><ref>Doyle, Andrew. [https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/surprise-rebirth-223775/ "Surprise rebirth."] ''Flight International'', 19 May 2008.</ref> At the 2008 Berlin Air Show, HAL agreed to supply the first three component sets — fuselage, wings and tail — for €5 million, as a part of an €80 million ($123 million) ten-year contract.<ref>{{cite news |url= https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/transportation/airlines-/-aviation/hal-signs-deal-for-making-new-generation-dornier-aircraft/articleshow/3103199.cms |title= HAL signs deal for making new generation Dornier aircraft |date= 5 June 2008 |work= The Economic Times |author= Press Trust of India|author-link= Press Trust of India }}</ref> Final assembly for the aircraft is performed in Germany; however, most airframe subassemblies, such as the wings, tail and fuselage, are produced by HAL in India.<ref name=AIN28Dec2007/><ref name="ruag new gen"> [http://www.dornier228.com/fileadmin/ruag/DO228NG/PDFs/brochure_Do_228NG_Commuter_en_web.pdf "Dornier 228 NG – Benefit from a New Generation."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160301232019/http://www.dornier228.com/fileadmin/ruag/DO228NG/PDFs/brochure_Do_228NG_Commuter_en_web.pdf|date=2016-03-01}} ''RUAG Aviation'', Retrieved: 27 February 2016.</ref><ref>Sarsfield, Kate. [https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/back-to-life-nine-civil-types-revived-410656/ "Back to life: nine civil types revived."] ''Flight International'', 27 March 2015.</ref> RUAG decided to suspend production of the Dornier 228 NG after the completion of an initial batch of eight aircraft in 2013. In 2014, RUAG and Tata Group signed an agreement for the latter to become a key supplier of the program.<ref name = "ain feb16">Alcock, Charles. [https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/defense/2016-02-13/ruag-kick-dornier-228ng-production-mid-2016 "Ruag to Kick Off Dornier 228NG Production in Mid-2016."] ''AIN Online'', 13 February 2016.</ref> Production was restarted in 2015, with deliveries of four per year planned from 2016.<ref>Broadbent, Mike. "RUAG Resumes Dornier 228NG Production". ''Air International'', Vol. 89, No. 2, August 2015, p. 35.</ref><ref>Arthur, Gordon. [https://www.shephardmedia.com/news/imps-news/singapore-airshow-do-228-production-ramps/ "Singapore Airshow: Dornier 228 production ramps up."] ''Shephard Media'', 22 February 2016.</ref> the assembly line is reportedly capable of producing a maximum of 12 aircraft per year.<ref>Batey, Angus. [http://aviationweek.com/paris-air-show-2015/ruag-dornier-oem-sets-228-production "RUAG, Dornier OEM, Sets Up 228 Production."] ''Aviation Week'', 15 June 2015.</ref>

==Structure== The RUAG has the following operational divisions:

===Aerospace=== * [https://www.ruag.com/en/about-ruag/organisation/divisions/ruag-aerostructures RUAG Aerostructures] (component manufacturing, aerostructures and recycling with products mainly for the civil market) * Beyond Gravity (space oriented component manufacturing) * RUAG Aviation (MRO for civil and military use, producer of the Dornier 228 NG, system solutions)

===Defence=== * [https://www.ruag.com/en/about-ruag/organisation/divisions/ruag-ammotec RUAG Ammotec] (small arms ammunition up to 12.7&nbsp;mm for defence, law enforcement, [https://www.ruag.com/en/products-services/land/hunting-sports-ammunition hunting and sport]). RUAG is also the original producer of the HG 85. Producing subsidiaries are located in Germany, Hungary, USA and Sweden. The products for the civil market are branded under the names RWS, Geco, Rottweil, Norma and Gyttorp. In August 2022, RUAG Ammotec was purchased by Beretta Holding and renamed SwissP Defence. [https://www.newrepublicammunition.com/index.php/about-us/] * RUAG Defence ([https://www.ruag.com/en/products-services/land/integrated-solutions-services Combat and support vehicle maintenance] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200621201557/https://www.ruag.com/en/products-services/land/integrated-solutions-services |date=21 June 2020 }}, [https://www.ruag.com/en/products-services/land/simulation-training simulation and training], [https://www.ruag.com/en/products-services/land/communication-reconnaissance-surveillance network enabled operations] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200621192141/https://www.ruag.com/en/products-services/land/communication-reconnaissance-surveillance |date=21 June 2020 }}, [https://www.ruag.com/en/products-services/land/cyber-security cyber security]). Production in Switzerland and Germany.

== Products ==

=== Weapon systems and armoured vehicles ===

* {{ill|RUAG Cobra|de|RUAG Cobra}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hochmodernes Mörsersystem COBRA {{!}} RUAG |url=https://www.ruag.ch/de/unsere-kompetenzen/landsysteme/cobra-mortar-system |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250418040936/https://www.ruag.ch/de/unsere-kompetenzen/landsysteme/cobra-mortar-system |archive-date=18 April 2025 |access-date=2025-07-07 |website=Hochmodernes Mörsersystem COBRA {{!}} RUAG |language=de |url-status=live }}</ref> * {{ill|Pionierpanzer AEV3 Kodiak|de|Kodiak (Panzer)}}, an armoured engineer vehicle developed in collaboration with Rheinmetall.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kodiak Armoured Engineer Vehicle (AEV3) |url=https://www.army-technology.com/projects/kodiak-vehicle/ |access-date=2025-07-07 |website=Army Technology |language=en-US}}</ref> * Tactical communication systems.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Successful communication through maximum interoperability |url=https://www.ruag.ch/de/unsere-kompetenzen/kommunikations-fuehrungs-aufklaerungssysteme/taktische-kommunikation}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Successful communication through maximum interoperability |url=https://ruag-ch.picturepark.com/v/Mk60gVVx/}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Optimal leadership through maximum interoperability |url=https://www.ruag.ch/de/unsere-kompetenzen/kommunikations-fuehrungs-aufklaerungssysteme/taktische-kommunikation/optimale-fuehrungsfaehigkeit-durch-maximale-interoperabilitaet}}</ref> ** RUAG ARANEA SECURITY CORE (includes software, hardware and tools) ** RUAG ARANEA BPS PLATFORM (includes software, hardware and tools) ** RUAG miFAP (Multinational interoperabler Funkanschaltpunkt), German Army, an interoperable radio interconnection point for NATO, to serve as a hub.<ref>{{Cite web |title=RUAG wins German Bundeswehr “Multinational Interoperable Radio Connection Point” contract {{!}} RUAG |url=https://www.ruag.ch/en/news/05-03-21/ruag-wins-german-bundeswehr-multinational-interoperable-radio-connection-point-contract |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240302011131/https://www.ruag.ch/en/news/05-03-21/ruag-wins-german-bundeswehr-multinational-interoperable-radio-connection-point-contract |archive-date=2 March 2024 |access-date=2025-07-07 |website=RUAG |language=en |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Wayback Machine |url=https://ruag-ch.picturepark.com/v/OlFp2GwM/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250109175906/https://ruag-ch.picturepark.com/v/OlFp2GwM/ |archive-date=9 January 2025 |access-date=2025-07-07 |website=ruag-ch.picturepark.com |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-01-09 |title=RUAG liefert containerisierte miFAP-Systeme an die Bundeswehr |url=https://www.hartpunkt.de/ruag-liefert-containerisierte-mifap-systeme-an-die-bundeswehr/ |access-date=2025-01-09 |language=de}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=ES&T Redaktion |date=2022-05-19 |title=Multinational interoperabler Funkanschaltpunkt (MIFAP) |url=https://esut.de/2022/05/meldungen/34126/multinational-interoperabler-funkanschaltpunkt-mifap-der-kommunikationsknoten-fuer-nato-truppen/ |access-date=2025-01-09 |website=esut.de |language=de-DE}}</ref> * Container systems:<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ruag Mobile Container systems |url=https://ruag-ch.picturepark.com/v/Ik9zmBCg/}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Mobile container systems for the safety of crew and equipment |url=https://www.ruag.ch/de/unsere-kompetenzen/landsysteme/container-systems}}</ref> ** Command and control systems. ** Mobile medical containers. ** Support systems. ** Container buildings.

=== Simulators ===

* STES (Simulateurs de Tir d'Equipage et de Section), French Army, 48 crew training simulators for the VBCI supplied in collaboration with GAVAP.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Military-photo-report |date=2016-04-07 |title=Military Photo Report: Simulateur de tir VBCI (STES) |url=https://militaryphotoreport.blogspot.com/2016/04/simulateur-de-tir-vbci-stes.html |access-date=2025-07-07 |website=Military Photo Report}}</ref> * SIMUG, Swiss Army, live simulation platform in Bure.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=EDR |date=2017-05-02 |title=Swiss-made simulation provides reality scenarios to the confederation soldiers |url=https://www.edrmagazine.eu/swiss-made-simulation-provides-reality-scenarios-to-the-confederation-soldiers |access-date=2025-07-07 |website=EDR Magazine |language=en-GB}}</ref> * SIM KIUG, Swiss Army, live simulation platform in Walenstadt/St. Luzisteig.<ref name=":0" /> * LASSIM RadSpz93, Swiss Army, a laser-based firing simulators used with the Piranha II 8×8 ({{ill|Radschützenpanzer 93|lt=RadSpz93|de|Radschützenpanzer 93}}).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Geschäft Ansehen |url=https://www.parlament.ch/de/ratsbetrieb/suche-curia-vista/geschaeft?AffairId=20071064 |access-date=2025-07-07 |website=www.parlament.ch}}</ref>

=== Armour === The RUAG armour systems and their clients are listed below.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ballistic protection |url=https://www.ruag.ch/de/unsere-kompetenzen/landsysteme/ballistic-protection}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Wayback Machine |url=https://ruag-ch.picturepark.com/v/MzD4Blig/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240220233854/https://ruag-ch.picturepark.com/v/MzD4Blig/ |archive-date=20 February 2024 |access-date=2025-07-07 |website=ruag-ch.picturepark.com |url-status=live }}</ref>

* Side armour: ** SidePRO ATR, a heavy passive side protection against APFSDS, anti-tank guided missiles and explosively formed penetrator. ** SidePRO RPG, a light and thin side protection against RPG.<ref>{{Cite web |title=SidePRO-RPG |url=https://ruag-ch.picturepark.com/v/An7Z9L92/}}</ref> ** SidePRO-KE, enabling protection up to STANAG 4569 Level 6 (frontal and side armour for IFV and heavy APC).<ref>{{Cite web |title=SidePRO-KE/IED |url=https://ruag-ch.picturepark.com/v/2EAF5rJi/}}</ref> ** SidePRO-LASSO ''(Light Armour System against Shaped Ordnance)'', a slat armour system protecting against RPG.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=SidePRO LASSO |url=https://ruag-ch.picturepark.com/v/leQJDaF0/}}</ref> * Roof armour: ** RoofPRO, protects against sub-munitions from mortars and artillery systems, and artillery fragments. It reduces the IR signature as well. * Mine armour: ** MinePRO: available for different vehicle types with different armour requirements, can be an add-on, or can need a vehicle redesign. * Users of RUAG armour: ** CV9035 Mk III, Royal Netherlands Army, equipped from its purchase with the RoofPRO<ref>{{Cite web |title=BALLISTIC PROTECTION - RoofPRO |url=https://ruag-ch.picturepark.com/v/4gIPfPsJ/}}</ref> (entire fleet), and 100 kits of the SidePRO-KE. <ref>{{Cite web |title=Wayback Machine |url=http://www.baesystems.com/BAEProd/groups/public/documents/bae_publication/bae_pdf_landa_cv9035mkiiibroch.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110312020628/http://www.baesystems.com/BAEProd/groups/public/documents/bae_publication/bae_pdf_landa_cv9035mkiiibroch.pdf |archive-date=2011-03-12 |access-date=2025-07-07 |website=www.baesystems.com}}</ref> ** M113G3DK, Danish Army, contract in September 2008 to equip 40 vehicles for Afghanistan.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2010-03-01 |title=PoADU - Portuguese Aerospace & Defence Update |url=https://poadu.wordpress.com/2010/03/01/1710/ |access-date=2025-07-07 |website=PoADU - Portuguese Aerospace & Defence Update |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Foss |first=Christopher F. |date=2022-01-26 |title=When Armour Is Not Enough |url=https://www.armadainternational.com/2022/01/when-armour-is-not-enough/ |access-date=2025-07-07 |website=Armada International |language=en-US}}</ref> ** KTO Rosomak M1M, using the SidePRO-LASSO in Afghanistan. ** Pandur I 6×6, Belgian Land Component, upgraded with the SidePRO-KE and the MinePRO.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Modernisation des Pandur I autrichiens et belges {{!}} Strategic Bureau of Information |url=http://www.strategic-bureau.com/modernisation-des-pandur-i-autrichiens-et-belges/ |access-date=2025-07-07 |website=www.strategic-bureau.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Abott |first=Rich |date=2015-03-27 |title=RUAG To Develop Protection Systems For Belgium and Austrian Pandur I Fleets |url=https://www.defensedaily.com/ruag-to-develop-protection-systems-for-belgium-and-austrian-pandur-i-fleets/uncategorized/ |access-date=2025-07-07 |website=Defense Daily |language=en-US}}</ref> ** Pandur I 6×6, Austrian Army, upgraded with the SidePRO-KE and the MinePRO.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=2017-02-01 |title=Neue Radpanzer für das Österreichische Bundesheer |url=https://milnews.at/2017/neue-radpanzer/ |access-date=2025-07-07 |website=milnews |language=de}}</ref> ** Pandur I 6×6 EVO Austrian Army, the new generation of the Pandur I was equipped with a MinePRO armour.<ref name=":2" /> ** Sisu XA188, Estonian Army, contract autumn 2012.<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":1" /> ** SKOV Svarun 8×8 (Slovenian Patria AMV, first batch), Slovenian Army, contract in autumn 2012.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |date=2013-03-13 |title=Kaitsevägi parandab soomukite kaitsevõimet |url=https://www.postimees.ee/1168094/kaitsevagi-parandab-soomukite-kaitsevoimet |access-date=2025-07-07 |website=Postimees |language=et}}</ref> * Demonstrators: ** VBCI equipped with a combination of the SidePRO RPG and in collaboration with the DGA.<ref>{{Cite web |last=VMSB |date=2012-03-07 |title=DEFESA Global |url=https://defesaglobal.wordpress.com/2012/03/07/3231/ |access-date=2025-07-07 |website=DEFESA Global |language=en}}</ref> ** Mowag Eagle IV and Mowag Eagle V equipped with the SidePRO-LASSO.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Westerhoven |first=Leo van |date=2011-12-08 |title=The new EAGLE has landed in the Netherlands |url=https://www.dutchdefencepress.com/the-new-eagle-has-landed-in-the-netherlands/ |access-date=2025-07-07 |website=Dutch Defence Press |language=nl-NL}}</ref><ref name=":1" /> ** M113 equipped with the SidePRO RPG.

==References== {{Reflist|2}}

==External links== {{Commons category|RUAG}} * [http://www.ruag.com Official site] * [http://www.space.se RUAG Space AB] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140810175213/http://www.space.se/ |date=10 August 2014 }} * [http://www.space.at RUAG Space GmbH] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090311042704/http://www.space.at/ |date=11 March 2009 }}

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