France and Germany sign deal on AI-powered ‘tank of the future’

Published on April 27, 2024

  • The advanced Main Ground Combat System, equipped with artificial intelligence and laser technology, has been billed as a game changer in modern warfare
  • The next-generation battle tank is being jointly developed by Germany and France as a successor to the French Leclerc and German Leopard tanks
  • France and Germany on Friday firmed up plans to jointly develop a next-generation battle tank equipped with artificial intelligence and laser technology, billed as a game changer in modern warfare.

  • During a ceremony in Paris, the defence ministers of France and Germany, Sébastien Lecornu and Boris Pistorius, signed a memorandum of understanding that seals a 50-50 split in the industrial production of an advanced battle tank dubbed the Main Ground Combat System (MGCS).

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