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Antitrust Authority Approves Creation of Rheinmetall-OHB Satellite Joint Venture

Antitrust Authority Approves Creation of Rheinmetall-OHB Satellite Joint Venture
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Germany's independent competition authority has approved the creation of a Rheinmetall-OHB joint venture to bid on a military satellite communications contract.

The Federal Cartel Office (Bundeskartellamt), Germany's independent competition authority, has approved a new joint venture between Rheinmetall and OHB.

In a 16 April announcement, the Bundeskartellamt explained that the new subsidiary will be used to bid for a German armed forces public procurement contract.

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