EMT Penzberg

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EMT Penzberg

Elektro-Mechanische Technologien GmbH

A Bavarian engineering firm put the German army’s LUNA reconnaissance drone over Kosovo in 2000, flew it in Afghanistan and Yemen, then went insolvent and was absorbed by Rheinmetall.

1978Založeno
Merged 2021Postavení
3Letadlo v záznamu
1Vzdušné síly létající na jeho typech
Foto: Julian Herzog (webové stránky) / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0)
ZeměNěmeckoZaloženo1978VelitelstvíPenzberg, Upper BavariaMajitelRheinmetall (since end of 2021)PostaveníMerged 2021
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EMT Penzberg: the company and the aircraft that made its name

From Gauting to Penzberg

EMT was founded in 1978 in Gauting, near Munich, as Elektro-Mechanische Technologien GmbH, and moved its head office to Penzberg in Upper Bavaria in 1987. It grew into Germany’s best-known maker of small military reconnaissance drones, with just under 200 employees spread across Penzberg, Iffeldorf, Abenberg and Osterrönfeld in Schleswig-Holstein. Its range ran from the hand-launched ALADIN to the catapult-launched LUNA and, latterly, the LUNA NG.

LUNA goes to war

The LUNA X-2000 was the drone that made EMT’s name. German KFOR troops have flown it over Kosovo since 2000, and it went on to serve in Afghanistan. In mid-2009 the German Army ordered four more systems comprising 40 aircraft. Exports followed: the Pakistan Navy signed a contract on 27 June 2012, Saudi Arabia produced the type under licence, and around 12 February 2019 Houthi fighters claimed to have shot down a Saudi-operated LUNA over Yemen. In August 2023 Ukraine was announced as a user.

Insolvency and Rheinmetall

Success in the field did not guarantee solvency. EMT entered self-administered insolvency in December 2020, while the Bundeswehr was introducing LUNA NG as the replacement for the original LUNA from 2019. On 23 November 2021 Rheinmetall announced it would take over EMT’s business in an asset deal, effective at the end of December 2021, merging the activities into Rheinmetall Technical Publications of Bremen.

A Bavarian engineering firm put the German army’s LUNA reconnaissance drone over Kosovo in 2000, flew it in Afghanistan and Yemen, then went insolvent and was absorbed by Rheinmetall.EMT Penzberg · verified 2026-10-03
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EMT Penzberg in numbers

Společnost

Stručně řečeno
Founded 1978

  • Founded in Gauting near Munich
  • Head office in Penzberg from 1987
  • Just under 200 employees at four sites

Výroba

Nejznámější pro
LUNA, LUNA NG, ALADIN

  • LUNA X-2000 in German service since 2000
  • Exported to Pakistan; licence-built in Saudi Arabia
  • LUNA NG replacing LUNA from 2019

Dnes

Teď
Part of Rheinmetall

  • Self-administered insolvency from December 2020
  • Business taken over by Rheinmetall, end of 2021

Čísla

Zaměstnanci
just under 2002021
German Army LUNA order
4 systems, 40 UAVs2009
Letadlo

Every notable EMT Penzberg aircraft

Letadlo Role První let Postavený Postavení Poznámka
EMT LUNA X-2000 Taktický průzkumný bezpilotní letoun V provozu KFOR Kosovo from 2000, Afghanistan; Pakistan Navy, Saudi Arabia, Ukraine
EMT LUNA NG Taktický průzkumný bezpilotní letoun Ve výrobě Replacing LUNA in Bundeswehr service
EMT ALADIN Very short-range reconnaissance UAV V provozu
Kdo s nimi létá

EMT Penzberg aircraft in the world’s air forces

1 air forces in the Order of Battle fly or flew EMT Penzberg types. Jeden z nich má stále jeden v provozu.

Letectvo V provozu Dříve létal
Pákistánské námořní letectvo EMT Luna X-2000
Místa, lidé, rekordy

Where EMT Penzberg built, who led it, what it achieved

Továrny

  • Penzberg headquarters · Penzberg, Upper Bavaria — Head office from 1987
  • Other sites · Iffeldorf, Abenberg and Osterrönfeld — Three further locations

Rekordy a prvenství

  • LUNA in continuous German service over Kosovo since 2000
Časová osa

EMT Penzberg, year by year

1978

Founded in Gauting as Elektro-Mechanische Technologien GmbH

1987

Head office moves to Penzberg

2000

LUNA enters service with German KFOR forces in Kosovo

2009

German Army orders four more LUNA systems (40 UAVs)

2012

Pakistan Navy signs for LUNA

2019

LUNA NG begins replacing LUNA

2020

Self-administered insolvency

2021

Rheinmetall announces takeover

2023

Ukraine announced as a LUNA user

Otázky a odpovědi

Everything people ask about EMT Penzberg

What is EMT Penzberg known for?
The LUNA reconnaissance drone, used by the German Army since 2000 in Kosovo and later Afghanistan.
Who owns EMT now?
Rheinmetall took over EMT’s business at the end of 2021.
Which countries use the LUNA drone?
Germany, Pakistan (navy), Saudi Arabia (licence-built) and Ukraine.
What replaced the LUNA?
The LUNA NG, introduced from 2019.

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