Hensoldt to sell South African optronics business, says source
The source said that the firm is in talks with around twenty parties for the transaction to divest the subsidiary, which generates around 15 million euros ($17.02 million) but operates at a loss.
Hensoldt, which produces radar and high precision optics used in aircraft, ships and tanks, declined to comment. The news agency Bloomberg first reported on the plan.
The subsidiary produces, among other things, cameras for helicopters and drones.
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