KNDS France

KNDS France
FormerlyNexter (2006-2024), GIAT Industries (1973 - 2006)
Company typeSociété Anonyme
IndustryDefence
PredecessorNexter, GIAT Industries
Founded1973; 51 years ago (1973)
FounderFrench government
Headquarters,
France
Productsartillery, ammunition, military vehicles, tanks, electronics, robots, CBRN, optronics
Revenue
  • Increase €962 million (2018)
€118 million (2018)
Number of employees
3,700
Parentsince 2015 KNDS
Websiteknds.fr/en

KNDS France (formerly known as Nexter, GIAT Industries or Groupement des Industries de l'Armée de Terre, Army Industries Group) is a French government-owned weapons manufacturer, based in Versailles. The company was wholly government-owned as GIAT from 1991 to 2006 and as Nexter from 2006 to 2015, when it merged with Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW) to form KNDS: a single company jointly owned, via holding companies, by the French state and the private owners of KMW. In 2024, Nexter was renamed KNDS France.