Dani Levin Kas
Managing Director EuroSpike GmbH
Dani Levin Kas was born in 1968 . Education
• 1999 Certified B . sc Industrial Engineering and Management - Ruppin University
• 2011- MBA - Ruppin University Rafael Position :
• Managing Director at EuroSpike GmbH
• Marketing Manager and Business Development at the Precision Tactical Weapon Systems Directorate , Land and Naval Division .
• The position includes overseeing sales and product development of Precision Tactical Weapon Systems including Electro-Optical Missiles .
• Attendance at international defense exhibitions and demonstrations Military experience :
• Br . Gen ( Ret ) - full IDF service as an officer in paratroopers and anti-tank units
• Defence attache to Switzerland , Finland and Greece
• Commander of Command and General Staff course at the armed force academy
• Commander of anti-tank and special forces units
" The significant role of guided tactical missiles in modern warfare "
EuroSpike is a joint venture based in Röthenbach a . d . Pegnitz between Diehl Defence GmbH & Co . KG , Rheinmetall Electronics GmbH and Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Ltd . EuroSpike is responsible for the marketing of the missiles of the SPIKE family in Europe . The missile is produced at several sites in Germany . Commonalities between the missiles of the SPIKE family ensure a cost advantage in the production and consequently in the purchase , maintenance and training in the use of specific missiles . Additionally , due to the success of SPIKE sales throughout Europe , most members of the NATO alliance are SPIKE users which ensures interoperability and also has advantages when needing to stock during exercises .
EuroSpike main advantages are :
· Qualified the SPIKE weapon system to meet German Army requirements and European requirements .
· Established in Germany production lines and qualified them to meet national and European quality standards .
· Continuously ( for almost 15 years ) producing SPIKE weapon system for various European customers .
· Continuously ( for almost 15 years ) providing all required support and maintenance for various European customers .
The activity of EuroSpike is also supporting the NSPA spike office that provide support to all NATO members that are using Spike Missiles and provide the following :
· 20 members NATO user group
· Annual Spike User club to discuss Operational , Logistic and Maintenance aspects
· Frame agreement for procurement of Missiles and Launchers
· Frame agreement for maintenance and spare parts – centralized approach