The companies working on the Franco-German Main Ground Combat System (MGCS) tank project have taken a further step in the project. At a meeting with his French counterpart Sébastien Lecornu in Paris on Thursday evening, Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said that the companies involved (KNDS Germany, KNDS France, Rheinmetall Landsysteme and Thales Six) had agreed to establish a joint project company.