Hungary has bought Hero loitering munitions produced by Rheinmetall and UVision, the companies said in a joint statement. The munitions are worth a figure in the low three-digit million-euro range
The German Bundeswehr awarded Rheinmetall a €1.3 billion order for service and practice artillery ammunition
The German Bundeswehr has expanded to €4 billion an existing framework agreement with Rheinmetall for the supply of 120mm tank ammunition. On Thursday, the company said an existing agreement for the munition, including the type fired by the main gun of the Leopard 2 tank, had been expanded “to close gaps that have arisen in the stocks [of the German military]”
The German and Dutch armed forces have contracted with Rheinmetall to supply up to 3,058 Caracal airmobile platforms for €1.9 billion (a little over $2 billion)
German defense firm Rheinmetalls announcement of a brand-new factory to build some 400 fuselage sections of the F-35 fighter jet is bringing back to Europe what was lost when Washington ejected Turkey from the stealth jet program. Turkish Aerospace and other companies manufactured some 937 parts for the F-35 though not the full fuselage, and were to benefit to the tune of $9 billion over the course of the program
Rheinmetall today announced plans to build up to 400 fuselage sections of the F-35A fighter jet for the German F-35 order as well as for international customers. Production is expected to start in 2025 in the factory to be located at Weeze in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW)
The Australian Army will soon receive two AS9 Huntsman self-propelled howitzers modelled off the South Korean K9 Thunder. Tests of the incoming howitzers with its three-round burst and automated loading capabilities, are nearing completion in South Korea, Australias defence ministry said
The German Bundeswehr has placed an order worth over €250 million with Rheinmetall for 367 protected and unprotected logistic vehicles. This order is a further call-off from the framework contract for swap-body systems signed in June 2020
Rheinmetall presented a new solution for the mobile production of spare parts for military vehicles damaged in wars, at an event organised by the European Defence Agency (EDA). The Mobile Smart Factory (MSF) delivers metal 3D printing and postprocessing capabilities and is fully integrated into Rheinmetall's IRIS (Integrated Rheinmetall Information System) digital ecosystem
The Netherlands contracted with Rheinmetall to supply fourteen Leopard 2A4 MBTs, worth a figure in the lower three-digit million-euro range, to Ukraine. The Dutch and Danish governments announced their intention to jointly acquire Leopard 2 A4s for donation to Kyiv in April 2023