The possible production would take place at Rheinmetall’s expanding Unterluess site in northern Germany, Goege added. He also said that the final list of missiles had yet to be determined.
In April, the two companies announced plans to expand their cooperation beyond a 2024 memorandum of understanding, with Lockheed providing missile and rocket technology and Rheinmetall manufacturing and selling missiles in Europe. Rheinmetall, which began producing fuselage parts this year for Lockheed’s F-35 fighter jets, declined to comment on the report.
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte is scheduled to visit the Unterluess site later on Wednesday. He will be joined by German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius and Vice Chancellor Lars Klingbeil for the opening of a new artillery production line.
Source: WirtschaftsWoche.
