Germany is purchasing €300 million worth of kamikaze drones from Rheinmetall
The German Army will order kamikaze drones from Rheinmetall worth approximately 300 million euros. These are loitering munition-type drones capable of remaining airborne over a target area for extended periods before autonomously carrying out a strike.
This was reported by ntv.
The Federal Office for Equipment, Information Technology, and In-Service Support of the Bundeswehr (BAAINBw) signed a contract worth 300 million euros in Koblenz, the Düsseldorf-based weapons manufacturer announced.
The number of drones ordered is confidential.
Deliveries are scheduled to begin in the first half of 2027. The drones will be manufactured in Neuss.
The order for the FV-014 model was placed under a framework agreement, the value of which, according to informed sources, amounts to 1 billion euros.
According to the arms manufacturer, the drones have a range of up to 100 kilometers, and the weight of their warhead, including the detonator, is approximately four kilograms.
The drone can remain airborne for up to 70 minutes while monitoring targets.
As a reminder, a recent statement by Armin Papperger, CEO of the German company Rheinmetall, caused a scandal. Papperger claimed that there is no innovation in Ukrainian drone production and compared it to playing with Lego blocks.
Ukraine has unveiledthe Khmarynka kamikaze drone with a range of up to 50 km.
Recently, the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine certified and approved for use in the Armed Forces of Ukraine three fiber-optic FPV systems manufactured by enterprises of JSC "Ukrainian Defense Industry."
Prior to this, the Ministry of Defense had codified and approved the domestic unmanned aerial system "Volynia" for use in the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
