Germany's Rheinmetall benefits further from rearmament boom

NAMPA / DPA

2025-04-28

Dusseldorf (dpa) - A boom in the global defence industry again brought significant growth for German armaments maker Rheinmetall in the first quarter. According to preliminary calculations, revenue is expected to have risen by around 46% to ?2.3 billion ($2.6 billion), the company announced in Dusseldorf on Monday. Revenue from military technology sales jumped by nearly 73%. Rheinmetall estimates its operating profit to have increased by almost......

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