Rheinmetall announces 155mm ammunition mega order from Germany
“The order is primarily intended to increase the stocks of the German Armed Forces and its allies and to support Ukraine in its defensive struggle” said the German manufacturer.
Northrop planning to build munitions inside Ukraine
Northrop’s coproduction agreement is the first publicly acknowledged deal between a US defense prime and the Ukrainian government for a manufacturing project inside Ukraine.
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Lithuania, Rheinmetall sign agreement for 155mm ammunition plant
"The establishment of the ... ammunition factory in Lithuania will reduce our dependence on long supply chains, which currently pose great challenges in meeting the needs of the armies throughout the European Union and the world," said Laurynas Kasčiūnas, Lithuania’s Minister of National Defense.
NATO inks twin artillery deals worth $1.2B to replenish allies’ stocks, help Ukraine
The contracts are going to France’s Nexter Munitions and Germany’s Junghans Microtec for 155mm rounds, a desperately needed ammo type in Ukraine and one NATO nations are looking to fill their own stocks.
New Army chief, looming force structure shakeups and new weapons: Army 2023 in review
The Army spent 2023 looking for ways to refill its weapon stockpiles, preparing for future conflicts and welcoming a new chief.
Shooting for the moon: Army’s 2025 budget to reflect artillery revamp
“If the… 58-cal cannon solution can't deliver on a timeline we want, what are the other options? That can be munitions…new munitions with old cannons and it can be different cannons,” said Army acquisition head Doug Bush.
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Army’s munition organic industrial base remains FY24 focus, though politics, inflation aren’t helping
“If we have to do like most of America does, and tighten our belts a little bit, we may have to push a project or two to the left,” Marion Whicker, Army Materiel Command’s executive deputy to the commanding general, told Breaking Defense.
Nammo warns ammo industry could ‘break their neck’ without longer production contracts
Morten Brandtaeg, CEO of Norway’s Nammo, said that 10- to 15-year production contracts should be agreed “because that’s what it takes” to sustain industry investments.
European Defence Agency signs first set of joint ammunition procurement contracts
The 155mm rounds have been procured for loading on French Caesar, Polish Krab, German Panzerhaubitze 2000 and Slovakian Zuzana self-propelled howitzers.
Israel buys tens of thousands of 155mm shells as global demand jumps
The $60 million deal with Israel's Elbit Systems comes months after the US reportedly pulled 155mm shells from pre-positioned stocks in Israel.
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US, NATO weapons stockpile ‘dangerously low’: USAF General
“So we don’t have nearly what we had at the heart of the Cold War. Now you add that we’re giving a lot of munitions away to the Ukrainians — which I think is exactly what we need to do — but now we’re getting dangerously low and sometimes, in some cases even too low that we don’t have enough,” said Gen. James Hecker.
Europe races to push ammo output to new limits as demand from Ukraine soars
Kyiv’s call for 350,000 artillery shells a month shows demand has effectively doubled since a Ukrainian official said in June that its armed forces were expending between 5,000 to 6,000 artillery rounds a day.