US EditionRheinmetall completes NVL acquisition to establish German naval systems house and expand maritime portfolio
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When the Bundeswehr buys from Rheinmetall, it is mostly military goods for the army, whether tanks or artillery. Now the weapons company is looking at the water.
When the Bundeswehr buys from Rheinmetall, it is mostly military goods for the army, whether tanks or artillery. Now the weapons company is looking at the water – and will find it in Bremen and Hamburg.
When the Bundeswehr buys from Rheinmetall, it is mostly military goods for the army, whether tanks or artillery. Now the weapons company is looking at the water.
The Rheinmetall Technology Group, based in Düsseldorf, has announced that it has completed the acquisition of NVL (Naval Vessels Lürssen), the military division of the Lürssen Group. After the announcement of September 2025 and the signing of the purchase contract in October 2025, Rheinmetall has finally obtained all antitrust authorisations for the acquisition of Naval Vessels Lürssen (NVL BV & Co....
The group set a goal of achieving sales significantly exceeding 12 billion euros last year.
Rheinmetall is entering the shipbuilding sector and, through the acquisition of the NVL Group, will become a "cross-domain systems house," according to CEO Armin Papperger. He aims to increase revenue by 30 percent annually at the new naval subsidiary.
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