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 "title": "Rheinmetall AGM: FV-014 Loitering Munition Enters Series Production at Neuss; €300M Initial Order Within €1BN Bundeswehr Framework",
 "url": "https://www.grosswald.org/rheinmetall-agm-fv-014-loitering-munition-series-production-neuss-300-million-1-billion-bundeswehr/",
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 "type": "dispatch",
 "published": "2026-05-12T17:30:00.000+02:00",
 "updated": "2026-07-29T18:52:21.000+02:00",
 "excerpt": "\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNeuss, 12 May 2026\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKey points\n\n\n * Rheinmetall CEO Armin Papperger announced at the Annual General Meeting on 12 May that series production of the FV-014 loitering munition has launched at the Neuss site — a repurposed former automotive-parts plant — with initial manufacturing already running in Braunschweig\n * System specification: 100 km range, 70-minute loiter time, 4 kg dual-purpose warhead; final assembly in Germany, warhead production in Italy — entirely within EU-only suppl",
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