Rheinmetall Begins Building F-35 Center Fuselage Factory

Tony Osborne August 01, 2023

F-35

Credit: Avgar Idan
German defense company Rheinmetall has broken ground on an F-35 center fuselage assembly plant. The Aug. 1 ceremony comes less than a month after Rheinmetall, a company better known for its land-based defense systems, announced a planned facility at Weeze Airport in the German state of North Rhein...
Tony Osborne

Based in London, Tony covers European defense programs. Prior to joining Aviation Week in November 2012, Tony was at Shephard Media Group where he was deputy editor for Rotorhub and Defence Helicopter magazines.

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