Rheinmetall Selects Site For F-35 Center Fuselage Plant

The F-35 center fuselage will be built in California by Northrop Grumman and in Germany by Rheinmetall. 

Credit: Rheinmetall
German arms maker Rheinmetall has selected the site of a future factory to build the center fuselage of the Lockheed Martin F-35A, a move that will expand capacity of a key supply chain constraint for the international fighter program. The “state-of-the-art” factory to be built in Weeze in Germany’s...
Steve Trimble

Steve covers military aviation, missiles and space for the Aviation Week Network, based in Washington DC.

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