Dutch Armed Forces renews ammunition agreement
Rheinmetall and the Dutch Defence Materiel Organization (DMO) procurement agency have renewed and expanded their longstanding framework agreement for the supply of various types of ammunition for a period of at least ten years.
Announcing the development on 24 September, Rheinmetall said the framework agreement envisages annual call-offs of around €50 million, meaning that total volume could come to €500 million.
The framework agreement encompasses the supply of 35mm medium-calibre ammunition for infantry fighting vehicles, 40mm ROSY smoke/obscurant cartridges, and a family of 155mm artillery ammunition.
Major General Ivo de Jong, Deputy Director of the DMO, and Roman Köhne, Managing Director of Rheinmetall Waffe Munition GmbH, signed the contract on 30 July 2020.
The framework agreement follows a partnership agreement signed by the two parties just over a year ago.
Under the partnership agreement, Rheinmetall has already assumed full responsibility for the complete 155mm portfolio, which extends from the Assegai ammunition family to modular charges and fuses.
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