Tag: RDM
RDM demonstrates Plofadder 160AT Mk II minefield breaching system in Germany
Rheinmetall Denel Munition (RDM) has successfully demonstrated its Plofadder minefield breaching system, launched from a Keiler Next Generation highly protected armoured breaching system, for...
NCACC decision to put Polish artillery ammunition order on hold saw...
The South African National Conventional Arms Control Committee’s decision to indefinitely put on hold the approval of an export permit to Poland has resulted...
Rheinmetall to acquire majority stake in South Africa’s Resonant Holdings plant...
Rheinmetall is further investing in its South African operations through the acquisition of a majority stake in Resonant Holdings, a specialist in plant engineering...
RDM set to be part of record €8.5 billion ammunition order...
Rheinmetall Denel Munition (RDM) is looking to benefit from a record framework agreement for 155 mm artillery ammunition from the German military after the...
RDM demos refurbished ammo at Exercise Vuk’uhlome
At the South African Army's largest annual exercise this year, Rheinmetall Denel Munition (RDM) demonstrated its ammunition upgrade capabilities by firing 30-year-old refurbished mortar...
RHEINMETALL DENEL MUNITION ACADEMY: COURSE DATES FOR 2024
The Rheinmetall Denel Munition (RDM) Academy currently offers multiple credit-bearing skills programmes for Explosives Workplace Personnel. The Magazine Master skills programme was registered by...
Joint Standing Committee on Defence visits RDM, DSCT
Parliament’s Joint Standing Committee on Defence (JSCD) has paid a visit to Rheinmetall Denel Munition (RDM) and Damen Shipyards Cape Town (DSCT) as a...
South African Joint Standing Committee on Defence visits RDM
Rheinmetall Denel Munition (RDM) had the privilege of hosting the South African Joint Standing Committee on Defence (JSCD). This engagement allowed RDM a platform...
Rheinmetall Denel Munition out in force at CSANDF Golf Day
Rheinmetall Denel Munition (RDM) showed its support for the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) on Friday 10 November by taking up the titanium...
RDM acquires nitro-glycerine transport truck
To ensure safe transport by road of nitro-glycerine and ethyl acetate, Rheinmetall Denel Munition (RDM) has taken delivery of a brand new truck to...
No prosecution over 2018 Rheinmetall Denel Munition explosion
The Western Cape’s Director of Public Prosecutions has decided not to prosecute over the fatal 3 September 2018 explosion at Rheinmetall Denel Munitions’ (RDM’s)...
RDM developing artillery ammunition with 150+ km range
Rheinmetall Denel Munition (RDM) continues to evolve its ammunition portfolio, with the development of a ramjet-powered 155 mm artillery round that will have a...
RDM aiming to double production, expand facilities as artillery demand soars
Rheinmetall Denel Munition (RDM) is running 24-hour-a-day shifts at its plants across South Africa and is investing hundreds of millions of rands in their...
Rheinmetall Denel Munition (RDM) Academy
Rheinmetall Denel Munition RF (Pty) Ltd specialises in the development, design and manufacture of large- and medium-calibre ammunition families and is a world leader in the...
Rheinmetall Denel Munition (RDM) forging ahead with green energy technologies
RDM has set a target of becoming carbon neutral by 2035 and is making significant progress towards this goal. The company has launched the...
RDM holds successful military attache demonstration showcasing ammunition, energy progress
The military attache corps in South Africa recently got a close-up taste of Rheinmetall Denel Munition’s (RDM’s) artillery rounds, mortar bombs and grenade launcher...
Western Cape Premier Alan Winde and Rheinmetall CEO Armin Papperger break...
Somerset West, Western Cape – On 26 April 2023, Rheinmetall Denel Munition (RDM) conducted a ground-breaking ceremony for a Solar Power Farm. The R72...
RDM starts construction of solar power plant at its Somerset West...
Rheinmetall Denel Munition (RDM) has begun the construction of a R72 million solar farm at its Somerset West facility, as part of the company’s...
RDM investing R251 million in renewable energy in South Africa
During the recent fifth South Africa Investment Conference (SAIC), Rheinmetall Denel Munition (RDM) committed to investing R251 million in the renewable energy sector in...
Rheinmetall committed to investing R251 Million in Renewable Energy at the...
Gauteng, South Africa - On 12 April 2023, Rheinmetall Denel Munition (RDM) pledged to invest R251 Million in South Africa for Renewable Energy during...
RDM could face criminal prosecution over 2018 explosion
Rheinmetall Denel Munition (RDM) may face criminal prosecution over the September 2018 explosion at its Somerset West facility that claimed eight lives.
The Department of...
Rheinmetall Denel Munition wins big new 155 mm ammunition orders
Rheinmetall Denel Munition (RDM) has secured two new contracts for its 155 mm Assegai artillery ammunition, worth nearly €60 million or R1.1 billion.
Rheinmetall said...
Foundation stone laid for new Rheinmetall ammunition factory in Hungary
Hungary is building a new RDX plant in Varpalota and Rheinmetall Denel Munition (RDM) is supplying the necessary plant technology. Rapid progress is being...
RDM nets more NATO 40 mm ammunition contracts
Rheinmetall Denel Munition (RDM) continues to do well with the export of its 40 mm ammunition range, and has just announced two contracts with...
Rheinmetall Denel Munition wins big Hungarian explosives factory contract
Hot on the heels of a multi-million euro contract for 155 mm ammunition from a NATO customer, Rheinmetall Denel Munition (RDM) has announced a...
RDM green hydrogen mobile solution worked at CTC
Rheinmetall Denel Munition (RDM) used the recent Exercise Vuk’uhlome at the SA Army Combat Training Centre (CTC) in Northern Cape to spread the value...
Rheinmetall Denel Munition launches green hydrogen initiative
Rheinmetall Denel Munition (RDM) has taken the first steps towards improving its climate footprint as part of its German parent’s goal of becoming carbon...
RDM wins another NATO 155 mm artillery ammunition order
Rheinmetall Denel Munition (RDM) has received a contract from another NATO country for 155 mm artillery ammunition from its Assegai product line.
Rheinmetall said the...
Rheinmetall Denel Munition awarded Asian 40 mm ammunition contracts
Rheinmetall Denel Munition (RDM) has been awarded contracts to supply 40 mm grenade ammunition to two customers in Asia as it continues to grow...
RDM explosion report will not be a public document
The final report of a Department of Employment and Labour (DEL) investigation into an explosion at a Rheinmetall Denel Munition Western Cape plant in...
RDM upskilling 100 military veterans a year
Rheinmetall Denel Munition (RDM) is providing up to 100 military veterans a year with skills they can use to create livelihoods for themselves.
The company...
A Part of the Solution: Empowering Our Heroes Towards a Brighter...
Rheinmetall Denel-Munition (RDM) touches the hearts of many, and continuously strive to revitalize the flame of hope with their tremendous effort to empower South...
Rheinmetall Denel Munition awarded Spanish 40 mm grenade contract
Rheinmetall Denel Munition (RDM) has been awarded a contract to supply 40 mm grenade ammunition to the Spanish military.
The contract covers the supply of...
RDM to supply artillery rounds as part of massive Hungarian ammunition...
Rheinmetall Denel Munition (RDM) will manufacture and supply artillery ammunition for the Hungarian military as part of a comprehensive ammunition deal awarded to Germany’s...
Rheinmetall Denel Munition offering post-graduate bursaries
Ammunition manufacturer Rheinmetall Denel Munition (RDM) is offering post-graduate bursaries to students in financial need as part of its project to expand, build and...
RDM finds light fixture fault likely cause of 2021 fire
An internal Rheinmetall Denel Munition (RDM) investigation into an October 2021 fire and ‘flashover’ at the company’s Somerset West facilities has found that a...
Team RDM: Partner to the forces, patriots of the ocean
From 10 to 13 February, 16 Rheinmetall Denel Munition (RDM) employees, comprising of 12 swimmers and four support staff, joined 80 South African National...
A call to cleanup – RDM wants to be part of...
Last week Rheinmetall Denel Munition set aside two days for their employees to participate in RDM’s Annual Cleanup Day initiative. The two company sites...
RDM investing in schools and the children of South Africa’s future
Rheinmetall Denel Munition is geared to a three step approach, focussing on investing in education in South Africa, which starts at kindergarten, high school,...
Rheinmetall receives first order under Dutch framework agreement
Rheinmetall has received an order for illumination and smoke/obscurant shells from the Dutch Defence Materiel Organisation (DMO) as part of a massive ammunition framework...
Investigations into RDM Somerset West explosion continuing
The South African Police Service (SAPS), Department of Employment and Labour (DEL) and Rheinmetall Denel Munition (RDM) are continuing to investigate the source of...
RDM reviewing safety protocols in wake of Somerset West fire
Rheinmetall Denel Munition (RDM) is reviewing its safety processes in the wake of a fire and explosion at its Somerset West facility on 31...
RDM explosion generates employee safety questions
Two explosions in three years at a Rheinmetall Denel Munition (RDM) plant in the Western Cape is, according to a political party and a...
No injuries reported after explosion at RDM
A large explosion and fire at Rheinmetall Denel Munitions' Somerset West facility woke many residents on Sunday night but no injuries were sustained in...
DEL inquiry delves into fatal 2018 explosion
“Structural shortcomings and defective designs” added to “unnecessary overtime” could be contributing factors to the September 2018 explosion at the Rheinmetall Denel Munition (RDM)...
RDM explosion inquiry resumes
COVID-19 and its associated restrictions put a halt to the inquiry into the September 2018 explosion at Rheinmetall Denel Munition (RDM) in Western Cape...
RDM and Clicks in vaccination drive
Rheinmetall Denel Munition (RDM) has collaborated with the Clicks Group Outreach Programme in order to facilitate and rollout the COVID-19 vaccination for RDM’s employees...
Rheinmetall Denel Munition donates food parcels to unrest-affected communities
On Friday 23 July, Rheinmetall Denel Munition (RDM) donated 1 000 food parcels to needy families who have been affected by recent public violence...
Lockdown level 4 puts RDM explosion inquiry on hold
South Africa’s continuing battle against COVID-19 put a temporary hold on the inquiry into the September 2018 explosion at Rheinmetall Denel Munition (RDM) in...