The chief executive of German arms maker Rheinmetall, Armin Papperger, advocated faster progress in the Franco-German tank ...

The Franco-German MGCS main battle tank project, which has stalled for years, is speeding up and has political will on both ...

Rheinmetall said Wednesday that Papperger’s mandate will be extended until January 2030. Papperger, who was the target of a Russian assassination plot earlier this year, has been Rheinmetall’s ...

Papperger was an obvious target: His company, Rheinmetall, is the largest and most successful German manufacturer of the vital 155mm artillery shells that have become the make-or-break weapon in ...

Papperger, an engineer by training with brushed-back white hair and a penchant for silk scarves and hunting on the company’s land, joined the weapons maker in 1990 and rose to become CEO in 2013.

Rheinmetall AG Chief Executive Officer Armin Papperger, who has overseen an almost 1,200% surge in the shares since taking the helm in January 2013, is pocketing profits from a rally fueled by ...

T HE GERMAN state of North Rhine-Westphalia has long provided bodyguards to Armin Papperger. But since American and German spooks foiled a Russian plot to kill him last year, the boss of ...

Armin Papperger, CEO of German defense and automotive group Rheinmetall AG poses for the media as the defense contractor joins Germany’s DAX blue-chip index in Frankfurt, Germany, March 20, 2023.

Armin Papperger created a stir both in Russia and the west this year when he said he wanted German arms group Rheinmetall to build its Panther tanks on Ukrainian soil. Berlin had been pushing back ...

Rheinmetall RHM -0.66% said Chief Executive Armin Papperger will remain at the helm of the company for another five years, as the German arms maker gears up for a period of accelerated growth.

The chief executive of German arms maker Rheinmetall, Armin Papperger, advocated faster progress in the Franco-German tank project MGCS during a visit by Defence Ministers Boris Pistorius and ...