German defence, technology and engineering company Rheinmetall has reported a major jump in all areas of its 2H 2025 results, especially group sales, operating result and backlog with officials predicting continued growth for the rest of the year.
As well as seeing strong growth, which is also reflected across defence businesses worldwide, company officials pointed to NATO’s GDP defence spending plan of 3.5% “as a huge booster for the business, and this is exactly what we will see over the next quarters”.
In its results report, the company stated that in the first half of 2025, consolidated sales climbed by