Destinus has announced the accelerated start of the RUTA Block 3 programme, a 2,000 kilometre-class long-range precision strike system being developed in partnership with Rheinmetall, with flight testing planned to begin in 2027, the company stated.
Block 3 extends the RUTA family, which has already moved from battlefield validation into serial industrial production. RUTA Block 1 is in serial production in the Netherlands, while Block 2, developed with support from Ukraine’s Brave1 defence technology initiative, is currently undergoing flight testing in Ukraine and is planned to enter production ramp-up in 2026. Block 3 will extend the architecture into a new long-range category while retaining what Destinus describes as sovereign European design authority, scalable production, and containerised deployment.
The programme is structured across three industrial hubs. Destinus serves as engineering and design authority and primary production site in the Netherlands. Ukraine will contribute to both development and operational testing of Block 3 and will manufacture essential components. In Germany, a planned Rheinmetall Destinus Strike Systems joint venture is expected to add high-rate manufacturing, qualification, and final integration capacity for Bundeswehr and broader European customers, with production at Rheinmetall’s Unterlüß site planned to begin with Block 1 and Block 2 in 2026-2027.
Mikhail Kokorich, CEO of Destinus, described the programme around industrial depth rather than headline capability. “Europe is entering a new defence era where the decisive factor is no longer the existence of precision weapons, but the ability to produce, replenish, and evolve them at an industrial scale during prolonged high-intensity operations. RUTA Block 3 is designed around that reality: sovereign European architecture, distributed industrial production, and the ability to scale rapidly across allied nations. Our objective is not to manufacture symbolic quantities of exquisite missiles, but to help establish a credible European long-range strike capability with real industrial depth.”
Armin Papperger, CEO of Rheinmetall AG, said the joint venture was on track for establishment before the end of the year. “Deep precision strike capabilities, meaning the ability to strike strategically important targets with pinpoint accuracy, even deep within the enemy’s territory, contribute to a credible deterrent and are therefore of great importance in terms of security policy. We are ready to establish the Rheinmetall Destinus Strike Systems joint venture with our partner Destinus before the end of this year and to provide these capabilities to our customers as soon as possible. We are excited to produce and deliver the first missiles from our Unterlüß site before the end of 2026.”
According to the company, Block 3 is intended to be powered by a next-generation Destinus T220 turbojet engine currently in design, and will carry a 250 kilogram-class warhead. The system is designed for long-range missions in contested environments, combining advanced autonomous navigation for GPS-degraded conditions with terminal sensing and guidance capabilities under development. Launch is via a standard ISO containerised architecture supporting land-based, maritime, and fixed-site deployment.
The RUTA family draws on operational lessons from Ukraine, where the conflict has demonstrated both the value of long-range precision strike capability and the importance of industrial scale in sustaining it. European nations have been investing significantly in domestic long-range strike programmes as the continent seeks to reduce its dependence on US-supplied systems.
That’s not a drone, that’s a cruise missile.
It Is often said that certain Motorcycles are “Cruise Missiles” … It’s just word soup.
Daniil Kvyat isn’t cigar shaped, but “The Torpedo” was still the best in the Russian arsenal at the time!
He came through like a torpedo.. 😆
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Fords were often called Dagenham Dustbins, though I can’t think of any real relevance to this conversation sadly. 🥳
If you call it a one way effector or a drone it’s ten times cheaper and quicker to procure than a cruise missile 😀
That phenomenon is a big part of why our procurement is so expensive.
Lots of jet powered drones blur the line, so where do we draw the line? ultimately a name is meaningless on its own though, what matters is the actual capability and if costs justify performance.
This one is a tube with stubby folding wings and a fold-out air intake, it’s indistinguishable functionally from a Tomahawk.
Ahh yes, Destinus.
This company was set up back In 2021 by a Russian.
Kokorich renounced his Russian citizenship a few year back. They have done work for DARPA so has actually had better vetting than Mandelson.
Ahh another Von Braun then !
“Smoke ’em if you got ’em.”
I aim for the stars but sometimes I hit London
Ha ha.
I’m laughing but realise the Irony isn’t that funny ! but It did make me smile 😁
Or Dr Strangelove, ” My Fuhrer I can walk”
And as is typical in an oppressive dictatorship – went nowhere.
To be fair a fair few tech companies in California and beyond were set up by Russians or other potentially questionable nationalities and backgrounds. One of the World’s foremost cyber security outfits indeed.
The timing of the announcement has nothing to do with The Tangerine Toddler not sending cruise missiles to Germany…..
Every month Europe needs the US less and less.
Europe has vast amounts of cash, a much larger manufacturing base than the USA and large military forces and as we have seen with Ukraine verses Russia once you get efficient business from the non military industrial sector involved you can achieve a lot very quickly.
In a few years Europe will start to act like the powerhouse it has always been. US strategic policy has been to keep Europe dependent for decades. Trump screwed that all up for zero benefit.
Europe is rapidly adding satellites, ABM and deep strike capability which are the main things it requires at present from the USA.
To be fair Tony Blair realised that American dependency for weapons systems wasn’t a good idea.
However, he saw sense and UKIP was preserved: just about.
Even Blair wanted a UK drone industry and missile industry. Hence TANARIS and Storm Shadow.
I’d say the powering up of UK independent manufacturers started a long time ago but with drip fed money – which has caused a lot of issues.
SIRANAT, NATSIRA, RATANIS are 3 other anagrams of TARANIS. 😁
Not to mention now working on eliminating Microsoft from much if its vital software solutions. We have all been very lazy and naive in recent years and now is the time to start working hard to have alternatives to as much US technology services (indeed everything) as possible, it’s no longer possible to consider it a safer bet than China and as our future tax income is going to come ever more dominantly from tech services over physical ones having the US technology bros dominating that while exploiting us for great profits and now having a big say in US Govt policy and thus transaction threats and blackmail, we need to wean ourselves off of them or accept we will simply be contributing to our self destruction. I think the EU is understanding this with substantial shared cross border University research and investment coming into place, but something tells me our Govts’ of most hues won’t see the seriousness, or will simply leave it to future Govt’s as usual to sort out the mess when it’s increasingly too late, just as we did with our power generation, et al.
The European GDPR shows that data sovereignty is key and do the US tech bros are obliged to create sovereign cloud data processing infrastructure.
However the gold rush into AI and the technology required for that brings the ownership of the models and technology stack into focus so that who controls it can no longer just be accepted to be US by default.
I suspect that sovereign cloud will move from just data to the technology stack ownership so that AWS, GSP and Azure are forced to provide European platforms outside the reach of USA government. Over reach like ITAR cannot be tolerated.
Linux operating system is a good open foundation and the German software company involved in 70% of world trade is great leverage to make it happen with their control of their cloud reference architecture which is both the current and future platform.
The world is moving on from the 🍊 wanna be dictator. In many ways he is getting what he wanted – isolation.
Only problem is he thought the world would keep relying on America to manufacture everything. They are not. They are moving on.
Indeed it is moving on fast.
Putin has galvanised the change better than The Tangerine Toddler could have hoped for.
The Tangerine Toddler has also managed to put both his feet on the kill switch for American arms exports. Who wants to depend on a country that is so erratic that it threatens to invade allies?
All it has done is increase focus on and accelerate funding for arms development and manufacture – except in the UK so far where no significant amount of new £££££ are forthcoming.
I hope Starmer does actually man up and come up with ££££ even as his last act in office.
The reliance on America will continue until Europe can master the technology and the manufacturing to replace American dominance in the area. This is where current Ukrainian ingenuity and ability to advance technology is becoming increasingly valuable in defending against russian threats. Mind you Ukraine, with help from allies, has set russia back at least 2 generations, giving Europe plenty of time to properly rid themselves of the American tethers they now are forced to rely on.
Yes, the 🍊 dicktator, is in deed crushing America’s future world dominance.
What angers me is he will be 90 and from his demented care home be shouting about how it was so different when he was in charge. Cause and effect rarely immediately correlate. We see such self harming actions here too, Govts harming the future outlook (and thus the Country) so that it ensures they will get back in later. Is this what Streeting is doing now indeed going on about redoing the EU thinking it will make it more difficult for Burnham to win his by-election and improve his own chances of becoming leader, even if it creates trouble for Govt and party? Short sightedness, naivety or deliberate scheming? Difference is perhaps Tangerine man actually deluded enough to believe what he is doing is good for the Country as well as him, or more likely scheming to massively enhance his family wealth and hangers on is the one great priority and everything else is simply righteously tied to that singular act, what with him being Christ and all that.
No no no no no.
donald does not care for his country of birth. There are only 2 things he cares about: himself and his money. That is plain to see.
“I don’t care about you, I just want your vote.”
-Donald Trump 6/9/24
77mn poorly educated Americans voted for fascist dictatorship, the convicted fraudster and proven rapist who had se# with a pron star while his wife nursed their newborn.
So his character is proven, and they don’t care how many teen pussies he grabs..
Trumpistan is despicable, and we won’t trust that broken system again. The ignorance is deliberate.
This has been the most successful FSB kompromat operation. In the ruzzian war in Ukraine the first country to surrender was the USA.
Only Constitution reform* to prevent #47 foreign interference happening again will enable the eventual alliance rebuilding in US national security interest.
America Alone is weaker and poorer until then…
* suggested reform topics:
Media regulation,
Political lobbying,
Election funding,
Voter qualification,
Public education funding
Agree.
You, like I, are in despise mode.
All the civilised world can do is support Democracy starting with the Mid-Terms.
#RegisteredToVote
#MidTermBlueWave
#FreedomIsNotFree
#Amendment25
What angers me is he will be 90 and from his demented care home be shouting about how it was so different when he was in charge. Cause and effect rarely immediately correlate. We see such self harming actions here too, Govts harming the future outlook or pushing outlay ahead (DIP anyone) so that it helps ensure they will get back in later. Is this what Streeting is doing now indeed going on about rejoining the EU thinking it will make it more difficult for Burnham to win his by-election and thus fiendishly improve his own chances of becoming leader, even if it creates trouble for Govt and party later? Difference is perhaps Tangerine man actually believes in his delusion and like a demigod simply thinks his self grandisement is good for the Country by association, or more likely scheming to enhance his family and hangers on is the one great priority and damn the Country, the useful idiots on their Koolaid will as I started out in this contribution blame the then present guy and party in charge.
I agree totally that Trump is making a big mistake
France love it Germany are waking up Poland is ahead of the field and as we are between two stools (The northern Europeans appreciate us) and peversely he is hurting the US in spades
His allies are dismayed and enemies are smiling
I have this feeling that the DIP wnich had been announced some months ago was being worked at at pace!!!! is coming at last
Please Starmer just do it and spend the ££££££££ which actually you will find that UK industry can do at proper pace and will also lead to exports and revenue for us
Some of the recent contracts announced give me finally hope or am I grasping at straws?
It’s definitely a na-na na- na na-na moment.
Well there’s a company looking to build new composite Spitfires at £700k a pop, though I don’t believe its going to be Merlin or Griffin powered.
Undermines the point really, doesn’t it?
Could put a Merlin in an MQ9 and it would make more sense.
Engines built in 1940s without any of modern manufacturing, which presumably are out of Rolls Royce copyright by now, can certainly be 3D scanned and made with five axis computer numerical control CNC as there is both a new build and sustainment market.
The Spitfire owners and rebuilding businesses have strong motivation to get the 3D scan and metallurgy work done to document the engine design for manufacturing. That becomes an asset that can be licensed to manufacturing businesses who can compete on quality and price as usual.
Presumably Spitfire owners became rich enough to buy one by understanding investment so can grasp and action this opportunity. Spitfire especially those able to fly are millions of pounds so definitely in the big boys toys level.
One would think Ukraine is already a full member of EU. The bonds are being formed. The ties that bind are solid.
Ironic that the deluded bunker grandpa who was frightened of Ukrainian EU accession has made that inevitable as the reasonable reward for defending European people.
Similar to his fear of NATO expansion (an FSB myth) making the superb Finland and Sweden the latest closest new European NATO member states.
So much strategic genius, aka delusion, winning big!
The invaders will be defeated ☠️
Slava Ukrainia 🇺🇦
Heroyam Slava 💙 💛
#StrongerTogether
#StandWithUkraine
#vpdfo #FDJT #NAFO69
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