Strategic-material profile · RESEARCH ALPHA

RDX

A source-linked European profile of RDX synthesis, grade and formulation boundaries, qualification friction, capacity transparency and selected expansion stages.

Where is current European RDX synthesis evidenced, and what evidence would establish grade-compatible, qualified, expandable and uncommitted supply?

SB-SMP-0005Version 0.1.0MOVING CURRENTEvidence cutoff 2026-08-28EU-27 + United Kingdom + Norway + Switzerland + Serbia + Türkiye

Five current synthesis sites are evidenced; comparable current operating RDX capacity is not.

As of 2026-08-28

Comparable current operating RDX capacityUNKNOWN

Sætre, Sorgues, Bydgoszcz, Barič and Elmadağ are retained as bounded current synthesis mappings. Sætre has a disclosed regulatory production ceiling, but no site has a public scope-matched current operating, nameplate, actual-output, qualified-supply or uncommitted-capacity cell.

Current merchant-oriented qualified RDX capacityUNKNOWN

Several operators publish products or external supply roles, while qualified customer allocation, grade mix and available headroom remain undisclosed.

Uncommitted qualified RDXUNKNOWN

The retained sources do not join current output, grade, lot acceptance, programme qualification, commitments, inventories and allocatable tonnes.

Capacity composition unavailable UNKNOWN

Comparable current annual RDX capacity. Five current synthesis mappings are evidenced. Sætre discloses a regulatory production ceiling, but no site discloses a comparable current operating, nameplate, actual-output, qualified-supply or uncommitted-capacity cell.

Inference boundary. Five current synthesis mappings are evidenced. Sætre discloses a regulatory production ceiling, but no site discloses a comparable current operating, nameplate, actual-output, qualified-supply or uncommitted-capacity cell. No numeric headline sum is emitted. Sætre's 1,400 t/y permitted production ceiling is not current operating, nameplate, actual, qualified or uncommitted output. Its separate 600 t/y purchased-crystal recrystallisation allowance is downstream processing rather than synthesis and cannot be added to the production figure as synthesis capacity. Barič's shared batch output, multiproduct expansion percentages, other downstream process throughput and project targets are also excluded.

01 · Material role

The strategic object is accepted RDX in an accepted formulation, not chemical identity alone.

Type, class, crystal characteristics, process route and configuration qualification separate raw material from usable output.

01 · PrecursorHexamine + controlled process inputsPublic manufacturing literature establishes a high-level precursor and nitration route without identifying European supplier, plant route or yield.
02 · MaterialRDX synthesis and purificationProcess type, impurity control, lot identity and particle or crystal characteristics shape the material supplied.
03 · GradeType, class and crystal-controlled RDXSpecification conformance and source identity are separate from acceptance in a formulation or programme.
04 · Formulation and processMixing, pressing, melt-cast or cast-cureRDX becomes one input to a formulation handled by a distinct industrial process family.
05 · Qualified outputAccepted fill, booster or weapon configurationMaterial qualification, process control and configuration-specific testing remain downstream gates.

Specified and accepted RDX

RDX is a high explosive used as a raw energetic material and as an input to multiple pressed, melt-cast, cast-cured and plastic-bonded formulations; appropriate type, class, crystal characteristics, process route and accepted weapon configuration remain part of usable supply.

Raw identity or unqualified formulation

Raw RDX, a specified type or granulation class, a crystal-controlled grade, an RDX-containing formulation, a process-family capability and a qualified output are distinct industrial states. A catalogue product, batch rate, formulation line or weapon fill does not automatically establish current RDX synthesis capacity or programme-qualified supply.

Profile scopeEU-27 + United Kingdom + Norway + Switzerland + Serbia + Türkiye. Exclusions: Russia; Belarus; Laboratory or semi-operational RDX preparation presented as industrial synthesis capacity; RDX-containing formulations presented as base-RDX manufacture; Downstream mixing, pressing, filling or weapon throughput presented as RDX capacity; Published batch rates annualised without operating-day, product-mix and utilisation evidence; Planned, installed or permitted equipment presented as commissioned qualified output. This is a bounded public-source map, not a complete producer census, capacity balance or qualification register. Absence from the profile does not establish absence of capability, imports, inventory or qualified alternatives.

02 · European production base

Five current synthesis mappings close geography before they close capacity.

Sætre, Sorgues, Bydgoszcz, Barič and Elmadağ are evidenced, while comparable current operating tonnes remain unknown; Sætre's permit ceilings remain separate.

ACTIVE_MERCHANT

Active merchant-facing
Current production is evidenced and an external product channel is explicit; uncommitted qualified volume is not implied.

ACTIVE_CAPTIVE

Active integrated or strategic
Current capability is evidenced inside an integrated or sovereign chain; exclusive captive use is not implied.

CONVERSION

Conversion
An existing industrial asset has a sourced restart or conversion plan but accepted output is not yet evidenced.

PLANNED

Planned
A sourced project or programme exists without evidenced commissioned output.

LEGACY_INACTIVE

Legacy or inactive
Historic capability is retained for lineage but is excluded from the current footprint.

North · 66°NSouth · 35°NWest −12° → East 42°

1Sætre high-explosives site
Chemring Nobel ASNO · ACTIVE MERCHANT
2Sorgues energetic-materials site
EURENCO France SASFR · ACTIVE MERCHANT
3Bydgoszcz explosives works
Zakłady Chemiczne Nitro-Chem S.A.PL · ACTIVE MERCHANT
4Barič high-explosives works
Prva Iskra–Namenska Proizvodnja a.d.RS · ACTIVE MERCHANT
5Elmadağ Rockets and Explosives Factory
MKETR · ACTIVE CAPTIVE
6Făgăraș RDX-line modernisation
Făgăraș Powder Plant / ROMARMRO · CONVERSION
7Sætre multiproduct expansion
Chemring Nobel ASNO · PLANNED
8CAP SORGUES expansion
EURENCO France SASFR · PLANNED
9Várpalota RDX plant
Rheinmetall / N7 joint ventureHU · PLANNED
10Nitro-Chem new RDX/HMX installation
Nitro-Chem / PROZAPPL · PLANNED
11Krupski Młyn PETN/RDX project
Nitroerg S.A.PL · PLANNED

Schematic geographic plot, not a border map. Coordinates represent approximate site or city locations, not verified plant-gate points. National programmes without a resolved site are listed in the pipeline but are not assigned coordinates.

Bounded current European RDX synthesis mappings

Site / control	Profile state	Production role	Capacity evidence	Market access
SITE Sætre high-explosives site Norway · Chemring Nobel AS Chemring-operated site in Asker municipality.RDX-CLM-001 RDX-CLM-002 RDX-CLM-015 RDX-CLM-026	ACTIVE_MERCHANT Current RDX manufacture and transatlantic prime-contractor supply are explicit; grade-specific allocation is not.	Base RDX and formulated energetic materials inside a multiproduct HMX/RDX/NTO site.	UNDISCLOSEDUNDISCLOSED1,400 t/y (permitted ceiling) · 600 t/y (permitted ceiling)	Merchant-facing Chemring reports prime-contractor supply on both sides of the Atlantic; RDX allocation is undisclosed. REPORTED
SITE Sorgues energetic-materials site France · EURENCO France SAS EURENCO-operated French site.RDX-CLM-002 RDX-CLM-003 RDX-CLM-010 RDX-CLM-015	ACTIVE_MERCHANT The DGA identifies RDX-focused production capacity and EURENCO publishes RDX products; no uncommitted volume is inferred.	RDX grades plus downstream explosive compositions and filling capabilities.	UNDISCLOSEDUNDISCLOSED	Merchant-facing EURENCO publishes RDX products and export activity; site-specific grade allocation is unknown. REPORTED
SITE Bydgoszcz explosives works Poland · Zakłady Chemiczne Nitro-Chem S.A. PGZ-group Polish strategic producer.RDX-CLM-002 RDX-CLM-004 RDX-CLM-010 RDX-CLM-015	ACTIVE_MERCHANT A current Type I RDX offer is mapped to Bydgoszcz and external markets; current tonnes remain unknown.	Type I RDX, RDX-based compositions and separate loading services.	UNDISCLOSEDUNDISCLOSED	Merchant-facing The product offer is external-facing; qualified customer allocation is not disclosed. REPORTED
SITE Barič high-explosives works Serbia · Prva Iskra–Namenska Proizvodnja a.d. Serbian defence-industry producer with own high-explosives technology.RDX-CLM-002 RDX-CLM-005 RDX-CLM-015	ACTIVE_MERCHANT Current RDX production and technology-transfer offers are explicit; the daily batch statement is not annual capacity.	Continuous and batch RDX production plus RDX-based compositions.	UNDISCLOSEDUNDISCLOSED	Merchant-facing The catalogue addresses customers and technology transfer; current uncommitted RDX is unknown. REPORTED
SITE Elmadağ Rockets and Explosives Factory Türkiye · MKE Turkish Treasury-owned integrated defence manufacturer.RDX-CLM-002 RDX-CLM-006 RDX-CLM-015	ACTIVE_CAPTIVE A current RDX product and government-located production facility are evidenced inside MKE's integrated chain.	RDX production within an integrated rockets, explosives and ammunition enterprise.	UNDISCLOSEDUNDISCLOSED	Integrated strategic use The retained evidence does not establish external RDX allocation. REPORTED

Capacity reading rule Five current synthesis mappings are evidenced. Sætre discloses a regulatory production ceiling, but no site discloses a comparable current operating, nameplate, actual-output, qualified-supply or uncommitted-capacity cell. All five comparable current operating-capacity cells remain UNKNOWN. Sætre separately retains a 1,400 t/y regulatory production ceiling and a 600 t/y purchased-crystal recrystallisation allowance; neither is current operating, nameplate, actual, qualified or uncommitted output, and the processing allowance must not be added as synthesis capacity. Barič's shared RDX-or-HMX daily batch output is retained only in a claim and is not annualised.

03 · Market structure

Published offers do not reveal grade-compatible uncommitted supply.

Făgăraș and Explosia show why capability statements and limited preparation cannot be forced into current industrial capacity.

Current merchant-oriented qualified RDX capacityUNKNOWN

Sætre, Sorgues, Bydgoszcz and Barič expose external-facing product or customer evidence, but no source closes grade-specific uncommitted allocation.

Current integrated or programme-dedicated RDX capacityUNKNOWN

Elmadağ is retained as an integrated state-controlled mapping. Făgăraș marketing and a ministerial restart target remain insufficient to establish commissioned current synthesis.

Current strategic finding · INFERRED

The bounded map identifies five current RDX synthesis sites, but comparable current operating capacity, grade-specific output and uncommitted qualified supply remain unknown. Sætre's regulatory ceilings remain separate observations rather than operating-capacity values. Făgăraș and Explosia are retained as unresolved restart and limited-preparation boundaries rather than promoted for symmetry.

The producer search is bounded rather than exhaustive.
Current product evidence does not reveal grade-compatible allocation.
Unknown imports and inventories are not treated as absent.
Could reverse: Authoritative current capacity and output by site and grade
Could reverse: Evidence that a retained current mapping has ceased synthesis
Could reverse: Verified commissioning of an unresolved or planned site

Nearest disclosed intervention surfaceThe selected pipeline spans active-site equipment installation, Sorgues expansion, Várpalota construction, Nitro-Chem design, Nitroerg preconstruction, Făgăraș conversion and a second Norwegian site's state planning. This stage diversity is evidence of expansion friction, not current supply.

04 · Expansion pipeline

Projects occupy materially different stages from design to installed equipment.

Selected records preserve engineering, permitting, construction, commissioning and qualification as separate gates.

CONVERSION
Făgăraș RDX-line modernisation · Romania
End-2025 target not verified by 2026-08-28
Ministerial modernisation statement and current product marketing; commissioning record not found.
RDX-CLM-007 RDX-CLM-018
PLANNED
Sætre multiproduct expansion · Norway
Major equipment installed by October 2025
Multiproduct expansion progressing; commissioning and RDX-only increment remain unknown.
RDX-CLM-018 RDX-CLM-020
PLANNED
CAP SORGUES expansion · France
2020–2025 investment window; commissioning unresolved
CAP SORGUES selected under ASAP; no accepted incremental RDX output retained.
RDX-CLM-018 RDX-CLM-021
PLANNED
Várpalota RDX plant · Hungary
Production-by-2027 company target
RDX plant reported under construction; full-scale capability requires engineering, know-how, documentation and training.
RDX-CLM-018 RDX-CLM-022
PLANNED
Nitro-Chem new RDX/HMX installation · Poland
Design stage as of November 2025
Documentation intended to support later construction preparations.
RDX-CLM-018 RDX-CLM-023
PLANNED
Krupski Młyn PETN/RDX project · Poland
Preconstruction tender stage in April 2026
Technology and equipment tender under way; construction tender described as the next step.
RDX-CLM-018 RDX-CLM-024
PLANNED
Second Norwegian high-explosives facility · Norway
State planning process opened January 2026
Plan programme and impact assessments precede siting, construction and commissioning.
RDX-CLM-018 RDX-CLM-025

Conversion and planned records

Site / control	Profile state	Production role	Capacity state	Market access
PROGRAMME Făgăraș RDX-line modernisation Romania · Făgăraș Powder Plant / ROMARM Romanian state-owned legacy line with a government modernisation target.RDX-CLM-007 RDX-CLM-018	CONVERSION Marketing and a modernisation target exist, but commissioning and current industrial synthesis were not verified.	Proposed return of an existing RDX line to industrial production.	UNDISCLOSEDUNDISCLOSED	Restart unresolved The profile does not infer active RDX output from current marketing or a prior target. UNKNOWN
PROGRAMME Sætre multiproduct expansion Norway · Chemring Nobel AS Company investment supported by EU and Norwegian public funding.RDX-CLM-018 RDX-CLM-020	PLANNED Equipment installation and construction milestones are evidenced; commissioned additional RDX output is not.	Multiproduct HMX/RDX/NTO capacity expansion.	UNDISCLOSEDUNDISCLOSED	Planned merchant expansion The RDX share and qualified allocation are undisclosed. REPORTED
PROGRAMME CAP SORGUES expansion France · EURENCO France SAS EURENCO investment with an ASAP explosives award.RDX-CLM-018 RDX-CLM-021	PLANNED Investment and grant selection are evidenced; incremental accepted RDX output is not.	RDX-emphasised capacity expansion inside a broader Sorgues programme.	UNDISCLOSEDUNDISCLOSED	Planned merchant expansion Baseline, RDX increment, commissioning and allocation are unresolved. REPORTED
PROGRAMME Várpalota RDX plant Hungary · Rheinmetall / N7 joint venture Hungarian-state and Rheinmetall joint project; Rheinmetall planned as primary customer.RDX-CLM-018 RDX-CLM-022	PLANNED Construction is reported, but current commissioned RDX production is not.	New RDX synthesis plant for ammunition supply.	UNDISCLOSEDUNDISCLOSED	Planned integrated supply Rheinmetall is identified as primary customer after completion; other allocation is unresolved. REPORTED
PROGRAMME Nitro-Chem new RDX/HMX installation Poland · Nitro-Chem / PROZAP Nitro-Chem project with PROZAP design documentation.RDX-CLM-018 RDX-CLM-023	PLANNED The project is at design-documentation stage, before construction and commissioning.	New installation intended for RDX and alternatively HMX plus necessary intermediates.	UNDISCLOSEDUNDISCLOSED	Planned merchant expansion Future product split, qualification and customer allocation are unknown. REPORTED
PROGRAMME Krupski Młyn PETN/RDX project Poland · Nitroerg S.A. Nitroerg project supported under the Polish Investment Zone.RDX-CLM-018 RDX-CLM-024	PLANNED Technology and equipment procurement precedes a future construction tender.	Planned PETN and RDX production facility with supporting infrastructure.	UNDISCLOSEDUNDISCLOSED	Planned dual-use supply Annual RDX capacity, schedule, qualification and allocation are not disclosed. REPORTED
PROGRAMME Second Norwegian high-explosives facility Norway · Chemring Nobel / Norwegian state Proposed second site in a state-led planning process.RDX-CLM-018 RDX-CLM-025	PLANNED A significant new facility is under state planning and impact assessment; final site and construction are not established.	Proposed additional military high-explosives production including the product family made by Chemring Nobel.	UNDISCLOSEDUNDISCLOSED	Planned allied supply RDX-specific capacity and allocation are withheld or undisclosed. UNKNOWN

Pipeline boundary The selected pipeline spans installed equipment, active-site expansion, design, preconstruction tender, construction, conversion and state planning. None is current or qualified incremental RDX until commissioning and accepted output are evidenced.

05 · Dependencies & bottlenecks

Precursor, grade, formulation, process and qualification form a chain of distinct objects.

A tonne of unspecified RDX does not answer whether a named qualified output can be produced.

OBSERVED ROUTE FAMILY

Hexamine and controlled synthesis

Official manufacturing literature supports the high-level precursor route while European plant routes and inputs remain unresolved.

RDX-CLM-012

OBSERVED GRADE GATE

Type, class and crystal characteristics

Specification and catalogue evidence distinguish multiple material states that cannot be collapsed into raw RDX identity.

RDX-CLM-010

OBSERVED DOWNSTREAM GATE

Formulation and process family

Pressing, melt-cast, cast-cure, plastic formulation, mixing and filling are separate capabilities with undisclosed throughput.

RDX-CLM-013

OBSERVED QUALIFICATION FRICTION

Source and process change

First-article, material-qualification and configuration evidence show that alternate-source substitution is not automatic.

RDX-CLM-011

CHECKED NO COMPARABLE VALUE

Current capacity and allocation

Comparable current operating-capacity and uncommitted-supply fields remain unknown rather than zero; Sætre's regulatory production and purchased-crystal-processing ceilings do not close them.

RDX-CLM-015

OBSERVED PROJECT FRICTION

Expansion stage and commissioning

The selected projects expose design, tender, construction, equipment-installation and planning stages while commissioning and qualification remain unresolved downstream gates.

RDX-CLM-018

OBSERVED WITH BOUNDARY

Cross-branch use

Warhead PBX and naval gun-propellant evidence does not establish missile-motor use or supplier-to-programme mapping.

RDX-CLM-009

qualified precursor and process inputs→controlled RDX synthesis and purification→type, class and crystal-grade acceptance→formulation-specific mixing or conversion→pressing, melt-cast, cast-cure or filling process→material and configuration qualification→lot acceptance and source-change control→uncommitted allocation

No RDX scarcity or sufficiency scalar emittedThe retained evidence does not join comparable current operating capacity, output, grade mix, imports, inventories, programme acceptance, commitments and dated demand.

06 · Strategic assessment

The evidence supports a capacity-transparency finding, not a shortage scalar.

The next tranche must close current grade-specific output, allocation and accepted-source matrices.

V0.1 verdict · INFERRED

INFERRED

Current strategic finding

Confidence MEDIUM HIGH ON MAPPING LOW ON TONNES

RDX-CLM-002 RDX-CLM-007 RDX-CLM-008 RDX-CLM-015

INFERRED

Nearest disclosed intervention surface

The selected pipeline spans active-site equipment installation, Sorgues expansion, Várpalota construction, Nitro-Chem design, Nitroerg preconstruction, Făgăraș conversion and a second Norwegian site's state planning. This stage diversity is evidence of expansion friction, not current supply.

Confidence HIGH ON STAGE DISTINCTIONS LOW ON DELIVERY

RDX-CLM-018 RDX-CLM-020 RDX-CLM-021 RDX-CLM-022 RDX-CLM-023 RDX-CLM-024 RDX-CLM-025

WITHHELD INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE

Sufficiency determination

No Europe-wide RDX surplus, deficit, bottleneck quantity or twelve-month output loss is emitted because capacity, output, imports, inventories, commitments, qualified interchangeability and dated demand are not joined.

Confidence HIGH

RDX-CLM-015

INFERRED

Qualification-friction finding

RDX substitution cannot be modelled as tonne-for-tonne chemistry: raw material, type or class, crystal grade, formulation, process-family capability and qualified weapon output remain different objects.

Confidence HIGH ON MECHANISM LOW ON PROGRAMME DURATION

RDX-CLM-010 RDX-CLM-011 RDX-CLM-013

Intervention points

01
Close current site capacity and allocation
Obtain current nameplate, actual output, utilisation, inventories and customer commitments by RDX type, class and crystal grade for the five mapped sites.
Decision value: Separates visible geography from usable twelve-month supply.
RDX-CLM-002 RDX-CLM-015
02
Build the accepted-source matrix
Map RDX source and grade to qualified formulations and weapon configurations without publishing sensitive formulation detail.
Decision value: Identifies where chemically available material is not interchangeable qualified material.
RDX-CLM-010 RDX-CLM-011
03
Verify staged expansion milestones
Resolve construction, commissioning, accepted output and RDX-only increments across the selective pipeline.
Decision value: Prevents project announcements and multiproduct percentages from becoming current capacity.
RDX-CLM-018
04
Resolve Făgăraș operating state
Obtain a commissioning or production record for the modernised RDX line, or evidence that the restart target was not achieved.
Decision value: Can add or exclude a sixth current mapping without forcing an ontology mismatch.
RDX-CLM-007
05
Separate synthesis from formulation throughput
Join RDX supply only to grade-compatible mixing, pressing, casting, filling and qualification records.
Decision value: Prevents downstream capability from being counted as upstream material capacity.
RDX-CLM-013

Evidence that can change the call

01
What are current annual capacity, actual output and utilisation by RDX type and grade at each mapped site?
Would change: The current supply baseline and concentration assessment.
02
How much current output is committed, inventoried or available to external European customers?
Would change: The uncommitted qualified-supply finding.
03
Which supplier, type, class and crystal grades are accepted for which formulations and weapon configurations?
Would change: The substitution and qualification-friction assessment.
04
Which precursor sources and synthesis routes support each current site?
Would change: The upstream dependency and expansion-risk map.
05
Was the Făgăraș RDX line commissioned after the end-2025 target?
Would change: The bounded current producer set.
06
When will each selected expansion commission, and what RDX-only accepted increment will it deliver?
Would change: The future supply and intervention timeline.
07
What mixing, pressing, casting and filling throughput is compatible with each qualified RDX formulation?
Would change: The material-to-qualified-output bottleneck chain.
08
What qualified imports, inventories and alternate sources are available under a twelve-month disruption?
Would change: Any Europe-wide sufficiency or bottleneck conclusion.

Evidence descent · Appendix

Every number and conclusion runs back to an attributed record.

The page is a deterministic presentation of a repository-only, moving-current publication object. Corrections require a new version and revision-history entry; prior source objects remain in the repository. It creates no released Industrial Network row, migration, public JSON endpoint or new factual authority.

ConfirmedCompany estimateMarket estimateInferredUndisclosed

Profile-local scoped claims (22)

RDX-CLM-001

Norwegian government and Chemring records identify current RDX manufacture at Chemring Nobel's Sætre site; Chemring reports the multiproduct site operating at full capacity.

REPORTED · Scope: Current Sætre synthesis mapping

Limitation: The sources do not disclose current operating or nameplate RDX capacity, actual output, grade mix, utilisation by product, qualified supply or uncommitted allocation.

RDX-SRC-001 RDX-SRC-002 RDX-SRC-024

RDX-CLM-002

The bounded current public-source set supports five European RDX synthesis mappings: Sætre, Sorgues, Bydgoszcz, Barič and Elmadağ.

INFERRED · Scope: Bounded current producer set

Limitation: This is not an exhaustive census and does not establish comparable capacity, grade interchangeability, customer qualification or available supply.

RDX-SRC-001 RDX-SRC-004 RDX-SRC-006 RDX-SRC-008 RDX-SRC-009 RDX-SRC-010

RDX-CLM-003

The French DGA describes an investment at EURENCO's Sorgues site to double production capacity, particularly for RDX, while EURENCO publishes multiple RDX grades and formulations.

REPORTED · Scope: Current Sorgues synthesis and product mapping

Limitation: A doubling statement without a scope-matched baseline does not disclose current RDX capacity, output, qualification or allocation.

RDX-SRC-004 RDX-SRC-023

Located evidenceRDX-SRC-004EURENCO strategic highlights, page 60 — Sorgues investment, RDX emphasis and supply boundaryThe DGA describes Sorgues investment intended to double capacity particularly for RDX, without a scope-matched baseline.RDX-SRC-023Pages 8, 19–25, 29 and 33–34 — RDX grades, formulation families and filling capabilitiesEURENCO distinguishes RDX grades from pressed, melt-cast and cast-PBX formulation and filling capabilities.

RDX-CLM-004

Nitro-Chem publishes Type I RDX to MIL-DTL-398D at its Bydgoszcz address and separately publishes RDX-based compositions and loading-process services.

OBSERVED · Scope: Current Bydgoszcz synthesis and downstream boundary

Limitation: Product and service pages do not disclose current RDX tonnes, grade mix, line throughput or programme approval.

RDX-SRC-006 RDX-SRC-025

Located evidenceRDX-SRC-006Product entry — Type I to MIL-DTL-398D and Bydgoszcz addressNitro-Chem publishes a Type I RDX product at its Bydgoszcz address without capacity.RDX-SRC-025RDX, RDX-based compositions and loading-services entriesNitro-Chem separates base RDX, formulations and casting, screw-filling, press-filling and X-ray services.

RDX-CLM-005

The Serbian PARTNER 2025 catalogue describes continuous RDX technology and a Barič batch plant producing either RDX or HMX, with a 500 kg daily RDX batch-output statement.

REPORTED · Scope: Current Barič synthesis mapping

Limitation: The shared alternative-product batch rate is not total site capacity, current annual output, qualified capacity or uncommitted supply and is not annualised.

RDX-SRC-008

Located evidenceRDX-SRC-008Catalogue pages 48–49 — Prva Iskra production programme and shared HMX/RDX batch plantThe catalogue maps Barič RDX production and publishes a shared alternative-product daily rate that is not annualised.

RDX-CLM-006

MKE's current product register lists RDX, and a Turkish defence-ministry record locates an RDX production-facility automation centre at the Elmadağ Rockets and Explosives Factory.

OBSERVED · Scope: Current Elmadağ synthesis mapping

Limitation: The sources do not disclose current RDX tonnes, grade mix, operating rate or external allocation.

RDX-SRC-009 RDX-SRC-010

Located evidenceRDX-SRC-009Products index — RDX (Hexogen) entryMKE's current product register includes RDX.RDX-SRC-010Elmadağ visit account — RDX Production Facility Automation CentreThe Turkish defence ministry locates an RDX production facility at Elmadağ.

RDX-CLM-007

Făgăraș currently markets RDX products, while a March 2025 ministerial statement described modernisation of its RDX line with a year-end production target; no retained source confirms commissioning or current industrial output by the cutoff.

INFERRED · Scope: Unresolved Făgăraș restart

Limitation: Marketing and a missed or unverified target are not commissioning evidence, so the site is not promoted into the current synthesis set.

RDX-SRC-011 RDX-SRC-012

Located evidenceRDX-SRC-011About-us paragraphs 1–3 — RDX portfolio and microproduction referencesFăgăraș markets RDX products but the page does not establish commissioned industrial output.RDX-SRC-012Plenary transcript, minister response, PDF pages 5–6 — RDX-line modernisation and end-2025 targetThe minister describes funded modernisation and a production target, not subsequent commissioning.

RDX-CLM-008

Explosia's catalogue describes spherical RDX-R as semi-operational and laboratory preparation supplied in limited quantities and separately publishes RDX-containing formulations.

OBSERVED · Scope: Explosia limited-pilot and formulation boundary

Limitation: Limited preparation and downstream formulations do not establish industrial base-RDX synthesis capacity.

RDX-SRC-013

Located evidenceRDX-SRC-013Catalogue page 21 — RDX-R identity, uses and limited semi-operational/laboratory supplyExplosia distinguishes spherical RDX-R and explicitly bounds it to limited semi-operational and laboratory preparation.

RDX-CLM-009

NATO examples place RDX in missile-warhead and booster formulations, while Rheinmetall identifies RDX in a naval gun-propellant family.

OBSERVED · Scope: Cross-branch exposure

Limitation: The evidence does not establish current European RDX use in missile or rocket motor propellant, a named source, grade or programme quantity.

RDX-SRC-022 RDX-SRC-026

RDX-CLM-010

The retained specifications and catalogues distinguish raw RDX, manufacturing type, granulation class, crystal-controlled grade and RDX-containing formulation as different evidence objects.

INFERRED · Scope: Grade and formulation boundary

Limitation: Catalogue availability or broad specification conformance does not establish lot equivalence, programme acceptance or qualified uncommitted supply.

RDX-SRC-006 RDX-SRC-013 RDX-SRC-018 RDX-SRC-023

Located evidenceRDX-SRC-006Product entry — Type I to MIL-DTL-398D and Bydgoszcz addressNitro-Chem publishes a Type I RDX product at its Bydgoszcz address without capacity.RDX-SRC-013Catalogue page 21 — RDX-R identity, uses and limited semi-operational/laboratory supplyExplosia distinguishes spherical RDX-R and explicitly bounds it to limited semi-operational and laboratory preparation.RDX-SRC-018Revision D PDF pages 1, 3–8 and 27–28 — type/class, lot, process-control and first-article provisionsMIL-DTL-398D distinguishes manufacturing types and granulation classes and ties first article to process, equipment and supply sources.RDX-SRC-023Pages 8, 19–25, 29 and 33–34 — RDX grades, formulation families and filling capabilitiesEURENCO distinguishes RDX grades from pressed, melt-cast and cast-PBX formulation and filling capabilities.

RDX-CLM-011

The US MIL-DTL-398D specification ties first-article identity to process, equipment and supply sources and permits renewed scrutiny after relevant changes; separate NATO and European records address material and configuration qualification and repeated national approvals.

INFERRED · Scope: Source-change and European qualification friction

Limitation: The US first-article mechanism is not a universal European rule, and no retained source quantifies a named European supplier-swap cost or duration.

RDX-SRC-018 RDX-SRC-020 RDX-SRC-021 RDX-SRC-022

Located evidenceRDX-SRC-018Revision D PDF pages 1, 3–8 and 27–28 — type/class, lot, process-control and first-article provisionsMIL-DTL-398D distinguishes manufacturing types and granulation classes and ties first article to process, equipment and supply sources.RDX-SRC-020ASSIST document details — active STANAG 4170 title, category and promulgation recordOfficial metadata identifies an active NATO standard for qualification of explosive materials for military use.RDX-SRC-021Opening qualification-fragmentation paragraphsEDA reports national procedures and repeated testing or approval across Member States.RDX-SRC-022Pages 16–17 and 118–122 — configuration specificity, fill quality and booster qualificationAOP-39 separates energetic material, formulation/process quality and configuration-specific qualified output.

RDX-CLM-012

EPA manufacturing literature identifies hexamine as a precursor in established RDX routes and separates nitration, purification and finishing as industrial stages.

OBSERVED · Scope: High-level hexamine-to-RDX route

Limitation: The profile retains no recipe, operating conditions or yield and does not identify the route used at a European site.

RDX-SRC-019

Located evidenceRDX-SRC-019Figure IV-4 and surrounding text, printed page 46 — high-level RDX/HMX process flowEPA separates hexamine input, reaction, purification and finishing at a non-operational level.

RDX-CLM-013

Retained NATO and European producer records place RDX as an input to distinct pressing, melt-cast, cast-cure, plastic-formulation, mixing and loading process families.

OBSERVED · Scope: RDX input to distinct formulation and process families

Limitation: Process-family capability does not establish throughput, a grade-to-line mapping, formulation qualification or an accepted weapon output.

RDX-SRC-022 RDX-SRC-023 RDX-SRC-024 RDX-SRC-025

Located evidenceRDX-SRC-022Pages 16–17 and 118–122 — configuration specificity, fill quality and booster qualificationAOP-39 separates energetic material, formulation/process quality and configuration-specific qualified output.RDX-SRC-023Pages 8, 19–25, 29 and 33–34 — RDX grades, formulation families and filling capabilitiesEURENCO distinguishes RDX grades from pressed, melt-cast and cast-PBX formulation and filling capabilities.RDX-SRC-024Core products and Manufacturing applications sectionsChemring lists RDX and distinct pressing, melt-cast, cast-cure/pre-mix and plastic application families.RDX-SRC-025RDX, RDX-based compositions and loading-services entriesNitro-Chem separates base RDX, formulations and casting, screw-filling, press-filling and X-ray services.

RDX-CLM-015

Comparable current operating RDX capacity remains unknown. Sætre's official permit discloses a 1,400 t/y regulatory production ceiling and a separate 600 t/y purchased-crystal recrystallisation allowance, but neither establishes actual, nameplate, qualified or uncommitted output, and the processing allowance is not additive as synthesis capacity.

INFERRED · Scope: Current capacity-transparency boundary

Limitation: Non-disclosure is not zero. A permitted ceiling is not operating or actual output. The 600 t/y purchased-crystal allowance is downstream processing rather than synthesis and is not added to the 1,400 t/y production figure as synthesis capacity. Barič's shared batch rate is not annualised, and other downstream or multiproduct quantities are excluded.

RDX-SRC-001 RDX-SRC-004 RDX-SRC-006 RDX-SRC-008 RDX-SRC-009 RDX-SRC-010 RDX-SRC-027

Located evidenceRDX-SRC-001Lines 168–170 — Sætre address and current RDX/HMX/NTO producer statementThe Norwegian defence ministry locates Chemring Nobel at Sætre and identifies it as an RDX producer without current operating or output tonnes.RDX-SRC-004EURENCO strategic highlights, page 60 — Sorgues investment, RDX emphasis and supply boundaryThe DGA describes Sorgues investment intended to double capacity particularly for RDX, without a scope-matched baseline.RDX-SRC-006Product entry — Type I to MIL-DTL-398D and Bydgoszcz addressNitro-Chem publishes a Type I RDX product at its Bydgoszcz address without capacity.RDX-SRC-008Catalogue pages 48–49 — Prva Iskra production programme and shared HMX/RDX batch plantThe catalogue maps Barič RDX production and publishes a shared alternative-product daily rate that is not annualised.RDX-SRC-009Products index — RDX (Hexogen) entryMKE's current product register includes RDX.RDX-SRC-010Elmadağ visit account — RDX Production Facility Automation CentreThe Turkish defence ministry locates an RDX production facility at Elmadağ.RDX-SRC-027Printed page 3 of 15, section 1 — annual RDX production ceiling and separate purchased-crystal recrystallisation allowanceThe current Sætre permit authorizes up to 1,400 t/y of RDX production and separately up to 600 tonnes of purchased RDX crystals in the recrystallisation facility; the 600-tonne RDX arm is an alternative to 200 tonnes of HMX in that processing lane, is not synthesis capacity and must not be added to the production figure as synthesis capacity.

RDX-CLM-018

Selected European RDX projects occupy different stages—active-site equipment installation, capacity expansion, design, preconstruction tender, construction, legacy-line modernisation and state planning—while commissioning and accepted output remain separate gates.

INFERRED · Scope: Project-specific expansion friction

Limitation: Project existence, funding, equipment installation or a target date does not establish current or qualified incremental RDX.

RDX-SRC-002 RDX-SRC-003 RDX-SRC-004 RDX-SRC-005 RDX-SRC-007 RDX-SRC-012 RDX-SRC-014 RDX-SRC-015 RDX-SRC-016 RDX-SRC-017

Located evidenceRDX-SRC-002Transcript pages 9–10 — Norway full-capacity and circa-275% multiproduct expansion statementsChemring reports full-capacity operation, RDX among the site's products and a multiproduct expansion percentage.RDX-SRC-003Paragraphs 2–4 — construction milestones, equipment installation and more-than-doubling objectiveThe Commission records tangible Sætre project progress without commissioning or RDX-only tonnes.RDX-SRC-004EURENCO strategic highlights, page 60 — Sorgues investment, RDX emphasis and supply boundaryThe DGA describes Sorgues investment intended to double capacity particularly for RDX, without a scope-matched baseline.RDX-SRC-005Annex 2, explosives awards — CAP SORGUES rowThe official award decision lists EURENCO France's CAP SORGUES explosives project.RDX-SRC-007Paragraphs 1–4 and closing project-stage paragraphThe company records a design-documentation contract as the basis for a future RDX/HMX installation.RDX-SRC-012Plenary transcript, minister response, PDF pages 5–6 — RDX-line modernisation and end-2025 targetThe minister describes funded modernisation and a production target, not subsequent commissioning.RDX-SRC-014Paragraphs 1–6 — Várpalota RDX plant, 2027 target and full-scale-production work packagesRheinmetall identifies construction, engineering, know-how, documentation and training gates.RDX-SRC-015Paragraphs 6–10 — RDX plant being built in parallelThe later update still describes the RDX plant as under construction.RDX-SRC-016Paragraphs 1–6 — public support, technology/equipment tender and future construction tenderNitroerg places the proposed facility before physical construction.RDX-SRC-017Lines 164–180 — state plan and impact-assessment process for a second facilityNorway advances the second-facility concept into state planning while capacity and commissioning remain unresolved.

RDX-CLM-020

Chemring described Sætre expansion programmes intended to increase multiproduct site capacity by about 275%, and the European Commission later reported major construction milestones and key equipment installed.

REPORTED · Scope: Sætre expansion stage

Limitation: The percentage covers a multiproduct site, not RDX alone; installed equipment is not commissioned output and no RDX increment is disclosed.

RDX-SRC-002 RDX-SRC-003

RDX-CLM-021

The French DGA describes Sorgues investment intended to double capacity particularly for RDX, and the ASAP award decision lists the CAP SORGUES explosives project.

REPORTED · Scope: Sorgues expansion stage

Limitation: No retained source closes the current baseline, RDX-only increment, commissioning or accepted additional output.

RDX-SRC-004 RDX-SRC-005

Located evidenceRDX-SRC-004EURENCO strategic highlights, page 60 — Sorgues investment, RDX emphasis and supply boundaryThe DGA describes Sorgues investment intended to double capacity particularly for RDX, without a scope-matched baseline.RDX-SRC-005Annex 2, explosives awards — CAP SORGUES rowThe official award decision lists EURENCO France's CAP SORGUES explosives project.

RDX-CLM-022

Rheinmetall says the Várpalota RDX plant entered construction after planning, with plant engineering, technology, documentation and training required for full-scale production; a later update still described it as being built.

REPORTED · Scope: Várpalota construction stage

Limitation: A production-by-2027 target and parallel construction are not commissioning or current output evidence.

RDX-SRC-014 RDX-SRC-015

Located evidenceRDX-SRC-014Paragraphs 1–6 — Várpalota RDX plant, 2027 target and full-scale-production work packagesRheinmetall identifies construction, engineering, know-how, documentation and training gates.RDX-SRC-015Paragraphs 6–10 — RDX plant being built in parallelThe later update still describes the RDX plant as under construction.

RDX-CLM-023

Nitro-Chem contracted design documentation for a new Bydgoszcz installation capable of RDX and alternatively HMX production.

OBSERVED · Scope: Nitro-Chem design stage

Limitation: A design contract precedes construction, commissioning, qualification and accepted output; no annual increment is disclosed.

RDX-SRC-007

Located evidenceRDX-SRC-007Paragraphs 1–4 and closing project-stage paragraphThe company records a design-documentation contract as the basis for a future RDX/HMX installation.

RDX-CLM-024

Nitroerg obtained public support for a planned Krupski Młyn PETN/RDX facility and was tendering technology and equipment before a later construction tender.

OBSERVED · Scope: Nitroerg preconstruction stage

Limitation: Public support and procurement do not establish physical construction, schedule, annual RDX capacity or qualified output.

RDX-SRC-016

Located evidenceRDX-SRC-016Paragraphs 1–6 — public support, technology/equipment tender and future construction tenderNitroerg places the proposed facility before physical construction.

RDX-CLM-025

Norway placed a proposed second, significantly larger Chemring Nobel high-explosives facility into a state planning and impact-assessment process.

OBSERVED · Scope: Second Norwegian site planning stage

Limitation: The source does not establish final site, RDX-specific capacity, construction, commissioning or output.

RDX-SRC-017

Located evidenceRDX-SRC-017Lines 164–180 — state plan and impact-assessment process for a second facilityNorway advances the second-facility concept into state planning while capacity and commissioning remain unresolved.

RDX-CLM-026

Chemring Nobel's current pollution permit authorizes annual production of up to 1,400 tonnes of RDX and separately permits processing of up to 600 tonnes of purchased RDX crystals in the Sætre recrystallisation facility.

OBSERVED · Scope: Sætre regulatory production and purchased-crystal-processing ceilings

Limitation: The 1,400 t/y value is a permitted production ceiling, not actual output, installed or nameplate capacity, utilisation, qualified supply, uncommitted volume or merchant headroom. The separate 600 t/y allowance is purchased-crystal processing rather than synthesis capacity and must not be added to the 1,400 t/y production figure as synthesis capacity. It is the RDX arm of a 200-tonne HMX-or-600-tonne RDX processing allowance; its annual unit is inherited from the permit section's annual context rather than repeated in the clause.

RDX-SRC-027

Located evidenceRDX-SRC-027Printed page 3 of 15, section 1 — annual RDX production ceiling and separate purchased-crystal recrystallisation allowanceThe current Sætre permit authorizes up to 1,400 t/y of RDX production and separately up to 600 tonnes of purchased RDX crystals in the recrystallisation facility; the 600-tonne RDX arm is an alternative to 200 tonnes of HMX in that processing lane, is not synthesis capacity and must not be added to the production figure as synthesis capacity.

Evidence passages (27)

RDX-PASS-001

Lines 168–170 — Sætre address and current RDX/HMX/NTO producer statement

The Norwegian defence ministry locates Chemring Nobel at Sætre and identifies it as an RDX producer without current operating or output tonnes.

RDX-SRC-001RDX-CLM-001 RDX-CLM-002 RDX-CLM-015

RDX-PASS-002

Transcript pages 9–10 — Norway full-capacity and circa-275% multiproduct expansion statements

Chemring reports full-capacity operation, RDX among the site's products and a multiproduct expansion percentage.

RDX-SRC-002RDX-CLM-001 RDX-CLM-018 RDX-CLM-020

RDX-PASS-003

Paragraphs 2–4 — construction milestones, equipment installation and more-than-doubling objective

The Commission records tangible Sætre project progress without commissioning or RDX-only tonnes.

RDX-SRC-003RDX-CLM-018 RDX-CLM-020

RDX-PASS-004

EURENCO strategic highlights, page 60 — Sorgues investment, RDX emphasis and supply boundary

The DGA describes Sorgues investment intended to double capacity particularly for RDX, without a scope-matched baseline.

RDX-SRC-004RDX-CLM-002 RDX-CLM-003 RDX-CLM-015 RDX-CLM-018 RDX-CLM-021

RDX-PASS-005

Annex 2, explosives awards — CAP SORGUES row

The official award decision lists EURENCO France's CAP SORGUES explosives project.

RDX-SRC-005RDX-CLM-018 RDX-CLM-021

RDX-PASS-006

Product entry — Type I to MIL-DTL-398D and Bydgoszcz address

Nitro-Chem publishes a Type I RDX product at its Bydgoszcz address without capacity.

RDX-SRC-006RDX-CLM-002 RDX-CLM-004 RDX-CLM-010 RDX-CLM-015

RDX-PASS-007

Paragraphs 1–4 and closing project-stage paragraph

The company records a design-documentation contract as the basis for a future RDX/HMX installation.

RDX-SRC-007RDX-CLM-018 RDX-CLM-023

RDX-PASS-008

Catalogue pages 48–49 — Prva Iskra production programme and shared HMX/RDX batch plant

The catalogue maps Barič RDX production and publishes a shared alternative-product daily rate that is not annualised.

RDX-SRC-008RDX-CLM-002 RDX-CLM-005 RDX-CLM-015

RDX-PASS-009

Products index — RDX (Hexogen) entry

MKE's current product register includes RDX.

RDX-SRC-009RDX-CLM-002 RDX-CLM-006 RDX-CLM-015

RDX-PASS-010

Elmadağ visit account — RDX Production Facility Automation Centre

The Turkish defence ministry locates an RDX production facility at Elmadağ.

RDX-SRC-010RDX-CLM-002 RDX-CLM-006 RDX-CLM-015

RDX-PASS-011

About-us paragraphs 1–3 — RDX portfolio and microproduction references

Făgăraș markets RDX products but the page does not establish commissioned industrial output.

RDX-SRC-011RDX-CLM-007

RDX-PASS-012

Plenary transcript, minister response, PDF pages 5–6 — RDX-line modernisation and end-2025 target

The minister describes funded modernisation and a production target, not subsequent commissioning.

RDX-SRC-012RDX-CLM-007 RDX-CLM-018

RDX-PASS-013

Catalogue page 21 — RDX-R identity, uses and limited semi-operational/laboratory supply

Explosia distinguishes spherical RDX-R and explicitly bounds it to limited semi-operational and laboratory preparation.

RDX-SRC-013RDX-CLM-008 RDX-CLM-010

RDX-PASS-014

Paragraphs 1–6 — Várpalota RDX plant, 2027 target and full-scale-production work packages

Rheinmetall identifies construction, engineering, know-how, documentation and training gates.

RDX-SRC-014RDX-CLM-018 RDX-CLM-022

RDX-PASS-015

Paragraphs 6–10 — RDX plant being built in parallel

The later update still describes the RDX plant as under construction.

RDX-SRC-015RDX-CLM-018 RDX-CLM-022

RDX-PASS-016

Paragraphs 1–6 — public support, technology/equipment tender and future construction tender

Nitroerg places the proposed facility before physical construction.

RDX-SRC-016RDX-CLM-018 RDX-CLM-024

RDX-PASS-017

Lines 164–180 — state plan and impact-assessment process for a second facility

Norway advances the second-facility concept into state planning while capacity and commissioning remain unresolved.

RDX-SRC-017RDX-CLM-018 RDX-CLM-025

RDX-PASS-018

Revision D PDF pages 1, 3–8 and 27–28 — type/class, lot, process-control and first-article provisions

MIL-DTL-398D distinguishes manufacturing types and granulation classes and ties first article to process, equipment and supply sources.

RDX-SRC-018RDX-CLM-010 RDX-CLM-011

RDX-PASS-019

Figure IV-4 and surrounding text, printed page 46 — high-level RDX/HMX process flow

EPA separates hexamine input, reaction, purification and finishing at a non-operational level.

RDX-SRC-019RDX-CLM-012

RDX-PASS-020

ASSIST document details — active STANAG 4170 title, category and promulgation record

Official metadata identifies an active NATO standard for qualification of explosive materials for military use.

RDX-SRC-020RDX-CLM-011

RDX-PASS-021

Opening qualification-fragmentation paragraphs

EDA reports national procedures and repeated testing or approval across Member States.

RDX-SRC-021RDX-CLM-011

RDX-PASS-022

Pages 16–17 and 118–122 — configuration specificity, fill quality and booster qualification

AOP-39 separates energetic material, formulation/process quality and configuration-specific qualified output.

RDX-SRC-022RDX-CLM-009 RDX-CLM-011 RDX-CLM-013

RDX-PASS-023

Pages 8, 19–25, 29 and 33–34 — RDX grades, formulation families and filling capabilities

EURENCO distinguishes RDX grades from pressed, melt-cast and cast-PBX formulation and filling capabilities.

RDX-SRC-023RDX-CLM-003 RDX-CLM-010 RDX-CLM-013

RDX-PASS-024

Core products and Manufacturing applications sections

Chemring lists RDX and distinct pressing, melt-cast, cast-cure/pre-mix and plastic application families.

RDX-SRC-024RDX-CLM-001 RDX-CLM-013

RDX-PASS-025

RDX, RDX-based compositions and loading-services entries

Nitro-Chem separates base RDX, formulations and casting, screw-filling, press-filling and X-ray services.

RDX-SRC-025RDX-CLM-004 RDX-CLM-013

RDX-PASS-026

Propellant 127 mm section

Rheinmetall identifies RDX within a European naval gun-propellant family, not a missile motor.

RDX-SRC-026RDX-CLM-009

RDX-PASS-027

Printed page 3 of 15, section 1 — annual RDX production ceiling and separate purchased-crystal recrystallisation allowance

The current Sætre permit authorizes up to 1,400 t/y of RDX production and separately up to 600 tonnes of purchased RDX crystals in the recrystallisation facility; the 600-tonne RDX arm is an alternative to 200 tonnes of HMX in that processing lane, is not synthesis capacity and must not be added to the production figure as synthesis capacity.

RDX-SRC-027RDX-CLM-015 RDX-CLM-026

Public source register (27)

RDX-SRC-001

Press invitation: Defence Minister visits Chemring Nobel

Norwegian Ministry of Defence · 14 March 2024

GOVERNMENT FACILITY STATEMENT · accessed 2026-08-28

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Lines 168–170 — Sætre address and current RDX/HMX/NTO producer statementThe Norwegian defence ministry locates Chemring Nobel at Sætre and identifies it as an RDX producer without current operating or output tonnes.

RDX-SRC-002

FY24 interim results presentation transcript

Chemring Group · 4 June 2024

FIRST PARTY RESULTS TRANSCRIPT · accessed 2026-08-28

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Transcript pages 9–10 — Norway full-capacity and circa-275% multiproduct expansion statementsChemring reports full-capacity operation, RDX among the site's products and a multiproduct expansion percentage.

RDX-SRC-003

ASAP: EU strengthens ammunition production capacity in Norway

European Commission DG DEFIS · 10 November 2025

OFFICIAL PROJECT PROGRESS · accessed 2026-08-28

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Paragraphs 2–4 — construction milestones, equipment installation and more-than-doubling objectiveThe Commission records tangible Sætre project progress without commissioning or RDX-only tonnes.

RDX-SRC-004

Industrial Calepin 2025 — EURENCO

French Directorate General of Armaments · Date not published

OFFICIAL INDUSTRIAL PROFILE · accessed 2026-08-28

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EURENCO strategic highlights, page 60 — Sorgues investment, RDX emphasis and supply boundaryThe DGA describes Sorgues investment intended to double capacity particularly for RDX, without a scope-matched baseline.

RDX-SRC-005

ASAP Award Decisions

European Commission · 7 June 2024

OFFICIAL GRANT DECISION · accessed 2026-08-28

Open public source →

Annex 2, explosives awards — CAP SORGUES rowThe official award decision lists EURENCO France's CAP SORGUES explosives project.

RDX-SRC-006

Heksogen (RDX)

Nitro-Chem · Date not published

FIRST PARTY PRODUCT PROFILE · accessed 2026-08-28

Open public source →

Product entry — Type I to MIL-DTL-398D and Bydgoszcz addressNitro-Chem publishes a Type I RDX product at its Bydgoszcz address without capacity.

RDX-SRC-007

Nitro-Chem and Grupa Azoty develop cooperation in high-energy materials

Nitro-Chem · 24 November 2025

FIRST PARTY PROJECT ANNOUNCEMENT · accessed 2026-08-28

Open public source →

Paragraphs 1–4 and closing project-stage paragraphThe company records a design-documentation contract as the basis for a future RDX/HMX installation.

RDX-SRC-008

PARTNER 2025 defence-industry catalogue

Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Serbia · Date not published

OFFICIAL DEFENCE INDUSTRY CATALOGUE · accessed 2026-08-28

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Catalogue pages 48–49 — Prva Iskra production programme and shared HMX/RDX batch plantThe catalogue maps Barič RDX production and publishes a shared alternative-product daily rate that is not annualised.

RDX-SRC-009

Products

MKE · Date not published

STATE COMPANY PRODUCT REGISTER · accessed 2026-08-28

Open public source →

Products index — RDX (Hexogen) entryMKE's current product register includes RDX.

RDX-SRC-010

Ministerial visit to MKE Elmadağ Rockets and Explosives Factory

Turkish Ministry of National Defence · 19 March 2021

GOVERNMENT FACILITY STATEMENT · accessed 2026-08-28

Open public source →

Elmadağ visit account — RDX Production Facility Automation CentreThe Turkish defence ministry locates an RDX production facility at Elmadağ.

RDX-SRC-011

About us

Făgăraș Powder Plant · Date not published

STATE COMPANY PROFILE · accessed 2026-08-28

Open public source →

About-us paragraphs 1–3 — RDX portfolio and microproduction referencesFăgăraș markets RDX products but the page does not establish commissioned industrial output.

RDX-SRC-012

Plenary transcript, 26 March 2025

Senate of Romania · 26 March 2025

OFFICIAL PARLIAMENTARY TRANSCRIPT · accessed 2026-08-28

Open public source →

Plenary transcript, minister response, PDF pages 5–6 — RDX-line modernisation and end-2025 targetThe minister describes funded modernisation and a production target, not subsequent commissioning.

RDX-SRC-013

Special Products Catalogue

Explosia · 1 February 2024

FIRST PARTY PRODUCT CATALOGUE · accessed 2026-08-28

Open public source →

Catalogue page 21 — RDX-R identity, uses and limited semi-operational/laboratory supplyExplosia distinguishes spherical RDX-R and explicitly bounds it to limited semi-operational and laboratory preparation.

RDX-SRC-014

Contract for explosives factory in Várpalota, Hungary

Rheinmetall · 4 January 2023

FIRST PARTY PROJECT ANNOUNCEMENT · accessed 2026-08-28

Open public source →

Paragraphs 1–6 — Várpalota RDX plant, 2027 target and full-scale-production work packagesRheinmetall identifies construction, engineering, know-how, documentation and training gates.

RDX-SRC-015

Várpalota ammo plant continues to grow

Rheinmetall · 30 January 2024

FIRST PARTY PROJECT UPDATE · accessed 2026-08-28

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Paragraphs 6–10 — RDX plant being built in parallelThe later update still describes the RDX plant as under construction.

RDX-SRC-016

New production line for PETN and RDX with public support

Nitroerg · 27 April 2026

FIRST PARTY PROJECT ANNOUNCEMENT · accessed 2026-08-28

Open public source →

Paragraphs 1–6 — public support, technology/equipment tender and future construction tenderNitroerg places the proposed facility before physical construction.

RDX-SRC-017

State planning process for new military high-explosives production facility

Norwegian Ministry of Defence · 19 January 2026

OFFICIAL PLANNING UPDATE · accessed 2026-08-28

Open public source →

Lines 164–180 — state plan and impact-assessment process for a second facilityNorway advances the second-facility concept into state planning while capacity and commissioning remain unresolved.

RDX-SRC-018

MIL-DTL-398D — RDX

US Defense Logistics Agency ASSIST · 12 December 1996

OFFICIAL MILITARY SPECIFICATION · accessed 2026-08-28

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Revision D PDF pages 1, 3–8 and 27–28 — type/class, lot, process-control and first-article provisionsMIL-DTL-398D distinguishes manufacturing types and granulation classes and ties first article to process, equipment and supply sources.

RDX-SRC-019

Development Document for Interim Final Effluent Limitations Guidelines: Explosives Manufacturing

US Environmental Protection Agency · Date not published

OFFICIAL MANUFACTURING TECHNICAL DOCUMENT · accessed 2026-08-28

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Figure IV-4 and surrounding text, printed page 46 — high-level RDX/HMX process flowEPA separates hexamine input, reaction, purification and finishing at a non-operational level.

RDX-SRC-020

STANAG 4170 — Principles and Methodology for the Qualification of Explosive Materials for Military Use

NATO / US Defense Logistics Agency ASSIST · 4 February 2008

NATO STANDARD · accessed 2026-08-28

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ASSIST document details — active STANAG 4170 title, category and promulgation recordOfficial metadata identifies an active NATO standard for qualification of explosive materials for military use.

RDX-SRC-021

EDA to coordinate ammunition qualification tests

European Defence Agency · 30 March 2026

OFFICIAL QUALIFICATION PROGRAMME · accessed 2026-08-28

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Opening qualification-fragmentation paragraphsEDA reports national procedures and repeated testing or approval across Member States.

RDX-SRC-022

AOP-39 Revision D — Policy for Introduction and Assessment of Insensitive Munitions

NATO / US Defense Logistics Agency ASSIST · 20 November 2018

NATO STANDARD · accessed 2026-08-28

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Pages 16–17 and 118–122 — configuration specificity, fill quality and booster qualificationAOP-39 separates energetic material, formulation/process quality and configuration-specific qualified output.

RDX-SRC-023

Product Catalogue

EURENCO · Date not published

FIRST PARTY PRODUCT AND PROCESS CATALOGUE · accessed 2026-08-28

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Pages 8, 19–25, 29 and 33–34 — RDX grades, formulation families and filling capabilitiesEURENCO distinguishes RDX grades from pressed, melt-cast and cast-PBX formulation and filling capabilities.

RDX-SRC-024

High-energy materials and manufacturing applications

Chemring Nobel · Date not published

FIRST PARTY PRODUCT AND PROCESS PROFILE · accessed 2026-08-28

Open public source →

Core products and Manufacturing applications sectionsChemring lists RDX and distinct pressing, melt-cast, cast-cure/pre-mix and plastic application families.

RDX-SRC-025

Products and services

Nitro-Chem · Date not published

FIRST PARTY PRODUCT AND PROCESS PROFILE · accessed 2026-08-28

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RDX, RDX-based compositions and loading-services entriesNitro-Chem separates base RDX, formulations and casting, screw-filling, press-filling and X-ray services.

RDX-SRC-026

Naval propulsion

Rheinmetall · Date not published

FIRST PARTY PRODUCT PROFILE · accessed 2026-08-28

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Propellant 127 mm sectionRheinmetall identifies RDX within a European naval gun-propellant family, not a missile motor.

RDX-SRC-027

Tillatelse til virksomhet etter forurensningsloven — Chemring Nobel AS, High Energy Materials (permit 2011.0166.T)

Norwegian Environment Agency (Miljødirektoratet) · 29 November 2024

OFFICIAL OPERATING PERMIT · accessed 2026-08-28

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Printed page 3 of 15, section 1 — annual RDX production ceiling and separate purchased-crystal recrystallisation allowanceThe current Sætre permit authorizes up to 1,400 t/y of RDX production and separately up to 600 tonnes of purchased RDX crystals in the recrystallisation facility; the 600-tonne RDX arm is an alternative to 200 tonnes of HMX in that processing lane, is not synthesis capacity and must not be added to the production figure as synthesis capacity.

Revision history

Date	Version	Change
2026-08-28	0.1.0	Initial moving-current RDX publication: five bounded current synthesis mappings, explicit grade/formulation/process/qualification boundaries, unresolved Făgăraș and Explosia cases, unknown comparable current operating capacity with Sætre regulatory ceilings retained separately, and a selective stage-aware expansion pipeline.

Publication boundary. SB-SMP-0005 identifies this analytical publication. It does not create a parallel canonical material identity or add a product to the released Industrial Network. The public Industrial Network remains industrial-network-api-v0.1 over released industrial-network-v0.2.

RDX

The strategic object is accepted RDX in an accepted formulation, not chemical identity alone.

Specified and accepted RDX

Raw identity or unqualified formulation

Five current synthesis mappings close geography before they close capacity.

Bounded current European RDX synthesis mappings

Sætre high-explosives site

Sorgues energetic-materials site

Bydgoszcz explosives works

Barič high-explosives works

Elmadağ Rockets and Explosives Factory

Published offers do not reveal grade-compatible uncommitted supply.

Projects occupy materially different stages from design to installed equipment.

Conversion and planned records

Făgăraș RDX-line modernisation

Sætre multiproduct expansion

CAP SORGUES expansion

Várpalota RDX plant

Nitro-Chem new RDX/HMX installation

Krupski Młyn PETN/RDX project

Second Norwegian high-explosives facility

Precursor, grade, formulation, process and qualification form a chain of distinct objects.

Hexamine and controlled synthesis

Type, class and crystal characteristics

Formulation and process family

Source and process change

Current capacity and allocation

Expansion stage and commissioning

Cross-branch use

The evidence supports a capacity-transparency finding, not a shortage scalar.

Current strategic finding

Nearest disclosed intervention surface

Sufficiency determination

Qualification-friction finding

Intervention points

Evidence that can change the call

Every number and conclusion runs back to an attributed record.

Norwegian government and Chemring records identify current RDX manufacture at Chemring Nobel's Sætre site; Chemring reports the multiproduct site operating at full capacity.

The bounded current public-source set supports five European RDX synthesis mappings: Sætre, Sorgues, Bydgoszcz, Barič and Elmadağ.

The French DGA describes an investment at EURENCO's Sorgues site to double production capacity, particularly for RDX, while EURENCO publishes multiple RDX grades and formulations.

Nitro-Chem publishes Type I RDX to MIL-DTL-398D at its Bydgoszcz address and separately publishes RDX-based compositions and loading-process services.

The Serbian PARTNER 2025 catalogue describes continuous RDX technology and a Barič batch plant producing either RDX or HMX, with a 500 kg daily RDX batch-output statement.

MKE's current product register lists RDX, and a Turkish defence-ministry record locates an RDX production-facility automation centre at the Elmadağ Rockets and Explosives Factory.

Făgăraș currently markets RDX products, while a March 2025 ministerial statement described modernisation of its RDX line with a year-end production target; no retained source confirms commissioning or current industrial output by the cutoff.

Explosia's catalogue describes spherical RDX-R as semi-operational and laboratory preparation supplied in limited quantities and separately publishes RDX-containing formulations.

NATO examples place RDX in missile-warhead and booster formulations, while Rheinmetall identifies RDX in a naval gun-propellant family.

The retained specifications and catalogues distinguish raw RDX, manufacturing type, granulation class, crystal-controlled grade and RDX-containing formulation as different evidence objects.

The US MIL-DTL-398D specification ties first-article identity to process, equipment and supply sources and permits renewed scrutiny after relevant changes; separate NATO and European records address material and configuration qualification and repeated national approvals.

EPA manufacturing literature identifies hexamine as a precursor in established RDX routes and separates nitration, purification and finishing as industrial stages.

Retained NATO and European producer records place RDX as an input to distinct pressing, melt-cast, cast-cure, plastic-formulation, mixing and loading process families.

Selected European RDX projects occupy different stages—active-site equipment installation, capacity expansion, design, preconstruction tender, construction, legacy-line modernisation and state planning—while commissioning and accepted output remain separate gates.

Chemring described Sætre expansion programmes intended to increase multiproduct site capacity by about 275%, and the European Commission later reported major construction milestones and key equipment installed.

The French DGA describes Sorgues investment intended to double capacity particularly for RDX, and the ASAP award decision lists the CAP SORGUES explosives project.

Rheinmetall says the Várpalota RDX plant entered construction after planning, with plant engineering, technology, documentation and training required for full-scale production; a later update still described it as being built.

Nitro-Chem contracted design documentation for a new Bydgoszcz installation capable of RDX and alternatively HMX production.

Nitroerg obtained public support for a planned Krupski Młyn PETN/RDX facility and was tendering technology and equipment before a later construction tender.

Norway placed a proposed second, significantly larger Chemring Nobel high-explosives facility into a state planning and impact-assessment process.

Chemring Nobel's current pollution permit authorizes annual production of up to 1,400 tonnes of RDX and separately permits processing of up to 600 tonnes of purchased RDX crystals in the Sætre recrystallisation facility.

Lines 168–170 — Sætre address and current RDX/HMX/NTO producer statement

Transcript pages 9–10 — Norway full-capacity and circa-275% multiproduct expansion statements

Paragraphs 2–4 — construction milestones, equipment installation and more-than-doubling objective

EURENCO strategic highlights, page 60 — Sorgues investment, RDX emphasis and supply boundary

Annex 2, explosives awards — CAP SORGUES row

Product entry — Type I to MIL-DTL-398D and Bydgoszcz address

Paragraphs 1–4 and closing project-stage paragraph

Catalogue pages 48–49 — Prva Iskra production programme and shared HMX/RDX batch plant

Products index — RDX (Hexogen) entry

Elmadağ visit account — RDX Production Facility Automation Centre

About-us paragraphs 1–3 — RDX portfolio and microproduction references

Plenary transcript, minister response, PDF pages 5–6 — RDX-line modernisation and end-2025 target

Catalogue page 21 — RDX-R identity, uses and limited semi-operational/laboratory supply

Paragraphs 1–6 — Várpalota RDX plant, 2027 target and full-scale-production work packages

Paragraphs 6–10 — RDX plant being built in parallel

Paragraphs 1–6 — public support, technology/equipment tender and future construction tender

Lines 164–180 — state plan and impact-assessment process for a second facility

Revision D PDF pages 1, 3–8 and 27–28 — type/class, lot, process-control and first-article provisions

Figure IV-4 and surrounding text, printed page 46 — high-level RDX/HMX process flow

ASSIST document details — active STANAG 4170 title, category and promulgation record

Opening qualification-fragmentation paragraphs

Pages 16–17 and 118–122 — configuration specificity, fill quality and booster qualification