DÜSSELDORF (dpa-AFX) - The Rheinmetall armaments group has received orders for ammunition supplies from two European NATO states. Both states had ordered programmable cartridges, the Düsseldorf-based company announced Wednesday. They will be used primarily to combat drones. Deliveries are to take place this year and next. One of the countries had also signed a seven-year framework agreement for 300,000 rounds of 40mm ammunition and had already called off the first delivery of 75,000 rounds, it said. The defense contractor put the total value of the contracts at over 30 million euros./rea/DP/mis