Bundeswehr

The Bundeswehr signed a contract with German space technology company Polaris to build and operate a two-stage, horizontal takeoff, fully reusable hypersonic vehicle. Polaris announced the deal on January 27. The craft, planned to be operational by the end of 2027, will be used for defense and scientific research.

[Translated] ['Berlin – The German Bundeswehr is about to acquire combat drones and plans to invest 600 million euros. A new report, however, raises doubts about the quality: data from the Ukraine war shows that the drones are apparently falling far behind expectations.

Budget committee of German parliament rejected purchase of up to 90 MAUS mobile EW systems for Bundeswehr for 600 million euros due to irrelevance. And although such a decision may seem strange in the drone era, actually Ukraine's experience precisely pushed toward this decision.

The German army is currently spending generously. This year it has more than 108 billion euros at its disposal - a gigantic sum that the Bundeswehr has never had before. This money comes from the federal budget and from special funds for which the state draws loans.

[Translated] With the large-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, the pressure is growing on Germany to bring its stagnant defense industry up to speed.

Germany's military, the Bundeswehr, is currently on a spending spree: it has more than €108 billion ($129 billion) at its disposal this year — a gigantic, unprecedented sum. This is being financed both by the official federal budget and special funds, for which the state is taking out loans.

[Translated] ['Chancellor of Germany Friedrich Merz said in the Bundestag on Thursday that in order to meet the challenges in a world dominated by great powers, Europe itself must become a great power.', 'Merz on the language of political power', 'He listed unity, a strong economy, and independence in the field of security as conditions.', 'We must take care of our own security.

Rheinmetall’s core claim is that LUNA NG was successfully integrated into the Bundeswehr’s Command & Control Unmanned Management System (C2-UMS Bw), allowing it to operate inside a mixed network with other drones and loitering munitions while feeding status information across a large operational area and delivering high-resolution target data in near real time.

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[Translated] HomeConsumerNew Recruitment from 2027: How Much Pension Does Military Service Bring?By: Fabian HartmannInterest in a Bundeswehr career is currently growing. Apparently, some people also find the conditions for retirement attractive. But what are they?Frankfurt – After decades of military service in Germany, it was abolished 15 years ago (July 1, 2011).

[Translated] A high-ranking Bundeswehr general demands German atomic weapons. Experts are divided.In view of the tense relationship with Russia and uncertainties in the transatlantic partnership, Brigadier General Frank Pieper of the German Armed Forces demands own tactical atomic weapons in the "Stern".

[Translated] So quickly do times change. In 2020, the EU increased the loans for defense companies because they belong to an unsustainable economic sector. Four years after Russia's attack on Ukraine and the latest verbal attacks by Donald Trump towards NATO, the industry is being rolled out the red carpet. Brussels is pursuing an independence strategy, Germany is making billions in debt for the Bundeswehr, and Bavaria is introducing a law to promote the defense industry. All with good reason.