Bundeswehr

Applications to join Germany’s armed forces have risen significantly over the past year, with both recruitment numbers and the overall size of the Bundeswehr increasing, the German Defense Ministry said on March 17, as reported by Deutsche Welle.

German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky signed an agreement in February under which Ukrainian soldiers will train German troops. The Bundeswehr will receive training in the use of drones, artillery, armored operations, engineering units, and command-and-control systems.

“Ukraine can count on urgently needed Patriot air defense missiles from Europe in the coming weeks. According to Spiegel, Defense Minister Boris Pistorius managed to secure about 30 PAC-3 guided missiles in the latest version from several European partners.

It’s a sunny Thursday morning in Berlin’s central business district. In the shadow of shopping malls and corporate HQs, a large group of high schoolers has gathered.

The shortage of personnel remains one of the most serious challenges facing the Bundeswehr. The Parliamentary Commissioner for the Armed Forces of Germany, Henning Otte, has released a new report on the current state of the Bundeswehr.

Parliament's special commissioner for the Bundeswehr military, Henning Otte, lobbied for a rapid recruitment drive in the army in the coming years in his annual report published on Tuesday. "The issues of personnel and its expansion remain the central challenges for the Bundeswehr, if it is to further strengthen its capabilities," the report said.

Instagrid has officially introduced its GO MIL portable power system to the German market at EnforceTac 2026 following its successful integration into the German Bundeswehr’s tactical infrastructure. The system is designed to provide clean, silent, and grid-quality power in environments where mobility and stealth are mission-critical requirements.

BERLIN, March 3 (Reuters) - Recruitment is the biggest problem facing Germany's armed forces and Berlin will have to reinstate conscription if a voluntary scheme fails to attract sufficient people, the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Armed Forces said on Tuesday.

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MBDA Deutschland’s Joint Fire Support Missile (JFS-M) is emerging as one of the most significant indicators of Berlin’s desire to carve out an autonomous long range strike path inside the wider MBDA universe, marrying German requirements, German funding and a German led industrial team to a weapon that will still sit comfortably within the group’s broader portfolio.

Germany’s Bundeswehr added a record number of soldiers under the age of 18 in 2025, Der Spiegel reported on Saturday. A total of 3,131 (an eighth of all new recruits, and 1,000 more than the previous year) joined at age 17 with parental consent.

The German Parliament (Bundestag) has approved the Federal Ministry of the Interior's amendment to the Aviation Security Act, which grants the Armed Forces (Bundewehr) greater powers to defend against suspicious drones. The key aspect of the reform is that the Bundeswehr will now be able to intervene directly against drones as part of its mutual assistance duties with the Federal Police, whereas previously the use of devices such as jammers or weapons was strictly limited.