Tag: Bundeswehr
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The deal will equip German troops in Lithuania with NATO-standard medical support.
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A three-step system would draw on volunteers before any lottery.
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Airport disruption and cross-border sightings have sharpened Germany’s focus on rogue drones.
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A sweeping overhaul hands General Carsten Breuer operational control to speed decisions and bolster readiness.
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Germany plans to award nearly €83 billion in defence contracts over the next year, with only about 8 percent earmarked for American weapons.
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Germany’s government is set to advance a new Wehrdienstgesetz that leans heavily on voluntary service to strengthen the Bundeswehr and expand its reserve. The plan targets an increase of 60,000 to 80,000 soldiers. Germany’s defence minister Boris Pistorius has indicated conscripts are chiefly intended to create a scalable reserve. From next year, a questionnaire will…