The Bundeswehr will move away from rigid hardware quotas − the number of tanks, aircraft or ships − toward a flexible, effects-based planning model.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz (3rd R) stands next to Gitanas Nauseda (2nd R), President of Lithuania, Boris Pistorius (C), ...

Germany is reorganizing its defence procurement agency to make the system more flexible and responsive, the defence ministry said on Wednesday as it moves ahead with the overhaul of its armed forces ...

As Russian aggression continues and Trump’s US threatens Nato, it is even more vital for a unified defence of the continent, says historian and Guardian columnist Timothy Garton Ash ...

A defense overhaul in Germany aims to increase the number of active-duty forces to 260,000 troops by the mid-2030s.

-This historic shift, supercharged by Chancellor Friedrich Merz's coalition, aims to create the "strongest conventional military in Europe." -A key sign of this new assertiveness is the first-ever ...

The A8 is the first new Leopard tank to be built since the early 1990s. KNDS debuted the Leopard 2A8 main battle tank, signaling Germany’s modern rearmament. The latest version of the most popular ...

On May 1, President Donald Trump announced that the U.S. will withdraw 5,000 U.S. troops from Germany in response to German ...

VICENZA, Italy — Italian and U.S. Soldiers accepted the challenge of earning the German Armed Forces Proficiency Badge at various locations throughout Caserma Del Din, Feb. 2-6. The GAFPB is a German ...

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