Today, the German government presented its “National Security Strategy,” which will guide policy in this legislative period. It was a difficult road to this belated publication and the result now presented shows that the inclusion of more and more actors did not necessarily improve the clarity of the document. For example, it reads, “In this…
After a ten-year hiatus, the Bundeswehr has been active in Bosnia and Herzegovina again since 2022. As part of the EUFORE Althea mission, it is helping to ensure compliance with the Dayton Peace Agreement. The German government plans to continue the mission. The vote on the continuation of the mandate will take place on June…
A total of about 60,000 Ukrainian servicemen and women have been trained by allied nations so far, reported General Mark A. Milley, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the U.S. Armed Forces, on the sidelines of today’s meeting of NATO defense ministers. However, General Milley did not want to speculate on how the…
An interesting armament decision has apparently been made at the BMVg. As Matthias Gebauer of Spiegel reports on Twitter, the German Eurofighters are to be enabled for electronic warfare by 2030 with Integrated Electronic Warfare Systems “Arexis” from Saab – in cooperation with the company Helsing. Gebauer writes: “According to the BMVg, Saab’s system, which…
The CH-53GS/GE transport helicopters of the German Armed Forces – which were supposed to be replaced years ago – will receive new Airborne Electronic Warfare (EW) self-protection systems from Elbit Systems as part of the platform upgrade programme. The corresponding order was placed with Israeli company by Airbus Helicopters on behalf of the German procurement…
“The most serious threat for our economic development at the moment is inflation”, emphasises German Finance Minister Christian Lindner in an interview with European news agencies. All European finance ministers are determined to fight this inflation, he says. “This requires a change in our fiscal policies. The expansion of our expenditures during the pandemic and…
The existence of Taiwan and what is happening in the Asia-Pacific region are issues of high strategic importance: not only for the USA, but also for the European Union. During the visit to Taipei, the delegation of Berlin Security Conference (BSC) obtained first-hand information at the National Security Office about current situation of Taiwan and…
In France’s largest cross-army military exercise in more than 30 years, French and allied forces rehearsed the defense against a major enemy attack on a friendly country. With a manpower of 1,200 soldiers, the Franco-German Brigade took on the role of the attacker.In the large-scale exercise Orion, France and its NATO allies simulated the defense…
Hensoldt is supplying Ukraine with six more TRML-4D high-performance radars to strengthen its air defense. The order is worth 100 million euros. Delivery of the radars is scheduled for the second half of the year. The TRML-4D uses so-called Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radar technology with multiple digitally shaped beams. It is capable of…
In Seedorf, Lower Saxony, Parachute Regiment 31 has tested and optimized a new selection procedure for the Extended Basic Qualification (EGB). It takes into account the changed operational requirements. The predecessor of the new deployment concept dates back to 2008. Paratroopers with EGB are specialized forces of the Army and trained for special tasks in…