Dr. Mark Esper, US Secretary of Defense, has announced details of a plan to reposition 11,900 US troops currently stationed in Germany. During a press conference at the Pentagon, Secretary… Continue reading "Pentagon Proposes Removing 11,900 Troops From Germany"
The Bundeswehr’s Tier One special operations force (SOF), the Kommando Spezialkräfte or Special Forces Command, has been rocked by the disbandment of one of its four Kommando Companies due to… Continue reading "Germany’s Elite KSK in Neo-Nazi Controversy"
The German Federal Ministry of Defence (BMVg) has abandoned modernization work on the German Navy’s fleet of eight Lockheed P-3C Orion maritime patrol aircraft following an economic feasibility study on… Continue reading "Germany Abandons P-3 Orion Modernization Plans"
Germany’s ageing fleet of Panavia Tornados is to be replaced by up to 90 Eurofighter Typhoons and 45 F-18s. The decision has not yet been confirmed by German Defence Minister… Continue reading "Germany to Replace its Tornados With Eurofighters and Super Hornets Starting 2025"
Eurofighter Jagdflugzeug told defense reporters at Jane’s on 18 December that it delivered the last of the Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft under the German program-of-order (PoR). Luftwaffe Serial 31.53, the final of… Continue reading "Last Tranche 3 Eurofighter Jet Delivered to Germany"
On 29 October 2019, Krauss-Maffei Wegmann, the manufacturer of the Leopard 2A7V (Verbessert, or improved) main battle tank, handed over the first two tanks to the German and Danish armies… Continue reading "Denmark and Germany Receive First Leopard 2A7Vs"
The US Army’s 2nd Cavalry Regiment have fitted the first 62 examples of the Mounted Assured Precision Navigation & Timing System (MAPS) anti-jam devices to their M1126 Stryker infantry carrier… Continue reading "Jam resistant GPS fitted to Strykers in Germany"
The German Army has grounded its fleet of Tiger attack helicopters after the manufacturer, Airbus, issued a warning regarding parts failure. The parts in question were titanium bolts in the… Continue reading "Germany Grounds Tiger Attack Helicopter Fleet"
The German parliament has approved the sale of six MEKO frigates to Egypt in a 2.3 billion Euro deal. Thyssenkrupp Marine Systems’ (TKMS) MEKO A200 frigate design has already been… Continue reading "Germany Approves Sale of MEKO A200 Frigates to Egypt"
In a world where drones are omni-present, shooting them out of the sky is an ever-present concern. And, with how cheap drones can be compared to many modern air defense… Continue reading "AUSA 2024: Rheinmetall’s Skyranger 30 Takes on Drones"