The Dec. 3 approval includes an expansion of the Bundeswehr's G95 assault rifle order, additional Joint Strike Missile purchases and new AI systems.

(Dec 9): German lawmakers are set to approve 29 military procurement contracts worth a record EUR52 billion next week, part ...

German lawmakers have approved the government’s plan to attract more military recruits as the country tries to boost the ...

September 1, 2025: The German government is once again considering compulsory military service—a draft to address current recruitment shortfalls and anticipated military personnel needs over the next ...

Chancellor Friedrich Merz pledges hundreds of billions for Europe’s largest conventional army amid post-Ukraine invasion expansion.

France, which currently maintains a standing army of 200,000 troops, has decided to expand its forces by 50,000 personnel by ...

ROSTOCK, Germany — Germany has committed billions to beefing up its military's equipment after years of neglect. Now it's trying to persuade more people to join up and serve. More than 3½ years after ...

German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius, right, talks to soldiers during a visit to Bundeswehr tank battalion 203 at the Field Marshal Rommel Barracks in Augustdorf, Germany, Wednesday, February 1, ...

Germany’s new military space strategy endorses long-term development of reusable spaceplanes, including this concept included in the report, among other technologies. Credit: German Ministry of ...

Some detractors think the new bill is too weak to fill the recruitment gap. Others worry it will inevitably lead to forced conscription. By Christopher F. Schuetze Reporting from Berlin The German ...

Chancellor Friedrich Merz at the roll call of the German Army tank brigade in Lithuania [Photo by Bundesregierug / Guido Bergman] In a detailed interview with the Frankfurter Allgemeine ...