The likely next chancellor has staked his government on a move to increase military spending. But the window for change is ...

Germany is planning to pump billions into defense spending, but the need to better prepare goes well beyond the Bundeswehr. The likely chancellor Friedrich Merz on Thursday promised more funding also ...

Germany plans to significantly boost its military spending to better equip the Bundeswehr amidst a changing global security ...

With Europe experiencing its most devastating war since 1945 and President Donald Trump ripping up the transatlantic alliance ...

The German military is facing a manpower crisis, with overall troop levels down despite a recruiting effort aimed at building ...

The extent of this is laid out for all to see in the recently released readiness report for the German armed forces. With close to 28 per cent of all lower ranks unfilled, the average age of a German ...

Rheinmetall plans to hand out more than €350mn to shareholders, as Germany’s largest weapons contractor reported record ...

The report outlined the European power’s more assertive foreign military involvement, including its navy’s first-ever shots ...

One in four new recruits to the German armed forces drops out within six months of joining, according to the nation’s ...

Despite Berlin's plans to boost its military forces, the Bundeswehr still falls woefully short of filling its ranks, a new report says. Defense Commissioner Eva Högl has called for a new and improved ...

Germany’s Bundeswehr remains atrophying and ill-equipped despite political leaders’ repeated vows to reverse the force’s ...

Germany's military still has "too little of everything" despite a massive, costly overhaul that was launched after Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022, the parliamentary commissioner for the armed ...