Germany is stepping up military recruiting and investing in everything from drones to spy cockroaches to build up its defense ...

German lawmakers are set to approve 29 military procurement contracts worth a record €52 billion ($61 billion) next week, part of the government’s push to transform the Bundeswehr into Europe’s ...

Berlin is ramping up its defence spending to face the threat posed by Russia. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at ...

Germany is undergoing a significant military rearmament. The change has been driven by the ongoing war in Ukraine and U.S. pressure on Europe to shoulder more of its defense.

European nations are constructing a defensive wall along NATO's eastern frontier as Western intelligence agencies warn Russia ...

One of the envisioned projects is a satellite-based reconnaissance suite for detecting hostile activity near Germany's ...

Germany has approved a major wave of defense procurement decisions that will upgrade weapons, aircraft systems, drones, vehicles, and battlefield sensors across its Armed Forces. The parliamentary ...

Kiel, Germany - On the FGS Pegnitz, a German mine-hunting boat off the northern Baltic coast, a sharp command cut through the sea air. “Portside 10!” shouted Mathis Kramer, 17. “Portside 20!” Kramer ...

Visitors to Gamescom sit in front of computer simulation games at the Bundeswehr stand in Cologne, Germany, on Aug. 21, 2025. The German army is recruiting new recruits at the computer game fair.

BERLIN (Reuters) -Germany's army needs to add 100,000 active troops to its existing 62,000 to meet new NATO targets intended to boost preparedness for the growing threat of Russian aggression, its ...

(CNN) — This year, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz pledged to build Europe’s strongest army – a tall order for a country whose military has undergone years of neglect. The coalition government is ...

SUDHA DAVID-WILP is Vice President of External Relations and a Senior Fellow at the German Marshall Fund of the United States. LIANA FIX is Senior Fellow for Europe at the Council on Foreign Relations ...