The announcement comes after Elbit received an order on Dec. 23, 2024, from Lufthansa Technik to equip the German ...

German soldiers stand at the formal inauguration of a German brigade for NATO's eastern flank in the center of Vilnius, Lithuania, Thursday, May 22, 2025. ©AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis© Newser AI ...

Despite past tensions and industrial disagreements, France remains a full and equal partner in the development of Europe's next-generation main battle tank, the Main Ground Combat System (MGCS ...

Germany has a complicated relationship with its military. Two world wars when the country was on the wrong side of history have taught Germans to be cautious about the pitfalls of a big army. But ...

The German parliament's commissioner for the armed forces urged a rapid rebuilding of the country's registration system for possible military conscription in an annual report released on Tuesday ...

Germany plans to introduce a voluntary six-month military service scheme, sources familiar with the plan said on Friday, as Berlin tries to train more reservists and bolster national defences over ...

Since the middle of the Cold War era, Germany’s military expenditure as a percentage of GDP has dropped dramatically. Peaking at 4.9% in 1963, it fell to an all-time low in 2005 of just 1.1%.

Germany announced a budget on Tuesday that would increase its military spending to 3.5 percent of its economic output by 2026 and expand funding to improve its crumbling infrastructure, as part of ...

The country has pledged, for the first time since 1945, to build a military capable of defending both national and allied territories. “Germany is back on track,” Merz said after the signing.