In today’s session the Bundestag Budget Committee has given the go-ahead for Germany to acquire four additional Patriot air defense batteries for the Luftwaffe. The allocated budget is €1.28 billion, with an additional €76 million set to be spent on radar upgrades for the entire pool of Patriot systems in the Luftwaffe inventory. The decision to acquire four additional batteries comes after the donation of two firing units to the Ukrainian Armed Forces, which have reportedly operated the system with significant success. The additional two units are required to fulfill Germany’s NATO capability quota, which also dictates a certain level…
Author: Moritz
In his latest public speech German Navy Chief Vice Admiral Kaack went into detail about what the year 2024 would bring for the German Navy (Marine) in the area of unmanned systems and manned-unmanned teaming (MUM-T) test campaigns. The German Navy’s desired structure in 2035 (Zielbild 2035) foresees a significant increase in reliance on unmanned capabilities, answering current technological developments and an increasingly difficult recruitment situation. In order to gain experience with operating unmanned systems in a MUM-T context, the German Navy has set it’s eyes on testing three key systems in 2024. The first system to be tested this…
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