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Acoustic Shooter Locating System Ready for Market

July 27, 2011

In international peacekeeping and peace enforcement operations, asymmetric threats pose the principal danger to the Bundeswehr and its allies. Security ...

German Troops Admit Fears Over Partnering With Afghan Soldiers

German Armed Forces Cut By One-Fifth In New Shake-Up

May 23, 2011

Germany's defense minister has announced plans for sweeping changes to how the country's armed forces operate. The plan includes a ...

Future Soldier System Equipment Delivered To Bundeswehr

March 4, 2011

Cassidian has been commissioned by Germany's Federal Office of Defense Technology and Procurement (BWB) to deliver a further 400 units ...

Armed Forces Ombudsman Criticizes Equipment Shortages In Bundeswehr

November 8, 2010

Following a trip to Afghanistan to visit German troops, the parliamentary commissioner for the armed forces has called attention to ...

Bundeswehr Faces Biggest Shake-Up In Its History

August 25, 2010

Defense Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg presented his draft plans for the future of the German army to government ministers on ...

German Soldiers Under-Equipped and Under-Trained, Says Politician

April 8, 2010

A leading defense expert has criticized the training received by German Bundeswehr soldiers being sent to Afghanistan. This was in ...

Rheinmetall to Create Simulation and Test Environment for the Bundeswehr

July 24, 2009

The Federal Agency for Information Management and Information Technology of the German Armed Forces (IT-AmtBw) has contracted with Rheinmetall Defence ...