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The first Leopard 2A7HU armored vehicle, Leguan 2HU bridge launcher and Wisent 2HU technical combat vehicles were handed over in Tata.

For German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius, the project is a test of whether the two countries can work together on large defense projects at all.

Germany could again miss the target announced by Chancellor Olaf Scholz of spending two percent of economic output on defense in 2024, according to calculations by the Ifo Institute. The draft budget...

Armor maker Krauss-Maffei Wegmann has unveiled new wheeled tanks with more firepower. The combat vehicles, based on the four-axle Boxer troop carrier, are to become the main weapon systems of the... | May 16, 2023

Tank maker Krauss-Maffei Wegmann wants to make the Bundeswehr more mobile with heavy armed wheeled tanks. To this end, the defense company unveiled new combat vehicles based on the four-axle Boxer... | May 16, 2023

Don’t believe the hype—the war in Ukraine has led to little change.

Elbit Systems and Krauss-Maffei Wegmann have established Euro-Plus as part of their partnership on the European rocket artillery system.

Krauss-Maffei Wegmann and Elbit Systems’ subsidiaries have signed an MoU to further modernise the Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS).

Krauss-Maffei Wegmann and DEFENTURE have signed an MoU to increase their cooperation for LuLa, a new airborne platform.

The country’s chancellor has pledged about $100 billion to rebuild its army, but that increase in spending may not be enough to reverse years of neglect, experts say.