{
 "slug": "bundestag-budget-committee-six-projects-1-5-billion-role-2b-heron-tp-damon-troposcatter-spike-er2-pulled",
 "title": "Six Bundeswehr Projects Worth Nearly EUR 1.5 Billion Cleared — Puma Tracer Rounds, HERON TP Weapons; SPIKE-ER2 Pulled",
 "url": "https://www.grosswald.org/bundestag-budget-committee-six-projects-1-5-billion-role-2b-heron-tp-damon-troposcatter-spike-er2-pulled/",
 "canonical": "https://www.grosswald.org/bundestag-budget-committee-six-projects-1-5-billion-role-2b-heron-tp-damon-troposcatter-spike-er2-pulled/",
 "type": "dispatch",
 "published": "2026-11-04T17:58:00.000+01:00",
 "updated": "2026-11-05T20:01:36.000+01:00",
 "excerpt": "\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBerlin, 4 November 2026\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKey points\n\n\n * The defence ministry said the Bundestag budget committee approved six more Bundeswehr procurement projects on 4 November, all financed from the defence budget; its release gives no values or suppliers\n * The six: armament for the German HERON TP drones, portable troposcatter radios, radar components for Tranche 4 Eurofighters, image-intensifier clip-on sights, highly mobile Role 2 medical facilities with first deliveries from 2027, and 30 mm",
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  "defense-industry",
  "dez-german-defense-zeitenwende"
 ],
 "sources": [],
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  "baainbw",
  "boxer",
  "bundeswehr",
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  "patriot",
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