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Großwald Signal

Signal No. 137 · Russian airspace, notified

Ukraine notified ICAO that Russian airspace is unsafe and asked its member states to ban civil flights over Russia; Putin answered with "state terrorism" and an order for massive strikes on Ukrainian energy, and the first night after the order put Odesa region's grid out for more than 350,000 homes.

Großwald Signal

Signal No. 136 · Leipzig: Russia named

[DIN] Industry [SPC] Space

OHB Takes a EUR 1 Billion IRIS² Contract From SES for 18 Medium-Orbit Satellites, Launches From 2029

[DPL] Policy [IAMD] Air & Missile Defence [DIP] Diplomacy

Greece and Israel Sign the EUR 3 Billion Achilles Shield — David's Sling, SPYDER and Barak MX as One Network

[DIN] Industry [IAMD] Air & Missile Defence [ARC] Arctic & Nordics

Finland Orders the Saab RBS 70 NG Very-Short-Range Air Defence System for SEK 1.2 Billion

[DIN] Industry [SPC] Space

ESA Signs Launcher Challenge Contracts With Isar, RFA and PLD Space — One Orbital Flight Each by 2028

[DPL] Policy [DEZ] Germany [STK] Deep Strike

BAAINBw Confirms the Luftwaffe's F-35A Enters Service Without JASSM-ER — the 75-Missile Request Postponed

[DIN] Industry

[IAMD] Air & Missile Defence

[DPL] Policy [IAMD] Air & Missile Defence [DIP] Diplomacy

Greece and Israel Sign the EUR 3 Billion Achilles Shield — David's Sling, SPYDER and Barak MX as One Network

[DIN] Industry [IAMD] Air & Missile Defence [ARC] Arctic & Nordics

Finland Orders the Saab RBS 70 NG Very-Short-Range Air Defence System for SEK 1.2 Billion

[MDF] Doctrine & Force [IAMD] Air & Missile Defence [PLB] Poland–Lithuania–Belarus

Lithuania Moves NASAMS Onto the Approaches to Vilnius, Replacing RBS 70 — Third Battery Due 2028

[DIN] Industry [IAMD] Air & Missile Defence [PLB] Poland–Lithuania–Belarus

Poland's Armaments Agency Signs a PLN 8 Billion Piorun Framework With Mesko — Buying for Lithuania, Latvia and Norway Under SAFE

[DIN] Industry [RUC] Russia-Ukraine [IAMD] Air & Missile Defence

Leonardo Discloses a Kyiv Research Subsidiary Registered in May and Plans Michelangelo Testing in Ukraine

[DIN] Industry [IAMD] Air & Missile Defence [ATL] Transatlantic

Thales and Systematic Team to Offer Command-and-Control for Denmark's Layered Air Defence

[DPL] Policy [IAMD] Air & Missile Defence [DIN] Industry

Switzerland Asks Parliament for CHF 970 Million in Air-Defence Advance Payments — CHF 650 Million Toward IRIS-T SLM

[IAMD] Air & Missile Defence [DIN] Industry [INT] NATO & EU

European Air and Missile Defence: Who Is Buying What (ESSI, IRIS-T, Patriot, Arrow 3, SAMP/T, Skyranger)

[DIN] Industry [IAMD] Air & Missile Defence

Cambridge Aerospace Closes a USD 300 Million Series C at USD 3.4 Billion

[DIN] Industry [IAMD] Air & Missile Defence [ATL] Transatlantic

Northrop Becomes a Second Source for PAC-3 Rocket Motors — USD 3 Billion Over Seven Years

[MDF] Doctrine & Force

[MDF] Doctrine & Force [IAMD] Air & Missile Defence [PLB] Poland–Lithuania–Belarus

Lithuania Moves NASAMS Onto the Approaches to Vilnius, Replacing RBS 70 — Third Battery Due 2028

Bundeswehr soldiers on parade. Germany's armed forces number 186,705 soldiers and 81,048 civilians as of 31 July 2026.

[DEZ] Germany [MDF] Doctrine & Force

Bundeswehr Personnel 2026: Strength by Branch and Rank

186,705 soldiers, 81,048 civilians — Bundeswehr force structure by branch, status and rank, incl. women in uniform. BMVg data, Stand 31 July 2026. Tables, CSV.

[MDF] Doctrine & Force [ARC] Arctic & Nordics [GRD] Land

Norway Adds an Artillery Battalion, Air-Defence Battery and Signals Company to the Finnmark Brigade

[CEE] Central & Eastern Europe

[DPL] Policy [INT] NATO & EU [CEE] Central & Eastern Europe

The Commission Pays Romania EUR 2.5 Billion in SAFE Pre-Financing, the Third Member State Paid

[CEE] Central & Eastern Europe [DIN] Industry [INT] NATO & EU

European Ammunition and Energetics Capacity: Plants, Propellants and Shell Output

[DPL] Policy [INT] NATO & EU [CEE] Central & Eastern Europe

Estonia Receives EUR 351.6 Million Under SAFE — the Second Member State Paid, After Poland's EUR 6.6 Billion

[DIN] Industry [CEE] Central & Eastern Europe

CSG Buys the Gnaschwitz Explosives Site From MAXAM — EUR 100 Million Into Saxon Nitroglycerin

[OPS] Operations [AIR] Air [CEE] Central & Eastern Europe

Spain's Paznic Detachment Opens eAP-72 in Romania With Seven F-18Ms and Three Counter-Drone NH90s

[DIP] Diplomacy [UXS] Uncrewed Systems [CEE] Central & Eastern Europe

Romania Expels a Russian Diplomat and Recalls Its Ambassador After Four Drone Incursions in Four Days

[DIN] Industry [CEE] Central & Eastern Europe

Poland's Nitro-Chem Signs a BAE Systems Letter of Intent for a 2,000-Tonne TNT Plant in Britain

[STK] Deep Strike

[DPL] Policy [DEZ] Germany [STK] Deep Strike

BAAINBw Confirms the Luftwaffe's F-35A Enters Service Without JASSM-ER — the 75-Missile Request Postponed

[DPL] Policy [STK] Deep Strike [RUC] Russia-Ukraine

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Signal No. 137 · Russian airspace, notified

Signal No. 136 · Leipzig: Russia named

OHB Takes a EUR 1 Billion IRIS² Contract From SES for 18 Medium-Orbit Satellites, Launches From 2029

Greece and Israel Sign the EUR 3 Billion Achilles Shield — David's Sling, SPYDER and Barak MX as One Network

Finland Orders the Saab RBS 70 NG Very-Short-Range Air Defence System for SEK 1.2 Billion

ESA Signs Launcher Challenge Contracts With Isar, RFA and PLD Space — One Orbital Flight Each by 2028

BAAINBw Confirms the Luftwaffe's F-35A Enters Service Without JASSM-ER — the 75-Missile Request Postponed

[DIN] Industry

OHB Takes a EUR 1 Billion IRIS² Contract From SES for 18 Medium-Orbit Satellites, Launches From 2029

Finland Orders the Saab RBS 70 NG Very-Short-Range Air Defence System for SEK 1.2 Billion

HMS Bulwark Transfers to Brazil; the UK–Netherlands Amphibious Replacement Has No First-of-Class Date

Spiegel Puts the F127 Above EUR 40 Billion for Eight Ships — No Firm Offer, Says the Ministry; TKMS Disputes It

ESA Signs Launcher Challenge Contracts With Isar, RFA and PLD Space — One Orbital Flight Each by 2028

Rheinmetall, Hesse Sign EUR 285 Million Letter of Intent — Boxer Output to 500 a Year From 2029

BAAINBw Awards Lufthansa Technik a Used Global 6000 as the PEGASUS Trainer, IOC Held at 2028

Spain Authorises EUR 5.4 Billion A330 MRTT Deal With Poland — Four Tankers for Warsaw by 2030

Rheinmetall Wins the First G-CAP II Call-Off — EUR 250 Million for a 2,000-Bed Lithuania Camp

Poland Confirms 32 More F-35A as It Joins Boeing's USD 131 Billion F-15 Eagle Crest Vehicle

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[IAMD] Air & Missile Defence

Greece and Israel Sign the EUR 3 Billion Achilles Shield — David's Sling, SPYDER and Barak MX as One Network

Finland Orders the Saab RBS 70 NG Very-Short-Range Air Defence System for SEK 1.2 Billion

Lithuania Moves NASAMS Onto the Approaches to Vilnius, Replacing RBS 70 — Third Battery Due 2028

Poland's Armaments Agency Signs a PLN 8 Billion Piorun Framework With Mesko — Buying for Lithuania, Latvia and Norway Under SAFE

Leonardo Discloses a Kyiv Research Subsidiary Registered in May and Plans Michelangelo Testing in Ukraine

Thales and Systematic Team to Offer Command-and-Control for Denmark's Layered Air Defence

Switzerland Asks Parliament for CHF 970 Million in Air-Defence Advance Payments — CHF 650 Million Toward IRIS-T SLM

European Air and Missile Defence: Who Is Buying What (ESSI, IRIS-T, Patriot, Arrow 3, SAMP/T, Skyranger)

Cambridge Aerospace Closes a USD 300 Million Series C at USD 3.4 Billion

Northrop Becomes a Second Source for PAC-3 Rocket Motors — USD 3 Billion Over Seven Years

[MDF] Doctrine & Force

Lithuania Moves NASAMS Onto the Approaches to Vilnius, Replacing RBS 70 — Third Battery Due 2028

Bundeswehr Personnel 2026: Strength by Branch and Rank

Norway Adds an Artillery Battalion, Air-Defence Battery and Signals Company to the Finnmark Brigade

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[CEE] Central & Eastern Europe

The Commission Pays Romania EUR 2.5 Billion in SAFE Pre-Financing, the Third Member State Paid

European Ammunition and Energetics Capacity: Plants, Propellants and Shell Output

Estonia Receives EUR 351.6 Million Under SAFE — the Second Member State Paid, After Poland's EUR 6.6 Billion

CSG Buys the Gnaschwitz Explosives Site From MAXAM — EUR 100 Million Into Saxon Nitroglycerin

Spain's Paznic Detachment Opens eAP-72 in Romania With Seven F-18Ms and Three Counter-Drone NH90s

Romania Expels a Russian Diplomat and Recalls Its Ambassador After Four Drone Incursions in Four Days

Poland's Nitro-Chem Signs a BAE Systems Letter of Intent for a 2,000-Tonne TNT Plant in Britain

[STK] Deep Strike

BAAINBw Confirms the Luftwaffe's F-35A Enters Service Without JASSM-ER — the 75-Missile Request Postponed

London Clears MBDA to Release Classified SCALP Component Data So France and Ukraine Can Assemble the Missile