[DEZ] German Zeitenwende

Germany is Europe's pivotal defence-industrial state — and its most structurally constrained. Großwald's DEZ coverage tracks Berlin's defence governance from Bundestag appropriations to factory-floor output: Bundeswehr modernisation programmes, procurement execution, OEM industrial capacity, and Germany's force commitments on NATO's eastern flank. What gets funded, what gets built, what gets deployed — and where the gaps between intent and capability persist.

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K130 Batch-2 corvette Lübeck christened at Blohm+Voss; Rheinmetall's first after NVL buy

Bundeswehr Will Not Use Palantir for Military Cloud and AI Project; European Alternatives Examined

Bundestag Budget Committee Pauses EUR 262.67 Million Tankcontainer Procurement at 105% Price Increase

Bendlerblock German–Ukrainian Roundtable: "Deep Precision Strike Beyond 500 km" Named as Cooperation Domain

BAAINBw Places EUR 1.04 Billion IdZ-ES Order with Rheinmetall

A400M Deliveries Complete: LTG 62 Reaches FOC, Three Capability Demonstrations Set for 2026 post image

A400M Deliveries Complete: LTG 62 Reaches FOC, Three Capability Demonstrations Set for 2026

ArianeGroup CEO: Company is Studying Conventional Ballistic Missile Production in Germany; M51 Industrial Base as Template

Bundeswehr Publishes First Military Strategy: "Responsibility for Europe" Sets 460,000-Personnel Target by 2035

US Approves $11.9 Billion Aegis/SPY-6 FMS to Germany for Eight F127 Frigate Shipsets

Airbus Valkyrie / XQ-58A Bundeswehr "Jagdbomberdrohne" Roadmap: Two at Manching, MARS Mission System, Operational Target 2029

Bundeskartellamt Clears Rheinmetall Digital / OHB JV for SatcomBw Stage 4 Constellation Bid

'Build with Ukraine' Launches German–Ukrainian Joint Ventures; Auterion–Airlogix, Quantum–WIY (STRILA), Quantum–Tencore Named