[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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Germany’s Accelerated Military Procurement: What Went Well and What Not post image

Germany’s Accelerated Military Procurement: What Went Well and What Not

D-LBO: KNDS, Rheinmetall Digitize German Command-and-Control Systems for €2bn post image

D-LBO: KNDS, Rheinmetall Digitize German Command-and-Control Systems for €2bn

The End of Post-Merkel Illusions: Trump’s Second Term, Germany, and Changing Defense Priorities post image

The End of Post-Merkel Illusions: Trump’s Second Term, Germany, and Changing Defense Priorities

Germany Equips Airbus A350 with Elbit DIRCM Systems Against Missile Threats post image

Germany Equips Airbus A350 with Elbit DIRCM Systems Against Missile Threats

German Tactical Air Defense System (TLVS) Canceled: Focus Shifts to ESSI, Patriot, IRIS-T SLM post image

German Tactical Air Defense System (TLVS) Canceled: Focus Shifts to ESSI, Patriot, IRIS-T SLM

IRIS-T SLM for ESSI in Q4 2024: Delayed Ukraine Delivery, German IOC, Bulgarian Acquisition post image

IRIS-T SLM for ESSI in Q4 2024: Delayed Ukraine Delivery, German IOC, Bulgarian Acquisition

Digitalizing Land Forces: Key Developments in the Bundeswehr’s D-LBO Initiative post image

Digitalizing Land Forces: Key Developments in the Bundeswehr’s D-LBO Initiative

Großwald Perspectives: €100 Billion Later - Fixing the Bundeswehr Wasn’t on Budget post image

Großwald Perspectives: €100 Billion Later - Fixing the Bundeswehr Wasn’t on Budget

Diehl Defence Expands German Production for Guided Missiles with Investment of 800M post image

Diehl Defence Expands German Production for Guided Missiles with Investment of 800M

German Luftwaffe Tests: A400M Mixed Airdrop Capabilities Soar post image

German Luftwaffe Tests: A400M Mixed Airdrop Capabilities Soar

Germany's Taurus Impasse: Strategic Ambiguity as Policy post image

Germany's Taurus Impasse: Strategic Ambiguity as Policy

EU’s €5.2B Air Defense Push: Sweden Leads Patriot Missile Expansion in Germany post image

EU’s €5.2B Air Defense Push: Sweden Leads Patriot Missile Expansion in Germany