[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 to Procure Arrow 4: Upper-Tier Missile Defense Signals Next Phase of Zeitenwende post image

Germany to Procure Arrow 4: Upper-Tier Missile Defense Signals Next Phase of Zeitenwende

Bundeswehr Upgrades ASUL: HENSOLDT Integrates AI-Driven Sensor Fusion and C2 post image

Bundeswehr Upgrades ASUL: HENSOLDT Integrates AI-Driven Sensor Fusion and C2

Germany’s Rare-Earth Dependency & Cognitive Erosion: Dual-Axis Vulnerability to China post image

Germany’s Rare-Earth Dependency & Cognitive Erosion: Dual-Axis Vulnerability to China

Czechia’s 4th Rapid Deployment Brigade inside Germany’s 10th Armoured Division post image

Czechia’s 4th Rapid Deployment Brigade inside Germany’s 10th Armoured Division

Inside Berlin’s Taurus Deadlock: Why Germany’s Most Powerful Missile Stays in Berlin—Not Kyiv post image

Inside Berlin’s Taurus Deadlock: Why Germany’s Most Powerful Missile Stays in Berlin—Not Kyiv

German Weapons in Ukraine: Failing Under Fire — or Misunderstood? post image

German Weapons in Ukraine: Failing Under Fire — or Misunderstood?

Bundeswehr, MBDA Modernize Soviet-Era NATO Air Defense Simulators for NATO POLYGONE post image

Bundeswehr, MBDA Modernize Soviet-Era NATO Air Defense Simulators for NATO POLYGONE

German South Caucasus Engagement: EU Support for Armenia in the Shadow of Nagorno-Karabakh post image

German South Caucasus Engagement: EU Support for Armenia in the Shadow of Nagorno-Karabakh

Germany Orders 120 Patriot PAC-3 MSE Missiles: What the €763.5M Deal Means for NATO Air Defense post image

Germany Orders 120 Patriot PAC-3 MSE Missiles: What the €763.5M Deal Means for NATO Air Defense

German Foreign Intelligence Service (BND) Proposes ‘Euro Eyes’ – Intelligence-Sharing Alliance post image

German Foreign Intelligence Service (BND) Proposes ‘Euro Eyes’ – Intelligence-Sharing Alliance

Saab Secures 1.7 Billion Kronor Contract for TAURUS KEPD 350 Upgrades in Germany Until 2035 post image

Saab Secures 1.7 Billion Kronor Contract for TAURUS KEPD 350 Upgrades in Germany Until 2035

German Pistorius Reevaluates U.S. Weapons & F-35 Deal Over US Control Risks post image

German Pistorius Reevaluates U.S. Weapons & F-35 Deal Over US Control Risks