Tag: Bundeswehr

German military places order for up to 6,500 trucks

Unprotected Transport Vehicle (UTF) | Photo: RMMV GmbH

The Bundeswehr says it plans to commission up to 6,500 Unprotected Transport Vehicles over the next seven years, with an agreement for the production and production of transport vehicles in the load classes 3.5 tonnes, 5 tonnes and 15 tonnes by the Rheinmetall MAN Military Vehicle (RMMV) GmbH company in an order that could be worth up to EUR 3.5 billion.

Germany to order 20 Eurofighter aircraft

05 June 2024, Brandenburg, Schoenefeld: Germany's Chancellor Olaf Scholz speaks during the opening tour of the International Aerospace Exhibition (ILA) on the grounds of Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) | Photo: Sebastian Christoph Gollnow/dpa

Scholz said he was “strongly in favour of maintaining and expanding production capacities. That is why we will order 20 more Eurofighters in this legislative period, in addition to the 38 aircraft that are currently still in the pipeline.”

German Armed Forces to recruit on TikTok

Photo: Rolf Vennenbernd/dpa

The German Ministry of Defence said in order to “compete for the best minds, the use of TikTok is indispensable”. Special measures are being introduced for the use of TikTok. These include the technical separation between the Bundeswehr‘s networks and the TikTok platform. Dedicated end devices should be used without access to the Bundeswehr‘s IT structure. TikTok software is still neither authorized nor technically possible on official IT.

Germany’s Scholz dampens expectations for Ukraine peace conference

Scholz: “At best, it’s the start of a process that could lead to direct talks between Ukraine and Russia. In Switzerland, it will be about the safety of nuclear power plants, grain exports, the issue of prisoner exchanges and the necessary taboo on the use of nuclear weapons. Once again, this is all still in its infancy.”

Daily Podcast | 02 July 2020

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