With the US Foreign Military Sales programme, it took less than five years from order to delivery of the first P-8A. A concept with potential for Germany? The procurement of large defence equipment for the Bundeswehr is usually a lengthy and usually expensive process. For the replacement procurement of a maritime patrol aircraft, the...
The Littoral Combat Ships were once planned as an all-purpose weapon. Following the failure of the concept and a reorganisation, the last units will be commissioned this year. On 15 November 2025, the nineteenth and last ship of the INDEPENDENCE class, the PIERRE, was ceremoniously commissioned. The fifteenth and penultimate...