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German Parliament Approves ‘Unarmed’ Eurodrone

The German parliament has approved the development and procurement of the Eurodrone together with France, Italy, and Spain. However, it has also set limits both for the further release of funds and for an armament not wanted in Germany for the time being. Follow New Defence Order. Strategy on Google News. On the 14th of April, the…
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A New Air Defence System for Germany

Rheinmetall Electronics, Diehl Defence and HENSOLDT Sensors have signed a joint agreement for cooperation as a special partnership to submit a tender for the future German short range and very short range protection air defence system (LVS NNbS). Follow New Defence Order. Strategy on Google News.   NNbS is intended to close the capability gap in mobile…
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Franco-German-Spanish FCAS Project Running into Turbulence

In February this year, German, French, and Spanish officials reached an impasse in their negotiations on the Future Combat Air System (FCAS) project. The three countries disagree over intellectual property rights and work shares, with the French company Dassault demanding 50% of the workload. Disagreements went so far as the consideration of build three demonstrators…
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Germany to Equip Leopard 2 MBT with Trophy APS

Germany has signed a contract to purchase the Israeli Trophy active protection system for its Leopard 2 Main Battle Tanks. The installation and integration of the system into the tank are to be carried out by Kraus-Maffei Wegmann (KMW), the Leopard’s manufacturer.       Follow New Defence Order. Strategy on Google News.   The Federal Office…
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Egypt 2nd on the list of of German Arms Exports

The German Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology has released the figures for arms exports of the Federal Government for 2020. After Hungary, Egypt landed in second place with EUR 763.7 million. Follow New Defence Order. Strategy on Google News. Egypt occupied the first rank among third countries (not EU or NATO or their equivalent). "Egypt has…
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Egypt Tops the List of German Weapons Exports

The German Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology has released the figures for arms exports of the Federal Government for the first 9 months of the year 2020. On the top of the list of recipients of German weapons was Egypt with an export volume of 585.9 million euros so far this year. Follow New Defence…
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German Arms Exports to Egypt, UAE, Turkey in Numbers

The German Ministry of Economy announced that the value of arms deals that Germany agreed to export to Egypt, Turkey and the UAE amounted to more than 330 million euros. According to DW Arabic, from January 20 to May 3, 2020, Germany approved arms shipments to Egypt alone for €308.2 million. The German government also…
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NATO is cosidering issues of supply and logistics

The experience of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict is pushing the countries of the North Atlantic Alliance to revise the rules regarding logistics and supply provision. This was stated in an interview with The Times by the Head of the NATO command of the Joint Support and Enabling Command (JSEC), Lieutenant General Alexander Zolfranc.  NATO leaders are…
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Global defence orders keep growing

The number of orders from the world's largest defenсe companies is close to a record high after an increase of 10% over the past two years amid an aggravation of the geopolitical situation. This is reported by the Financial Times (FT).   The FT reports that the combined order backlogs of the 15 largest arms…
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US administration requests $2.2 bln for the enriched uranium production

The White House has sent a request to the US Congress to allocate $ 6 billion to ensure "Protect American Security and Bolster Energy Independence," $2.2 billion of this amount is planned to be spent to "improve long-term, domestic enrichment capabilities for low-enriched uranium and high-assay low-enriched uranium." The press release says that the allocation…
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