The Army is quietly considering a sweeping reduction of up to 90,000 active-duty troops, a move that underscores mounting fiscal pressures at the Pentagon and a broader shift in military strategy away ...

Defence chiefs have been looking to increase the size of the armed forces since Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine, but have ...

Calls to reinstate compulsory military service are growing louder in Berlin's political circles. But is drafting thousands of ...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz declared in 2022 that Germany was undertaking a societal and political sea change on national security matters. The word he used for this sea change in thinking, ...

The Bundeswehr owns around 1,500 properties across Germany, but many of these are in "a disastrous state," Eva Högl, the ...

Germany has just passed a major reform to its constitutional debt brake, unlocking billions of euros in funding. One model ...

Three goals are being pursued with Germany’s massive rearmament offensive: Breaking free from military dependence on the US, ...

Germany's upper house, the Bundesrat, Thursday voted 53-16 to approve a massive defense and infrastructure spending bill. The ...

"In crisis, your military really needs to have free hands." Nevertheless, achieving greater independence from the United States will be hard. Oliver Doerre, CEO of Hensoldt, a German defence ...

German and US flags are pictured on a wall in ... and for Europe to improve when it comes to procurement of military gear. Doerre, who served in the Germany military for over 20 years, said ...

JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — The Trump administration lifted its suspension of military aid and intelligence sharing for Ukraine, and Kyiv signaled that it was open to a 30-day ceasefire in the ...