Germany
Cyber Army: Introducing Germany’s Fourth Armed Force
November 24 by Defence IQ PressIn the past two decades, the world has gone from the “Information Age” to the “Digital Age” in an almost seamless transition. However, in the same period, the rise of cyb...
Germany Announces MEADS Selection for Future Air and Missile Defense System
June 10 by Lockheed Martin Press OfficeThe German Federal Ministry of Defence has chosen the Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS) as the basis for Taktisches Luftverteidigungssystem (TLVS), a next-generation network-based tactical ai...
Poland buys 119 Leopard tanks from Germany, further bolsters armoured vehicle fleet
November 26 by Defence IQ PressPoland is set to acquire 105 Leopard 2A5 tanks and 14 2A4 variants from the German Army in a deal signed by Defence Ministers Tomasz Siemoniak and Thomas de Maiziére. "The version [of the Leopa...
EADS to restructure/rebrand as the Airbus Group?
July 29 by Andrew ElwellEADS – or the European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company N.V. in long-form – is set for a rebrand by capitalising on the global Airbus brand. Tom Enders, the maverick CEO determine...
Qatar gets massive armoured vehicle order in ahead of 2022 World Cup
July 16 by Defence IQ PressAhead of the World Cup in 2022, Qatar is set to procure 118 Leopard armoured vehicles from Germany along with 16 tank howitzers for an undisclosed sum. According to German daily Bild am Sonntag...
European Forces Queue Up for Defence Reform Health Assessment
August 08 by Defence Dateline GroupEuropean defence is still ailing from the ravages of the financial crisis. As operational performance in Libya and continued capability cuts illustrate, many European militaries have failed their...
The Weekly Recap: Secret German Tanks, Mystery Azeri Plane Crash and That Buzzkill National Audit Office
July 08 by Robert DensmoreThe Weekly Recap This week, we take on some hefty themes, but start with a niche report that Defence IQ offered on the Azeri plane crash in Afghanistan. It involved a healthy bit of investigative jo...
How Much Value is Germany Adding to NATO Defence?
July 04 by Defence Dateline GroupGermany today stands at a crossroads in its defence policy posture. A nation famously reticent about military force in the aftermath of World War Two, contemporary Germany has started to slowly b...
Polish Defence Build-up Trumps Eastern Alliances as Bidding Wars Commence
March 08 by Defence Dateline GroupPoland is unique among major European states in that its most pressing defence priority is homeland security. Relatively recent memories of Nazi and Soviet domination are kept alive by assertive rum...
'Achtung Bundeswehr!' - German Military Reformers Unveil Major Force Revisions
November 29 by Jonathan DowdallThe recent announcement that Germany will formally suspend its conscription programme in 2011 marks the next step in the long and painful process of reforming the Bundeswehr (German Army). Speaking...
The Battle of Britain: Revealing the Human Cost of Britain's Greatest Air War
September 27 by Robert Densmore1940 was the year that brought the Second World War to Great Britain's doorstep. There has been no greater event in the history of the Royal Air Force. There has been no instance of such drawn out a...