{"id":1182321,"date":"2026-09-02T10:59:17","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T10:59:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1182321\/"},"modified":"2026-09-02T10:59:17","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T10:59:17","slug":"this-is-how-germany-is-arming-itself","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1182321\/","title":{"rendered":"This Is How Germany Is Arming Itself"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Things are happening in Germany! <a href=\"https:\/\/shop.spartanat.com\/products\/aufgerustet-beschaffungsvorhaben-der-bundeswehr-von-clemens-speer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">\u201cAufger\u00fcstet!\u201d<\/a> takes readers behind the scenes of one of the largest modernization projects in Germany\u2019s postwar history. How will the Bundeswehr, in the wake of the \u201cZeitenwende,\u201d once again become a capable, modern, and conventionally powerful military force? Journalist Clemens Speer of <a href=\"https:\/\/suv.report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">SICHERHEIT &amp; VERTEIDIGUNG<\/a> has been tracking these developments since 2022 and explains the most important procurement projects in a clear, up-to-date, and detailed manner. The book reveals which systems, budgets, and stakeholders are driving the transformation\u2014and just how complex the interplay between politics, government agencies, the Bundeswehr, and industry actually is.<\/p>\n<p>This book is organized according to the Bundeswehr\u2019s key procurement areas and systematically presents the ongoing projects:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Army<\/li>\n<li>Navy<\/li>\n<li>Air Force<\/li>\n<li>Cyber and Information Domain<\/li>\n<li>Support Sector<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Each procurement project is first briefly introduced based on key data\u2014including project start date, manufacturer, budget, and timeline\u2014and then explained in detail. The result is a unique overview of German armament and procurement projects as of June 2026. Project statuses, challenges, industrial policy contexts, and future developments are presented in a transparent and comprehensible manner.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/shop.spartanat.com\/products\/aufgerustet-beschaffungsvorhaben-der-bundeswehr-von-clemens-speer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">\u201cAufger\u00fcstet!\u201d<\/a> combines in-depth research with contextual analysis and makes the Bundeswehr\u2019s complex procurement processes easy to understand. An intimate look at the development of a new German army. Defense procurement in action, presented in detail.<\/p>\n<p><strong>About the Author<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Clemens Speer has been reporting on security, defense, and defense procurement policy for years through <a href=\"https:\/\/suv.report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">SICHERHEIT &amp; VERTEIDIGUNG<\/a>. As a journalist, he continuously tracks developments surrounding the Bundeswehr and analyzes procurement processes, political decisions, and the collaboration between government agencies and industry. His reporting combines technical accuracy with clear contextual analysis.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/shop.spartanat.com\/products\/aufgerustet-beschaffungsvorhaben-der-bundeswehr-von-clemens-speer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><strong>\u201cArmed and Ready: The Bundeswehr\u2019s Procurement Projects\u201d<\/strong><\/a><strong> by Clemens Speer, a SPARTANAT book, DGMedia, Vienna-Munich 2026, 220 pages, paperback, \u20ac29.90. Available here in the <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/shop.spartanat.com\/products\/aufgerustet-beschaffungsvorhaben-der-bundeswehr-von-clemens-speer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><strong>SPARTANAT Shop<\/strong><\/a><strong> or via <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.de\/Aufger%C3%BCstet-Beschaffungsvorhaben-Bundeswehr-Clemens-Speer\/dp\/3903526479\/ref=sr_1_1?__mk_de_DE=%C3%85M%C3%85%C5%BD%C3%95%C3%91&amp;crid=2FIS3CPTF90O&amp;dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.aRIMSVZdRh1jsMKDXcrnrA.UmV7c3ZA0XD5gEUN-M30bwyRpIxIbgXto5q86H-hXN0&amp;dib_tag=se&amp;keywords=speer+aufger%C3%BCstet&amp;qid=1788345405&amp;sprefix=speer+aufger%C3%BCstet%2Caps%2C138&amp;sr=8-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><strong>Amazon<\/strong><\/a><strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/shop.spartanat.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><strong>SPARTANAT SHOP<\/strong><\/a><strong> online<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/suv.report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><strong>SICHERHEIT &amp; VERTEIDIGUNG<\/strong><\/a><strong> online<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Things are happening in Germany! \u201cAufger\u00fcstet!\u201d takes readers behind the scenes of one of the largest modernization projects&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1182322,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5310],"tags":[199514,3444,2000,299,1824],"class_list":["post-1182321","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-germany","tag-armor","tag-books","tag-eu","tag-europe","tag-germany"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/117201100149175290","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1182321","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1182321"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1182321\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1182322"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1182321"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1182321"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1182321"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}