BERLIN — The operational readiness of the Bundeswehr must be improved. To achieve this, there are various projects and reforms. A defense policy balance sheet for the parliamentary summer break gives an overview of the measures and what they mean for the troops.

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Seven months since the Russian invasion of Ukraine began, repairing worn-out Western weapons is becoming increasingly important. The workshop for doing so is to be built on the Polish-Ukrainian border.

Passengers flying into Rzeszow airport in southeastern Poland hardly notice that the most impor…

Aerospace Corp., El Segundo, California, has been awarded a $1,198,735,079 modification (P00091) to previously awarded contract FA8802-19-C-0001 for systems engineering and integration support for the National Space Community.

This modification provides for the exercise of Option Year Four for f…

L3 Technologies Inc. Communication Systems, West, Salt Lake City, Utah, was awarded an $886,533,675 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for sustainment of the Common Data Link satellite communications program.

Bids were solicited via the internet with one received.

Work locations and funding will b…

Raytheon Technologies Corp., Pratt and Whitney Military Engines, East Hartford, Connecticut, is awarded a $769,866,520 firm-fixed-price, cost-plus-fixed-fee modification (P00006) to a previously awarded, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract (N0001920D0013).

This modification increase…

The government will earmark 57 trillion and 126.8 billion won to the defense budget for 2023, an increase of 4.6% compared to the main budget for 2022, and submit it to the National Assembly on September 2.

Despite the trend of a high level of sound fiscal management, the government has focused…