"Germany's military, the Bundeswehr, is currently on a spending spree: they have more than 108 billion ($129 billion) at their disposal this year a gigantic, unprecedented sum. This is being financed both by the official federal budget and from special funds for which the state is taking out loans. This money is intended to make the Bundeswehr, which has been subject to decades of cutbacks, powerful and modern."
"The prototypes from more established competitor Rheinmetall, on the other hand, failed to impress the Bundeswehr testers. The drones being purchased are officially called "loitering munitions" but are more commonly called kamikaze drones or suicide drones because they dive towards their target and blow themselves up. The Bundeswehr brigade in Lithuania, which is deployed to help protect NATO's eastern flank, is one of the detachments that will receive them."
Germany has allocated more than 108 billion ($129 billion) this year to rapidly rebuild and modernize the Bundeswehr, financed via the federal budget and loan-funded special funds. The funding aims to reverse decades of military cutbacks and to equip forces under tight timelines amid concerns that Russia could be capable of attacking NATO territory as early as 2029. For the first time the Bundeswehr is ordering several thousand combat drones, chiefly loitering munitions, with major orders going to start-ups Stark Defence and Helsing. Rheinmetall prototypes failed Bundeswehr tests. Deployed units on NATO's eastern flank, including the brigade in Lithuania, will receive the drones. The Bundeswehr is also investing in drone-defense measures, ranging from jammers to other countermeasures to close current capability gaps.
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