Bundeswehr, a state-owned entity based in Germany, was founded in 1990 and employs approximately 3,000 individuals. It functions as the armed forces of the Federal Republic of Germany, encompassing both their military branches and associated civil administration and procurement authorities.
On September 14, 2026, the Bundeswehr officially concluded its G36 rifle era, expanding the fielding of its new G95 rifle beyond the initial recipient unit. Earlier, on September 10, the German military began assessing a range of potential AI tools to augment and automate defensive measures in the event of an attack on German soil. Vice Admiral Thomas Daum, inspector of the Cyber and Information Domain Service, indicated that the Bundeswehr plans to pilot AI tools for the battlefield starting next year. Also on September 10, the New Zealand Defence Force and the German Armed Forces signed a Mutual Logistics Support Arrangement (MLSA) in Wellington. The agreement, signed by Rear Admiral Axel Ristau for the German Ministry of Defence, establishes terms and procedures for providing logistics support to each other in various situations. Previously, on September 3, the German government approved nearly $930 million in weapons exports to Israel between January and June, Der Spiegel reported, citing a government response to a parliamentary inquiry; these deals followed a temporary suspension of exports.
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