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Lufthansa Aviation Training will train 50 German Air Force pilots yearly at Rostock-Laage from February 2027.
Germany has released its first standalone military strategy along with a sweeping defense reform package that aims to transform the Bundeswehr into Europe’s strongest conventional fighting force by 2039.
Lockheed Martin has initiated final assembly of Germany’s first F-35A stealth fighter at its production facility in Fort Worth, marking a major step in Berlin’s military modernization programme.
Airbus is helping the German Air Force in its long-term transformation to increase the sustainability of its aircraft fleet. Airbus is operating with the German Air Force towards providing the Luftwaffe with a technical allowance to commence national A400M flight trials with loads of up to 50 percent Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) in the near term.