[According to the Financial Times](https://www.ft.com/content/62f4a0f7-ffc9-49c8-b15-6497030187dd1), German politicians and analysts are considering improvement paths for their armed forces, and are increasingly moving towards modern technologies. In addition to the acquisition of classical weapons, the head of the defence department Boris Pistorius acknowledged that the RFN would "make more and more investment in innovation, more investment in fresh technologies, more cooperation with start-ups and more cooperation between start-ups and Bundeswehr".