Germany increases the rate of acquisition of arms and construction of military bases. According to the bill, adopted on Wednesday (23.07.2025) by the government, Berlin intends to mitigate the request to tender for the acquisition of military equipment, and besides loosen environmental standards for the construction of barracks or another infrastructure.
Faced with the threat from Russia, "the decisive origin is time," as the task says. “We are speeding up the pace of purchasing materials,” said Minister of Defence Boris Pistorius.
Faster, more efficient, easier
The Act constitutes a real qualitative leap in defence capacity. The Minister of Economy Katherina Reiche stressed that the bill covers both military and civilian equipment. – The Bundeswehr must be able to supply faster, more efficient, simpler and in accordance with the latest state of technology," she said.
In the light of NATO's fresh objectives and plans to importantly increase the size of the Bundeswehr, infrastructure must besides develop. On Wednesday afternoon Pistorius met with arms manufacture representatives to discuss the issue of fast supply.
The plan of the Ministry of Defence and Ministry of Economy provides that complaints concerning the award of contracts will no longer have suspensory effect before the court. Manufacture of arms, ammunition and war materials in the territory Germany is to take precedence due to the fact that it is simply a "essential safety interest".
Even without tenders
In the event of an emergency, tenders may be totally withdrawn. Greater contracts no longer request to be divided into smaller tenders. The threshold would be increased from EUR 15,000 to over EUR 440 000, Pistorius said. This could make almost 8,000 orders faster.
The task extends the first bill from 2022, which is at the beginning of the Russian war against Ukraine. Even then, supply processes were accelerated, as well as the construction of liquefied natural gas terminals to put an end to the dependence on Russian gas. The fresh bill is now to be extended to all "orders to meet the needs of the Bundeswehr".
The Act will besides include "amendments to the Air Traffic Act aimed at ensuring the undisturbed operation of air defence radars, speeding up authorisation procedures and strengthening Bundeswehr's safety and safety interests". For example, radar equipment cannot be disrupted by adjacent buildings.
