
Defense logistics and industry stranger: Mr. Pistorius, you speak to the wrong ones - we are ready! - creative image: xpert.digital
Bundeswehr dilemma: If money does not mean equipment
Armor crisis? Why Germany commutes between billions and standstill
The slow upgrade is not only followed by hesitant companies. Likewise, a complex, fragmented procurement system and contradictory political signals slow down every pace. The industry and state are therefore in the same boat - and row against each other.
1. ten billion more - but hardly any new device
- Special and additives have been approved over € 120 billion since 2022, most recently again by suspending the debt brake.
- Nevertheless, contracts are missing: The 20 Eurofighter, which has been fully -bound in 2024, are still not in the yard.
- Result: troops are waiting, warehouses remain empty, production lines remain small.
2. Pistorius' dunning finger to the industry
The minister demands: "There is no longer any reason to complain. The industry knows exactly that it is now responsible."
Key points of his criticism:
- Delayed deliveries even for agreed projects.
- Too low capacities for ammunition, drones, tanks.
- Calls after planning security are no longer valid after billions in packages.
3. What the minister hides: brake pads of the bureaucracy
At the same time, even government agencies warn of homemade hurdles:
The procurement of defense technology is significantly delayed and complicated by various obstacles. Long -term procurement procedures mean that only a third of the procedures benefit from the acceleration law, which causes delays from months to years. The complex cascade of permits, especially for export and IT security tests, can include up to 14 individual steps and makes the capacity structure hardly calculable.
Additional challenges arise from a lack of acceptance assemblies, such as that, for example, clear when ordering the Eurofighter reorder without a specific contract. This means that companies hesitate to invest in new technologies. The internal over-regulation in authorities, which is criticized by a 71-point plan, causes a high level of personnel and delayed decision-making processes.
Another significant problem is the parallel supervision of several ministries. Authorities such as Baainbw, BMF and BMWK sometimes carry out double exams, which leads to unclear responsibilities and additional bureaucracy. These structures considerably hinder the efficient and quick procurement of defense technology.
The President of the procurement office therefore counters the widespread view that her house alone is the blocker: "The industry has some stronger captivates than we do."
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4. Where the industry actually has to deliver
- Industrialization instead of manufacture: Small series are still dominated - nationwide manufacturing lines are missing.
- Courage to preliminary investments: The risk of building an additional production road is "manageable".
- Own process limming: Internal controlling projects also paralyzes within the corporations.
5. Where the state has to push through the accelerator pedal
- Real framework and option contracts for series post-orders create planning security.
- Extend direct assignments and shorten the test procedure, as the opposition demands.
- Fix the target numbers by law - so that politicians do not make new promises without cover at every trade fair.
- Strengthen personnel and IT in the procurement office so that ideas of the project "Time -turning bureaucracy reduction" do not silence.
6. A common wake -up call - not the next assignment
As long as the ministry, parliament, procurement office, financial controlling and industry point to others, every "turn of the time" remains empty rhetoric. Only if only
- binding needs anchored by law,
- Process radically slorn and
- Invest companies in advance,
Germany can achieve the promised skills - and actually deter Europe.
Mr. Pistorius, the problem is not only in the factory halls, but also in their stacks. If you want real defense, you have to accelerate the wrench and stamp at the same time. The industry is ready - when the state finally clears it.
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