Sebastian Sprenger
Sebastian Sprenger is associate editor for Europe at Defense News, reporting on the state of the defense market in the region, and on U.S.-Europe cooperation and multi-national investments in defense and global security. Previously he served as managing editor for Defense News. He is based in Cologne, Germany.
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MBDA eyes a long-range strike missile boom in Europe
The firm has presented its Land Cruise Missile as a candidate for a new multinational pact aimed at developing and fielding long-range weapons in Europe.
After months of haggling, Lockheed moves on German air defense bid
Lockheed Martin and MBDA Deutschland have submitted another bid for Germany’s next-generation air defense system, following negotiations throughout the summer that some observers said nearly tanked the project.
Spain’s Indra gets a key role in new Eurofighter radar development
Officials in Europe have billed the radar upgrade as a key prerequisite for keeping the Eurofighter relevant for future missions and possible sales, including ongoing acquisition decisions in Finland and Switzerland.
Hungary plunks down $1 billion for new air defenses
The sale includes the Raytheon-made AMRAAM-Extended Range missile, of which Hungary requested some 60 copies in May through the U.S. Foreign Military Sales program.
Germany floats a new NATO spending yardstick: 10 percent
Officials are pushing for a new yardstick to measure Berlin's contributions to NATO, suggesting the country could shoulder 10 percent of alliance requirements.
AFRICOM ordered to plan move out of Germany, latest pullout from key European ally
It’s the latest move by President Donald Trump to pull U.S. troops and resources from a key European ally.
Hungary gets first batch of German Leopard-2 tanks
The government in Budapest ordered the equipment in late 2018 as part of an effort to replace its Russian-made arms.
Thousands of troops are coming home from Germany, but some of them could be going right back
Thousands of troops are moving out of Germany, some of them back stateside.
Trump’s troop drawdown from Germany will take ‘years,’ says Inhofe
President Donald Trump’s plans to withdraw 10,000 U.S. troops from Germany will take years to execute, according to the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee.
Germany’s KMW pitches bridge-launching Boxer vehicle
Executives still consider the module an internal prototype, with more testing planned in the coming months. But the premise of a bridge-launching capability in forces lighter than the heavy, tracked vehicles mostly used for that job today could garner interest, they said.
