BERLIN: The German government plans to order strike drones worth 536 million euros ($638 million) from German startups Helsing and Stark Defense, part of a rearmament push after Russia’s attack on Ukraine. The contracts for loitering munitions — drones that hover over a potential strike area before flying into targets — are part of a larger framework deal worth 4.3 billion euros. The contracts, outlined in documents seen by Reuters, are widely expected to be rubber-stamped by the lower house of parliament’s budget committee. They were first reported by Spiegel magazine.

BERLIN: The German government plans to order strike drones worth 536 million euros ($638 million) from German startups Helsing and Stark Defense, part of a rearmament push after…

Helsing and Stark contracts to supply unmanned weapons to Bundeswehr worth up to €4.3bn in total