Daily Memo: Germany Upgrades Helicopters

The purchase still requires approval from parliament.

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New helicopters for Berlin. German Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht announced the country has ordered 60 Chinook military helicopters to replace its fleet of Sikorsky CH-53G helicopters. The purchase, worth an estimated 5 billion euros, still needs to be approved by the German parliament. Support for Ukrainian refugees. Poland will no longer offer some special benefits […]

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