Federal Audit Office criticizes price jump in tank deal. The army is to receive new armored transport vehicles from Australia for 2.7 billion euros.
According to SPIEGEL information, the Court of Auditors finds that it is too expensive and too complicated. The traffic light housekeepers also have doubts. The Ministry of Defense has actually wanted to submit the warning to the Bundestag's budget committee. The Federal Audit Office was unable to determine any targeted project management. It took 4.5 years of the project before financing was secured.