Germany has signed bilateral Declarations of Intent with Poland and the Netherlands in the last two days. These Declarations of Intent envision a close cooperation between the countries in defense matters.
Solid things agreed upon, short-term:
Medium-term agreements:
Long-term Procurement:
Feasibility Studies:
Plus some more stuff. Mostly regarding regular meetings at staff/directorate level, mutual posting of exchange personnel to HQs, joint planning and preparation for deployments. And a vision to possibly in the future run German and Dutch services under a single shared command.
Solid things agreed upon, short-term:
- Integration of the Dutch 11th Airmobile Brigade into the German Rapid Forces Division effective Jan 1st, 2014
- Inclusion of Dutch exchange officers into the German PAC3-armed missile defense wing beginning 2014
- development of a joint German/Dutch fire support unit, FOC agreed 2016-2018
- transition of 1 GE/NL Corps into a binational JTF HQ L / J2C2
- exchange of personnel between German and Dutch naval units; personnel exchange between German and Polish Navies; mutual embarkation of helicopter detachments and boarding/protection naval infantry between Germany and Poland
- Joint training of German and Dutch Mechanized/Armoured forces, already ongoing; also expansion to fire support, predeployment, helicopter, certification exercises, SERE (with Belgium), para, naval training and damage control training (both also with Poland), CBRN and pretty much everything else
- cooperation regarding support of shared weapon systems between Germany and Poland (RBS15 Mk3, MU90)
Medium-term agreements:
- development of a mission-oriented joint ground-based air- and missile defense wing, i.e. joint deployment of the two PAC3 wings of Germany and the Netherlands
- establishment of a joint German/Dutch submarine command as well as a joint German/Polish "submarine operating authority"
- establishment of joint tactical CIMIC units between Germany and the Netherlands
- joint development and procurement of shipborne mission modules between Germany and Poland (for systems such as MRCS180)
- bilateral support agreement between Germany and Netherlands regarding NH90 TTH (training, maintenance etc); "if" NH90 NFH procured by Germany possible trilateral treaty with Belgium
Long-term Procurement:
- joint development, procurement and manning of Joint Support Ships (amphibious assault ships) between Germany and Poland
- joint procurement and operation of new oilers/tankers between Germany and Poland
- joint replacement of MCM capabilities between Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium with common successor class
- development of sea-based TBMD capability between Germany and the Netherlands based on SMART-L and existing AAW frigate classes
- envisioned: possible shared common successor class for current German and Dutch submarine classes
- envisioned: joint procurement of (possibly armed) MALE UAVs between Germany and Netherlands
Feasibility Studies:
- common logistic support between Germany and the Netherlands; logistic role specializations
- shared officer/NCO training between Germany and the Netherlands
- possible re-attachment of actual units to 1 GE/NL Corps
Plus some more stuff. Mostly regarding regular meetings at staff/directorate level, mutual posting of exchange personnel to HQs, joint planning and preparation for deployments. And a vision to possibly in the future run German and Dutch services under a single shared command.
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