{"id":65782,"date":"2023-11-28T20:07:48","date_gmt":"2023-11-28T20:07:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2023\/11\/28\/software-snags-delay-german-puma-fighting-vehicle-upgrades\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T00:58:49","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T00:58:49","slug":"software-snags-delay-german-puma-fighting-vehicle-upgrades","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/global\/europe\/2023\/11\/28\/software-snags-delay-german-puma-fighting-vehicle-upgrades\/","title":{"rendered":"Software snags delay German Puma fighting vehicle upgrades"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">COLOGNE, Germany \u2014 The German army\u2019s upgrades to the Puma infantry fighting vehicle will be late because of problems with the vehicles\u2019 software, the Ministry of Defence has announced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Officials at the Bundeswehr, Germany\u2019s military, had previously planned to accept an initial batch of upgraded Pumas \u2014 15 copies, according to local military-news website <a href=\"http:\/\/augengeradeaus.net\/\" target=\"_blank\">Augengeradeaus.net<\/a> \u2014 by the end of 2023. But alterations to be performed by the manufacturer, a joint venture of Rheinmetall and Krauss-Maffei Wegmann, are now estimated to take until late February, defense officials said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Puma vehicles have been something of a white whale for the military here. Meant to catapult Germany\u2019s analog ground forces onto the digital battlefield, their development and modernization has taken years longer than expected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After a report a year ago that 18 Pumas broke down during an exercise, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/global\/europe\/2023\/01\/04\/germany-sees-puma-combat-vehicles-as-great-but-too-iffy-for-war\/\">ministry assessment<\/a> portrayed the vehicle as revolutionary but error-prone. Still, the promise of a significant capability leap over the incumbent, decades-old Marder vehicle fleet kept government spending on the program coming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">German lawmakers in May approved a government request to buy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/global\/europe\/2023\/05\/10\/german-lawmakers-grant-16-billion-for-50-puma-fighting-vehicles\/\">50 new vehicles<\/a> for more than $1 billion. That is in addition to hundreds of million of euros spent on upgrading the 350-strong Puma fleet to an intermediate and, later, final configuration with the latest digital bells and whistles. That work has entailed improved driver situational awareness, a missile capability and networking features.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to a defense ministry statement, the delay of at least two months is unlikely to affect core testing and training activities planned for the modernized Pumas. 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