Interesting to read this on a non-german page as a german... o_0
Regular news hasn't reported much (it's a very slow moving process, not so ideal for a news website) but it's mentioned occasionally, e.g. the FAZ had a very similar article a few months ago. But you are right, a regular citizen with no particular interest in that field would almost surely never have heard about it.
If I could only add one thing to my daily reading list it would be that mentioned newsletter. And of course I would read the Bundeswehr Weißbuch.