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Climate change hits aircraft carrier: USS Harry S. Truman loses a Super Hornet in the Mediterranean

Climate change hits aircraft carrier: USS Harry S. Truman loses a Super Hornet in the Mediterranean

Gepostet von | 29 Aug 2022 | , , | 1

Every now and then you have to pull out an old message and give it a new status. This is also the case here. The F/A-18E Super Hornet fighter aircraft that was swept off the flight deck of the USS Harry S. Truman in the Mediterranean on 8 July due to sudden adverse weather conditions was located at a depth of 2,895 metres less than 24 hours after the incident, but was only recorded as "recovered" after 27 days. Still a remarkable achievement! A well-rehearsed team The usual suspects that are called upon by the US Navy in such cases were once again deployed: the remote-controlled underwater robot CURV-21, the...

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US Navy concretises its Medium Unmanned Surface Vessel

US Navy concretises its Medium Unmanned Surface Vessel

Gepostet von | 25 Aug 2022 | , , , | 1

DARPA (US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) is entering stage 2 of its NOMARS programme (No Manning Required Ship) for the development of ships that no longer require human intervention while at sea. The aim is to build a demonstrator for a medium-sized MUSV (Medium Unmanned Surface Vessel) that can fulfil its tasks at sea with a significant payload and maximum reliability. New deployment concepts for navies Whatever the payload, the unmanned vessel will open up completely new application concepts in the future. "We will enable deployment and stationing procedures that will allow entire fleets of unmanned vehicles to be deployed worldwide as partners for larger manned...

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Saab Germany opens location in Wilhelmshaven

Saab Germany opens location in Wilhelmshaven

Gepostet von | 25 Aug 2022 | , , , | 0

Saab opened its branch on the Jade, or rather the Ems-Jade Canal, with a ceremony in the new premises on Bunsenstrasse. In future, all maritime projects in Germany will be managed from here. For years, Saab has propagated the idea of operating abroad in strategic co-operation with domestic companies, and is also implementing this here. It is about the future of high-tech products such as sensors, weapons and combat boats. This also means an increase in the number of employees, currently 350 throughout Germany. In Wilhelmshaven there will initially be 4, and then 30 employees. The Lord Mayor of Wilhelmshaven, Carsten Feist, who was present at the ceremony, was...

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USA: Strong proof of cohesion

USA: Strong proof of cohesion

Gepostet von | 25 Aug 2022 | , , , | 0

The U.S. Navy has deployed four substantial ships of the Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) to major Baltic ports and capitals following two weeks of bilateral training and exercise serials with Finnish units in the waters of the new NATO member. The USS Kearsarge, a Wasp-class amphibious assault ship with a displacement of 42,000 tonnes, arrived in the Lithuanian port of Klaipeda on 20 August. At the same time, the amphibious transport landing ship USS Arlington of the San Antonio class (25,000 tonnes) and the dock landing ship USS Gunston Hall of the Whidbey Island class (17,000 tonnes) stopped in Riga, Latvia. And the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Paul Ignatius Flight...

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Kiev: President Selensky names type ship of the new Ukrainian corvettes

Kiev: President Selensky names type ship of the new Ukrainian corvettes

Gepostet von | 25 Aug 2022 | , , | 0

Ukraine had already signed a construction contract for four ADA-class corvettes (MILGEM project) with Turkey in mid-December 2020 - with the option of a fifth if things go well. Initial stipulations envisaged the complete construction of the type ship in Turkish hands. Subsequent negotiations with the aim of increasing the transfer of technology from Turkey to the Ukraine then resulted in a construction ratio of half, i.e. hull in Turkish production and further construction at the Ukrainian PJSC Nikolaev Okean shipyard (just south of Mykolajiv) together with Turkish engineers. The provisional schedule envisaged a start of construction of the hulls around the end of 2021 for the first sea trials in 2023...

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