Modernisation of submarines 212A: Major order for tkMS
800 million major contract for the modernisation of six type 212A submarines for the German Navy goes to tkMS.
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USA - Airlaunch of a hypersonic weapon
At the NAWCWD (Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division, Naval Air Weapon Station China Lake, California), the BQM-34 Firebee jet-powered subsonic target presentation drone was successfully used for the first time at the beginning of May as a carrier and simultaneously as a fire control launch platform for the air launch of a solid-fuel ramjet (hypersonic) missile as a demonstrator. Both the Firebee, a development from the 1950s, and the solid fuel used for propulsion in the SFIRR (solid fuel integral rocket ram jet) are not new. However, when paired with the latest technologies, various application possibilities are now opening up. The solid fuel, which is much easier to handle than liquid propellants, is also lighter and significantly favours the parameters of the weapon - at higher speeds, with a higher...
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25 June - Day of the Seafarer
The International Day of Seafarers takes place every year on 25 June. The United Nations' International Maritime Organisation (IMO) launched this day of action in 2010 to draw public attention to the mostly neglected concerns of seafarers and to honour their work. Every year, the IMO has a special motto for this day. In 2025 it is "My harrassment-free ship". Here is the IMO's video for Seafarers' Day 2025 The approximately 1.8 million seafarers supply the whole world with almost everything they need on a daily basis. And...
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Quantum sensor technology in the maritime environment
Alongside artificial intelligence, quantum technology is seen as one of the major technological fields of the future. Quantum sensor technology is an important area of this. What principles and technologies are behind the term and what is quantum sensor technology already doing today in maritime applications? Basically, the term quantum sensor technology serves to differentiate it from conventional sensors and describes any sensor that utilises quantum physics principles. Magnetometry, the measurement of magnetic fields, is already an advanced area of quantum sensor technology. Two technologies dominate here: superconducting quantum interference devices (squids) and optically pumped magnetometers (OPMs), each with individual characteristics that need to be considered for a possible application. Access marineforum digital+...
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USS "Jeremiah Denton" christened
At the end of March, the third destroyer of the third construction batch of the Arleigh Burke class (Flight III) was christened "Jeremiah Denton" (DDG 129) at Huntington Ingalls (Newport News Shipbuilding) - in memory of a Navy Cross-winning veteran of the Vietnam War, who later also sat in the House of Representatives as a senator from the US state of Alabama. The Flight III variant of this destroyer class (155 metres long, weighing 9,300 tonnes) is equipped with state-of-the-art sensors, battle management systems and the latest energy and cooling technology - an important prerequisite for future equipment with laser weapons. As with the predecessor models, the propulsion is provided by four gas turbines and allows speeds of up to...
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