Naval Vessels Lürssen (NVL) establishes a joint venture with the British tech company Kraken Technology Group The merger of the two highly specialised maritime companies aims to meet the increased global demand for autonomous platforms for military and civilian applications as quickly as possible. The monitoring of critical infrastructure, in particular, has become a timely and...
Germany is rearming and is desperately looking for soldiers, especially in the navy. Reporter Lukas Wiehler has the exclusive privilege of sailing on board the "Gorch Fock" as editor of the first TV team in 15 years. He gets an insight into everyday training on the German Navy's sail training ship and experiences at first hand what it's like to...
Tomorrow, Tuesday 26 August 2025, the sail training ship "Gorch Fock" will arrive at the naval base in Wilhelmshaven. We have already reported in detail here about the extensive sailing programme of the "Gorch Fock". After Spain and Portugal, Gran Canaria, the Azores and the Shetland Islands, the "Gorch Fock" was the highlight of Kieler Woche. Especially...
The Houthi rebels from Yemen want to expand their attacks beyond the Red Sea and are threatening to attack merchant ships worldwide, according to the German Shipowners' Association (VDR). The VDR condemns the threat in the strongest possible terms and is once again calling for more German naval presence. In the new e-mail from the Huthis to...
A legend has finally embarked on its last voyage - albeit not on its own keel! The last seven of the Class 143A fast patrol boats decommissioned at the end of 2016 and laid up at the Kiel Naval Arsenal (MArs Kiel) have been transferred to the Dutch heavy-lift transport vessel MV "Happy" in a loading and securing operation lasting several weeks....
The sub-exercise "Role2Sea 2025" will take place in the western Baltic Sea until 25 August 2025. The German Navy and the Bundeswehr Medical Service are involved in this exercise. The aim of the manoeuvre is to ensure medical care at sea as part of the overarching "Quadriga 2025" series of exercises, as well as to improve the...
On 25 August 2025 at 10 a.m., the frigate "Sachsen-Anhalt" will set sail for the mandated foreign deployment UNIFIL (United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon) off the Lebanese coast. The crew, under the command of frigate captain Daniel Läzer, will carry out maritime surveillance and training of Lebanese naval forces off the Lebanese coast until the end of January next year.
With the Quadriga 2025 exercise series, the Bundeswehr is training together with armed forces from 13 other nations to protect the Baltic Sea region under conditions of crisis and war. During the core exercise period from August to September 2025, around 8,000 German servicewomen and men from the navy, army, air force, cyber defence and security...
They look like spaceships from a science fiction film: jets with stealth technology. Their design makes stealth aircraft almost invisible to enemy detection systems, giving them a decisive advantage. Modern warships such as the USS "Zumwalt" also camouflage themselves in this way - their unusual shape and a special paint job scatter enemy fire...
The Israeli defence companies Rafael Advanced Defense Systems and Elbit Systems are offering an integrated solution to protect surface units against attacks by armed drones. The German Navy's combat ships could also benefit from this, as Germany is endeavouring to improve its navy's own protection against drones. Against the background of...
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