POTUS (President of the United States) actually wanted the F-47, the successor to the F-22 (Stealth Fighter, US Air Force), to be the "best and most lethal aircraft ever built" - aptly named for the 47th President of the United States. To this end, the Pentagon was to mobilise all available financial resources in 2026 to...
Other nations already have hypersonic missiles. Now they are also included in the specifications for future German air defence units. Hypersonic missiles have been on the radar of air defence forces at least since Russia deployed the Kinschal cruise missile in the Ukraine war. They are among the most advanced and threatening military technologies. Hypersonic missiles challenge all existing missile defence shields with...
Deployment of unmanned boats: Efficient maritime surveillance thanks to NVL's new operator model Until the defence group Rheinmetall takes the future of the naval shipbuilder NVL into its own hands, NVL will not let anyone take the butter off its bread! New in the portfolio: An operator model solution for maritime surveillance with unmanned boats. Here are the key points of the...
Hamburg, 22 September 2025 - The Maritime Cluster Northern Germany (MCN) today published the fourth edition of the Ship Efficiency Guide. The English-language guide offers companies, researchers and policymakers practical orientation on how efficient ship operations can be designed as a key lever for more climate-friendly and sustainable shipping....
With the regional defence exercise RED STORM BRAVO, the Bundeswehr will be training in Hamburg from 25-27 September 2025 with around 500 soldiers together with blue light organisations, Hamburg authorities and companies in a fictitious scenario. RED STORM BRAVO starts: Bundeswehr and civilian players to practise together from Thursday Next Thursday, 25....
Niarchos, Onassis, Livanos & Co.: memories of a German-Greek economic miracle More than 20,000 Hamburgers crowded onto the grounds of the Howaldtswerke in Hamburg harbour when a legendary chapter of German economic history was written. The launch of the giant tanker "Tina Onassis" in the summer of 1953 was a key moment in the new beginning. The shipyards in Hamburg,...
Renk supports NATO countries and their most important allies with its cutting-edge technology. CEO Alexander Sagel sets four priorities for the future of the company. An interview by Burghard Lindhorst. Mr Sagel, you have been at the helm of the Renk Group since February. You have barely been in office when the security situation has deteriorated further. Was...
The British guided missile destroyer HMS "Diamond" (D34, Type 45) was stationed in the Red Sea for several months from January 2024 as part of the US-led Operation Prosperity Guardian. The ship fired several Sea Viper missiles in one night to fend off seven drones that had been fired at merchant ships. While some drones in the Red...
In mid-June, the President of the United States designated Admiral Daryl Caudle, commander of the U.S. Fleet Forces, as the next Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) and nominated him for selection by the Senate Armed Services Committee, the American defence committee in the Capitol. Caudle is expected to take over six months after the ouster of Admiral...
From a press release by PIZ Marine at Naval Command Rostock On Thursday, 25 September 2025, the Inspector of the Navy, Vice Admiral Jan Christian Kaack, will hand over command of the fleet at the Naval Academy Mürwik. After more than three years at the helm, Vice Admiral Frank Martin Lenski is retiring. He...
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