At the NAWCWD (Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division, Naval Air Weapon Station China Lake, California) in early May, the BQM-34 Firebee jet-powered subsonic target presentation drone was successfully used for the first time as a carrier and simultaneously as a fire control launch platform for the "air launch" of a solid-fuel ramjet missile (hypersonic) as a demonstrator. Both the Firebee, a development from the 1950s, and the...
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 in order to draw public attention to the usually little-noticed concerns of seafarers and to honour their work. Every...
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...
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 served as a senator from the US state of Alabama in...
The deployment of the "Harry S. Truman" (CVN-75), which began in autumn 2024, has not been under a good star so far. A serious incident occurred in the Red Sea in mid-December: an F/A-18F Super Hornet from its own fighter wing was accidentally hit by the USS Gettysburg, a Ticonderoga cruiser from its own carrier strike group.
Visit from the Bundeswehr's highest ranking soldier: Inspector General Carsten Breuer will be present On Saturday, 28 June 2025, the Bundeswehr in Stralsund will open its doors to all interested parties! From 10:00 to 17:00, the Naval Technical School (MTS) in Parow is once again inviting visitors to a special day after a six-year break -...
On 22 June 2025, the Inspector of the Navy, Vice Admiral Jan Christian Kaack, and the Fraunhofer Institute for High-Speed Dynamics, Ernst Mach Institute (EMI), represented by Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Stefan Hiermaier, signed a co-operation agreement. Risks and threats at sea and underwater represent a rapidly increasing challenge in conjunction with ever faster technology cycles. Therefore...
and will lead the windjammer parade "befitting her rank"! On Thursday, 26 June 2025, the German Navy's sail training ship will return to its home port of Kiel. The ship has been underway since 10 February 2025. It called at the ports of Vigo (Spain), Portimao, Funchal, Horta, Ponta Delgada (Portugal), Lerwik (Great Britain) and Warnemünde. In total...
Pyongyang describes the "Choe Hyon" as a destroyer, although with a displacement of 5,000 tonnes and moderate armament it could be classified more as a multi-purpose frigate. The recognisable vertical launch silo with 32 small, 12 medium and 20 large bays suggests a broadband FK armament including cruise missiles, although the additional 10 expand even more...
The attacks on Iran have implications for the safety of sea routes: why the closure can be costly and deadly - and why captains don't give a damn about useless diplomatic recommendations The USA has bombed Iranian nuclear facilities. A supposedly territorial conflict that appears to have been resolved from the air has, however,...
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