"Yantar" - Russian reconnaissance ship: activities at the turn of the year 2024/25 and international reactions "Yantar" - research vessel or espionage threat? The Russian reconnaissance vessel "Yantar" is once again causing unrest in European waters. Officially listed as an oceanographic research vessel, it is suspected of exploring critical underwater infrastructure. Western security analysts are keeping a close eye on the ship as it is being used for espionage...
The famous US aircraft carrier, the "John F. Kennedy" (CV-67), has embarked on its final journey to be scrapped. Plans to turn the veteran into a floating museum have failed for cost reasons, but the story will continue. From 16 January, three tugs towed the "Big John" from the anchorage off Philadelphia the...
Chuck Ridgway, US-American, takes up the cudgels for the German Navy - our capabilities from an international perspective. It's true that not everything is going well in the German Navy - and that's a good thing to complain about! However, it is quite another to emphasise the achievements of the Navy's servicemen and women and the leading position of German...
Maritime data cables and pipelines have repeatedly been the target of attacks. Interdisciplinary cooperation could significantly improve the security of critical underwater infrastructure. Increasing geopolitical uncertainty and repeated incidents, such as the recently reported espionage of Russian research vessels in European waters, have highlighted the vulnerability of critical underwater infrastructure. The threat to pipelines, offshore wind farms and...
It is called "Project Sea 1180" and comprises six (optionally twelve) OPVs of 80 metres in length and 1,700 tonnes displacement - ordered from Naval Vessels Lürssen (NVL). The Arafura class was developed from the Darussalam OPV built for Brunei. Two boats were to be built at Osborne in Adelaide on the south-east coast and the...
Latest news: the competition is open. Submarines for Argentina from France - or Germany? The new president of the South American country doesn't hesitate for long, not even when it comes to the Armada Argentina, whose long-standing equipment gap in the submarine sector he had promised to fill. In October, the...
In response to the Israel-Gaza war, the Yemeni Houthi militias are threatening international shipping in the Red Sea. In the fight against their new low-cost weapons, the allies have to deploy very expensive missiles - simple versus sophisticated. Here is a review of the last twelve months (as at the end of November 2024) with an attached chronology of events....
The US Navy requires helicopters for a wide range of different missions. The Sea Hawk family is a multifunctional type. During the 1970s, the US Navy was looking for a successor to the ageing Kaman SH-2 Sea Sprite sub-hunter helicopters. The main focus was on the...
As a result of Bundeswehr-related budget decisions made on 18 December last year, the IDAS project now appears to be picking up speed again. "Development of guided missiles sea/air (IDAS)" was one of the 38 proposals, each with a volume of more than 25 million euros, which the Budget Committee of the German Bundestag approved in the last session of the year. Whereupon the...
A joint venture between thyssenkrupp Marine Systems (tkMS) and Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Ltd (MDL) is the only remaining bidder for a 5 billion dollar project to supply six modern submarines for the Indian Navy. The Spanish company Navantia was unable to fulfil the requirements in field trials. This was reported by Reuters on 23 January 2025....
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