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Minehunting boat "Homburg" returns home after three months of deployment

Minehunting boat "Homburg" returns home after three months of deployment

Gepostet von | 22 Oct 2021 | , , | 0

On Tuesday, 26 October 2021 at 10 a.m., the minehunting boat "Homburg" will return to its home port of Kiel. Over the past three months, the 43-strong crew from the 3rd Minehunting Squadron took part in the Standing NATO Mine Counter Measures Group 1 (SNMCMG 1). Together with ships and boats from seven NATO nations, the crew trained in the North and Baltic Seas under the leadership of the US Navy - a first in the history of SNMCMG 1. Leadership of the NATO group was then handed over to Poland at the beginning of October. Part of the crew of the minehunting boat "Homburg" is a mine diving team consisting of four soldiers from the...

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SZENARIS new member of the German Rescue Robotics Centre

SZENARIS new member of the German Rescue Robotics Centre

Gepostet von | 22 Oct 2021 | , | 0

The "Living Lab" of the DRZ e.V. (Deutsches Rettungsrobotik-Zentrum e.V.) was opened in Dortmund on 1 October. SZENARIS was also welcomed as a new member during this festive event. The competence centre, which is funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), enables the research and development of mobile robotic systems for civil emergency response. The various systems can be tested for their operational suitability in different scenarios on test areas (indoors and outdoors). Since 2018, the German Rescue Robotics Centre (DRZ e.V.) has been pursuing the goal of promoting the development of robotic systems for the rescue and protection of people and property. The focus is on research and...

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Frigate Bayern on Guam

Frigate Bayern on Guam

Gepostet von | 21 Oct 2021 | , , | 1

Following her week-long visit to Perth, Australia, the frigate BAYERN has entered the harbour of Guam as planned on her seven-month training cruise through the Indo-Pacific. During the 14-day transit, two bunker stops in Darwin/North Australia and Palau/Micronesia were planned in addition to smaller training sections with the navies of the nations on the route. Guam is the largest and southernmost island of the Mariana archipelago in the western Pacific Ocean and is a non-integrated territory of the United States of America. Here at the US Navy's naval base, the BAYERN is beginning a phase of closer cooperation with Germany's largest ally - this time on the...

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