Category: Security policy

Modernisation of simulators for NH90 NFH Sea Lion

Modernisation of simulators for NH90 NFH Sea Lion

Gepostet von | 1 Aug 2022 | , , , | 0

The maintenance and repair trainer (maintenance rig, MTR) for training NH90 NTH Sea Lion aircraft technicians, which has been in operation at Naval Air Wing 5 in Nordholz since 2019, is being modernised. ESuT had reported on the delivery. The simulator enables the maintenance personnel of Naval Air Wing 5 to realistically train maintenance and repair procedures. Part of the maintenance training rig developed and supplied by Reiser Simulation und Training (RST) is the "functional cockpit" supplied by Rheinmetall. On behalf of the general contractor RST, Rheinmetall is upgrading the Asterion cockpit trainer Functional Cockpit, the company announced. With the help of a data recording on a real German Navy helicopter, the...

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In demand: Admirals explain the world - Bundeswehr YouTube channel

In demand: Admirals explain the world - Bundeswehr YouTube channel

Gepostet von | 30 Jul 2022 | , , | 0

After Vice Admiral Frank Lenski, Commander of the Fleet and Support Forces and Deputy to the Chief of Naval Operations, was able to convince the audience in the 19th episode of the YouTube series "Nachgefragt" on the Bundeswehr's own channel on the topic of "The naval forces and the war in Ukraine" (see marineforum.online from 15 July 2022, "Navy briefly explained"), it is now the turn of others. Yesterday (29.07.2022), Vice Admiral Carsten Stawitzki, Head of the Equipment Department at the Federal Ministry of Defence, explained in the 21st episode of "Nachgefragt" on the topic of "Special Assets" what the procurement processes in the Bundeswehr look like, what hurdles he faces and how difficult it is to obtain the required defence equipment from industry on the free market....

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225 years of Old Ironside

225 years of Old Ironside

Gepostet von | 28 Jul 2022 | , , , , , | 1

The world's oldest warship in service celebrates its birthday After almost a decade without an American navy, Congress very reluctantly authorised the construction of six armed frigates in March 1794 as the centrepiece of a new US navy. The ships, designed under the direction of Joshua Humphries, an experienced shipbuilder from Philadelphia, were each built in a different seaport. A method of involving shipyards that has apparently not been forgotten to this day. The three smallest were the Chesapeake (36 guns; built in Norfolk, Vancouver), the Congress (38 guns, built in Portsmouth, N.H.) and the Constellation (38 guns;...

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Cameras replace peacekeepers

Cameras replace peacekeepers

Gepostet von | 27 Jul 2022 | , , , , | 0

The straits of the Red Sea are of strategic importance Remote-controlled cameras will take over responsibility from the US-led peacekeeping forces to ensure that international shipping retains free access to the Gulf of Aqaba, whose coast is shared by Israel and three Arab states. The island of Tiran, which lies in the strait of the same name at the mouth of the Gulf, was handed over to Saudi Arabia by Egypt in 2017 along with the neighbouring island of Sanafir. During a visit to Israel and Saudi Arabia last week, US President Joe Biden announced that the small contingent of Multinational Force and Observers (MFO) on Tiran would be withdrawn. The MFO...

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First Blue Angels pilot

First Blue Angels pilot

Gepostet von | 22 Jul 2022 | , , , , | 0

The legendary "Blue Angels", the U.S. Navy's aerobatic squadron, announced its new recruits on Monday. Among them is Lt. Amanda Lee, the first female pilot to fly the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet in the squadron. The famed squadron selected two F/A-18E/F demonstration pilots, an events coordinator, a C-130J Super Hercules pilot, an aviation maintenance officer and a flight surgeon to replace departing team members, according to the unit. A total of 17 officers serve with the Blue Angels, the second oldest aerobatic team in the world. The mere fact that a squadron publishes the names of its members because the American public is interested, because they have cult status and because they are proud of it, is...

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