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DLR and Federal Police strengthen cooperation in maritime security

DLR and Federal Police strengthen cooperation in maritime security

Gepostet von | 2 Dec 2024 | , , , | 0

The German Aerospace Centre (DLR in Cologne) and the German Federal Police (BPol) are working more closely together in the field of maritime security. The Chairwoman of the DLR Executive Board and the President of the Federal Police Headquarters (Potsdam) signed a cooperation agreement in Neustadt/Holstein on 21 November 2024. The agreement concerns the joint testing and further development of capabilities for the protection of maritime critical infrastructures (KRITIS). For DLR, security is one of the basic needs of a globalised society. As a cross-cutting topic, access brings marineforum digital+ You are already a registered user? Log in here now - also MOV members: Username Password Remember meLost your password? You do not yet have a...

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Vietnam: Strategic airfield on an atoll of the Spratly Islands

Vietnam: Strategic airfield on an atoll of the Spratly Islands

Gepostet von | 30 Nov 2024 | , , , | 0

Vietnam has been adding more artificial islands since 2021. According to Radio Free Asia, the country has added more than 600 hectares of dry land around the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea in the last year alone. The largest activity took place on 'Barque Canada Reef', an atoll about 400 kilometres southwest of Spratly Island and about 630 kilometres southeast of Vietnam. The Philippine island of Palawan lies around 430 kilometres to the west. This new island is almost five kilometres long and offers enough space for expansion, including for a strategic runway with a currently completed length of around 1,000 metres out of a planned 3000 metres...

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MTG with new top

MTG with new top

Gepostet von | 28 Nov 2024 | , , , | 0

Dr Björn Weidemann will succeed graduate engineer Guido Gerdemann As the Hamburg-based think tank MTG Marinetechnik GmbH announced today in a press release, the industrial engineer will become the new Managing Director of MTG from February. Weidemann was most recently Chief Operating Officer at the Brazilian shipbuilding consortium Águas Azuis, a joint venture between thyssenkrupp Marine Systems and Embraer. There he led the strategic organisation and programme management for the production of four Tamandaré-class frigates for the Brazilian Navy. Previously, he held senior positions at thyssenkrupp Marine Systems, where he was involved in the development of new technologies in submarine construction. The 48...

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Brunsbüttel - Russian LNG for Germany?

Brunsbüttel - Russian LNG for Germany?

Gepostet von | 27 Nov 2024 | , , , | 0

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