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Swap grey ship for chic yacht

Posted by | 1 Feb 2023 | | 0

Hiring on a yacht? SKYS makes it possible. Sarah Kroker loves going to sea - on large yachts and small boats: as a deckhand, as a ship's cook, as a stewardess. On her long journeys, she has worked in various jobs on board for many years and observed life on board with a keen eye. She knows her way around the seafaring world - she knows and appreciates the lifestyle and people on ships and boats. She knows who has what to do at sea and in the harbour on board a yacht. Due to the pandemic, she found herself in calmer waters in her home country of northern Germany in 2020 and...

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US Navy buys Boeing's HAAWC

US Navy buys Boeing's HAAWC

Posted by | 27 Aug 2022 | , , | 0

The US Navy has placed an order with Boeing for the series production of the so-called High-Altitude Anti-Submarine Warfare Weapon Capability (HAAWC). This is a 'glide body', a so-called Air Launch Accessory (ALA) kit, which is attached to a Mk 54 U-Jagd torpedo. The folding wings spread out after the HAAWC is launched. The torpedo is guided to the target by an autopilot in the ALA using GPS data. Once it has dropped to an acceptable altitude, the ALA drops it at a point assigned by the parent aircraft's weapon delivery system, which is calculated based on the torpedo entry point. The contract between the US Naval Sea Systems Command and...

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Sea of data

Sea of data

Posted by | 1 Mar 2022 | , , , , | 1

New digital cooperation launched in the maritime region between Rostock and Kiel. On 2 March 2022, Minister President Daniel Günther will present the maritime digitalisation project "Maritime Smart Sensor Data Space X" (Marispace-X), which is funded by the federal government with over 9 million euros, in the state parliament building. Stopping climate change, accelerating the expansion of wind power and clearing old munitions from the sea more quickly - a new big data project was launched in Germany on 24 February 2022. Federal Minister Dr Robert Habeck gave the go-ahead for the new digital lighthouse project Maritime Smart Sensor Data Space X, or Marispace-X for short, at the presentation of the funding decisions in Berlin last week....

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Congressional report: Replacement for US Navy cruisers and destroyers

Congressional report: Replacement for US Navy cruisers and destroyers

Posted by | 26 Jan 2022 | , , , | 0

DDG(X) Future Large Surface Combatant Programme: Background and Issues for Congress. The Congressional Research Service report was submitted to Congress on 13 January 2021. This is the procurement programme for the next generation of guided-missile destroyers (DDGs) to replace the TICONDEROGA (CG-47)-class Aegis cruisers and the older ARLEIGH BURKE (DDG-51)-class Aegis destroyers. The navy plans to procure the first DDG(X) in 2028. The draft budget for 2022 requests 121.8 million dollars for research and development. All large surface combatants procured for the Navy since 1985 have been built at General Dynamics/Bath Iron Works in Bath, Maine and Huntington Ingalls Industries in Pascagoula, Mississippi. Lockheed...

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