The minehunting vessel "Dillingen" will return to its home port of Kiel on Wednesday, 17 December 2025, in time for Christmas after a six-month deployment as the German contribution to the Standing NATO Mine Countermeasures Group 1 (SNMCMG 1). The crew consisted of 35 men and six women as well as a team of Portuguese mine divers. The...
New algorithm provides unprecedented information for climate research An algorithm developed at DLR provides the first high-resolution maps that allow conclusions to be drawn about the current sea ice thickness. This is made possible by combining data from the European Sentinel-1 radar satellites with measurements from the ATLAS laser altimeter on board NASA's ICESat-2 satellite. The resolution...
Japan's armed forces are being equipped with the F-35B. Tests with the jet on board a helicopter destroyer were intended to prove its maritime operational capability. Last autumn, the Japanese helicopter destroyer KAGA moved off the Californian coast not far from San Diego for operational tests with the Lockheed Martin F-35B. On 20....
An annual joint mission between the U.S. Coast Guard and the National Science Foundation, the lead agency for the U.S. Antarctic programme, provides essential supplies to research stations in the perpetual ice. While the Coast Guard prepares to modernise and renew its icebreaker fleet, the "Polar Icebreaker" will remain in service until new icebreakers arrive.
After an evacuation operation in the 1990s, the idea of building multifunctional support ships was raised. An idea that is finding supporters again today. A gloss. And once again a report on a famous Bavarian who wanted to improve the navy. Retired General Dr hc Klaus Dieter Naumann (*25 May 1939) served as...
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