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Finland and Estonia agree on security cooperation

Finland and Estonia agree on security cooperation

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With mosquitoes against the bear

With mosquitoes against the bear

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Interview with the former Deputy Minister of Defence of Ukraine, Igor Kabanenko, by Hans Uwe Mergener and Holger Schlüter. Can you give us an insight into the current state of the Ukrainian navy? How do you see its future? Ukraine's naval forces entered the war when the Strategy for the Development of Ukraine's Naval Forces until 2035, adopted in 2018, was just beginning to be implemented, i.e. during a transitional period. A key part of this strategy included the creation of so-called Mosquito capabilities, i.e. a fleet of small, fast and highly manoeuvrable manned combat platforms. Let me take this opportunity to access marineforum digital+ You are already...

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Double change in the Indo-Pacific Association

Double change in the Indo-Pacific Association

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Crew F125 "Charlie" takes over from "Echo" on the Baden - Württemberg No sooner had the Day of German Unity been celebrated than the crews "Echo" and "Charlie" had six intensive days of handover ahead of them. On 9 October, after four months and over 22,500 nautical miles, the commander of the "Echos", as the men and women of the crew to be relieved are called in naval language, frigate captain Sascha Huth, handed over the frigate "Baden-Württemberg" to frigate captain Bogislav von Puttkamer, the commander of the "Charlies". Behind the ship and crew lies a Pacific crossing from east to west, from San Diego to Singapore, including two intensive manoeuvres...

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Performance-based awarding of ship maintenance services

Performance-based awarding of ship maintenance services

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How can public clients set the right incentives in order to obtain optimal offers for the maintenance of naval units? Because not (everything) is a question of price. There is public consensus on the subject of Bundeswehr procurement: It needs to be accelerated and improved. There is less unanimity on the question of how exactly this should be done. The Bundeswehr Procurement Acceleration Act of 11 July 2022 focuses on deregulating the framework conditions under procurement law. It therefore saw the acceleration of procurement as essentially a regulatory task. The Federal Minister of Defence set access marineforum digital+ Are you already a registered user? Log in here now - also...

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New minesweepers for Belgium

New minesweepers for Belgium

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Still smart from the front, but like a cockchafer from the side! The first mine defence platform of the Belgian-Dutch joint project rMCM, the Belgian "Oostende", was sighted in open sea for the first time in mid-July. The sea trials off Concarneau in southern Brittany initially focussed on the propulsion and navigation systems. The bilateral rMCM programme as a cooperation between Belgium Naval & Robotics (Naval Group and Exail) and Kership (Piriou and Naval Group) - with the latter as general contractor - is actually a trilateral project, as France has already expressed its interest. No surprise, since all the plans are available in Paris. For the first time, this mine defence platform will be able to fly, float and dive...

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