The Annual Report 2024 of the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Armed Forces has been published In the Annual Report 2024, the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Armed Forces, Dr Eva Högl, demands in view of the acute global threats and wars (Ukraine): "The Bundeswehr's personnel, material and infra-structural equipment must improve more quickly." Despite the investments that have been made, including the 100 billion...
Rheinmetall's MASS decoy system: assembly for the Australian Navy begins The Royal Australian Navy will in future be equipped with Rheinmetall's MASS (Multi Ammunition Soft Kill System) decoy system. Initially, six ships are to receive the modern protection system. Assembly has begun at the Australian subsidiary Rheinmetall Defence Australia, as the company announced...
The transfer of the Minnesota to the Pacific island places high demands on the logistics of the US Navy. The US armed forces are describing the arrival of the USS Minnesota on Guam on 26 November 2024 as a significant milestone for their navy and their strategic planning in the Indo-Pacific region. As the first Virginia-class submarine to be permanently...
Jüngste maritime Schlagzeilen erregen Besorgnis. Ist öffentlich bewusst, was da gerade passiert? Wo stehen wir eigentlich in Sachen Seeblindheit? Das Deutsche Maritime Institut mit seinem marineforum trat vor über einem halben Jahrhundert an, den „maritimen Gedanken“ südlich des Moin-Äquators zu verbreiten, ungefähr so: Versteht doch, dass Industrie und Handel, Arbeitsplätze...
Der britische Konzern Rolls-Royce, zu dem Rolls-Royce Power Systems (mtu) seit 2014 vollständig gehört, betreibt drei Kerngeschäftsfelder: Zivile Luft- und Raumfahrt, Energiesysteme und Verteidigung. Rolls-Royce hat nun angekündigt, sein Investitionsprogramm nach 2024 auch in 2025 fortzusetzen, gerade um als Unternehmen bis 2050 das Netto-Null-Emissions-Ziel zu realisieren. Gleichzeitig will es seine...
Fuel transporter "Rhön" becomes part of the NATO "Standing NATO Maritime Group 1" You don't want to shout about it, but the old tankers are simply indispensable. Yet another tanker has to join an SNMG as the German contribution to the NATO Standing Maritime Group. The "Rhön" not only has to be deployed to the operational area of...
Wieder konnte Damen Shipyards überzeugen, als die niederländische Werftengruppe im Januar die erste vollelektrische Katamaranfähre (E-Kat) Deutschlands an ihre Betreiberin, die AG Reederei Norden-Frisia übergab. Das Schiff kann bis zu 150 Passagiere befördern und wird im ostfriesischen Wattenmeer verkehren. Der auf Damen-Werften in Polen und in den Niederlanden gebaute Katamaran...
Three tenders for International Women's Day Good ideas usually come from networking. One of these meetings is the Navy's annual historical-tactical conference, which is a great place to socialise. You meet this person and that, talk about this, that and, above all, the other. In the conversation with former members of the fast patrol boat squadron...
For months, there have been suspected acts of sabotage against critical underwater infrastructure in the Baltic Sea. NATO has now responded with a large-scale NATO Baltic Sea manoeuvre. In response, NATO launched a new surveillance mission in January to track down potential saboteurs and prevent their activities. NATO Baltic Sea manoeuvre: Special forces train against sabotage at the end of January...
The Pentagon dismisses high-ranking executives, causing a worldwide stir. The Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral Lisa Franchetti, the first woman to hold this post and thus the first female member of the Joint Chiefs. And the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Charles Q. Brown was also "fired". Admiral...
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