Now that Europe and Germany are massively increasing their defence spending, the Central Association of German Seaport Operators (ZDS) is calling for some of the funds from the special infrastructure and climate neutrality fund to be used for both expansion and protection against potential military attacks. In a letter to Defence Minister Boris Pistorius, the...
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has signed several agreements with international partners during a trip abroad. According to the Canadian Ministry of Defence, this is intended to strengthen cooperation with key allies. In addition to Germany, corresponding agreements were also signed with Indonesia, Poland and Ukraine. At the start of his trip through Europe, Carney...
Big day in Wolgast Steel construction began at the Peene shipyard site in Wolgast for the second Class 424 fleet service boat, which will be launched several months earlier than planned to replace the Bundeswehr's OSTE class in the near future. The approximately 130 metre long ships serve as reconnaissance platforms with state-of-the-art sensor technology and fulfil current military requirements....
September is the month of the major exercises Quadriga and Northern Coast From 18 August to 30 September 2025, the Bundeswehr and 13 partner nations will be conducting a large-scale exercise to protect the Baltic Sea region. Up to 8,400 servicewomen and men from various branches of the armed forces will be deployed. Quadriga 2025 serves...
Today, Thursday 4 September 2025, the commander of the 4th Frigate Squadron, Frigate Captain Volker Kübsch, handed over command of the frigate "Rheinland-Pfalz" to Frigate Captain Benedikt Eichhorn. "Taking command of the frigate 'Rheinland-Pfalz' is both an honour and an obligation for me. Precisely because we find ourselves in a time when...
Scrap from the North and Baltic Seas is also to be destroyed in Bavaria Rheinmetall is planning to destroy large quantities of old ammunition in the district of Dillingen an der Donau in future. As part of explosive ordnance clearance projects in the so-called offshore and onshore areas, the Düsseldorf-based technology group is planning to destroy not only old munitions from the two world wars, but also so-called "newer...
The Kiel-based company TKMS has signed a memorandum of understanding in New Delhi with Hyderabad-based VEM Technologies Pvt. Ltd, an Indian defence company specialising in the design, development and manufacture of weapons and airborne systems. The cooperation had already been announced by Federal Chancellor Scholz in 2024 during his visit to...
The main theme of the conference is "Maritime combat - drivers for research, armaments and utilisation". Under the proven patronage of Rear Admiral Christoph Müller-Meinhard, the event will take place on 23 and 24 September 2025 at the Van der Valk Resort in Linstow. Focussing on maritime research, naval armaments and utilisation, the...
The Romanian Navy has commissioned the former British minehunter HMS Pembroke (Sandown class) at an official ceremony in Rosyth, Scotland, under the name "Capitan Constantin Dumitrescu" (M 271). Together with their sister ship Ex HMS Blyth, both mine defence vessels were refurbished in cooperation with the industry (Babcock) before they were taken into service by...
Russian drone attack on Ukrainian naval unit For the first time in the chronology of the Ukrainian war, the Kiev Navy was attacked and heavily hit by a Russian surface drone (similar to the Ukrainian Magura V) on 28 August 2025. The incident occurred at night in the delta of the Danube estuary. An evaluation identifies this location around 30...
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