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Turn five into eight  

Boeing has received an order to build three more Poseidons. The future fleet of new maritime patrol aircraft for the German Navy will thus grow to eight units. The German Navy is replacing its P-3C Orion maritime patrol aircraft with P-8A Poseidon aircraft. As the manufacturer Boeing announced on 29 February, the US Navy has now ordered three more aircraft for delivery to the Bundeswehr as part of the Foreign Military Sales programme. This brings the total number of aircraft to be procured from five to eight. Access marineforum digital+ Are you already a registered user? Log in here now - also MOV members: Username Read More

New management of FSG-Nobiskrug

Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft-Nobiskrug gets a new management team. Robert Fischer von Mollard becomes Managing Director of both companies; Michel Bollmann becomes Technical Director. Robert Fischer von Mollard was most recently Production Manager at Nobiskrug and Michel Bollmann held the same position at Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft. Lars Windhorst, the shareholder of FSG-Nobiskrug, will leave the operational management. This is obviously a good internal solution for Lars Windhorst, who is in the public eye. An arrest warrant against him had just been suspended in connection with insolvency proceedings in Hanover in which he had failed to appear in court. Whether the difficult...

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ABEKING & RASMUSSEN with new technical director

On 1 June 2024, Björn Schlüter (36) took over the role of Chief Operating Officer (COO) at ABEKING & RASMUSSEN Schiffs- und Yachtwerft (A&R) in Lemwerder. Björn Schlüter has many years of management experience in shipbuilding and was most recently Head of Construction at the Fr. Fassmer shipyard. In the future management duo, the current CEO Matthias Hellmann (53) will take over as Chairman of the Executive Board....

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Berlin: Capability maintenance of the Brandenburg class approved

At its meeting on 15 May 2024, the Budget Committee of the German Bundestag released a total of 1.9 billion euros for four projects that affect the entire operational spectrum of the Bundeswehr. One project will maintain the operational availability of the Brandenburg class. Since their commissioning between 1994 and 1996, the four Class 123 frigates have primarily been used to hunt submarines. To this end, they can use both their bow sonar and two "Sea Lynx" on-board helicopters, which extend the submarine hunting range of the ships with their diving sonar and torpedoes. From 2026 to 2029, the approximately 30-year-old frigates can now be comprehensively modernised. According to...

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