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Operations centre with rotor blades

The NH 90 has gradually replaced the Sea King, which has proven its worth for decades. The helicopter's modern and flexible equipment enables a wide range of missions. In the 1980s, Germany increasingly focused its defence strategy on interoperability. Due to the very high development costs of new aircraft, the joint initiative of a medium-weight helicopter was born, which can be used not only for the transport of people and material, but also for military rescue missions, special forces operations and for support in emergency and disaster situations by various NATO partners. France, Italy, the Netherlands and Germany were able to consolidate their requirements for a multi-role helicopter and develop it as part of the multinational NATO Helicopter...

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TKMS and Ulstein Werft want to work together

Further step in German-Norwegian cooperation thyssenkrupp Marine Systems and the Norwegian Ulstein Verft signed a letter of intent at the Undersea Defence Technology (UDT) trade fair in Oslo to strengthen industrial cooperation in Norway. The aim is to combine the capabilities of both shipyards. The letter of intent of 26 March is an important step towards strengthening industrial cooperation between Germany and Norway. The agreement stipulates that if an order is awarded for the next Norwegian frigate programme, significant value creation will take place in Norway. The signing, which took place at the thyssenkrupp Marine Systems stand, underlines the German commitment to working with Norwegian shipbuilders to utilise local know-how and expertise in the...

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Finally: New board and combat suit

New shipboard suit with materials from Gore-Tex The Bundeswehr's clothing system will be supplemented this year by a new suit programme for the navy: the shipboard and combat suit with PYRAD technology for flame protection from Gore-Tex. W.L. Gore & Assoc. supplies the textiles to clothing manufacturers and brand partners such as DNS Alpha, Goldeck-Carinthia, Schöffel and Wattana, who manufacture functional clothing from Gore materials. After three years of preparation, the clothing system has now gone into series production. The technical functional materials from Gore are used in several layers, from combat shirts to cold protection jackets. The modular system consisting of highly functional, weatherproof and flame-retardant clothing is intended to...

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New customs ship with gas propulsion

Peene shipyard delivers customs vessel The Peene shipyard in Wolgast handed over the first of three new customs vessels to German customs yesterday. Planning, design and production were completed on schedule. The ship has an LNG (liquid natural gas) propulsion system and was transferred to Emden before being handed over. Apparently everything seems to have gone well with the ship and its new type of propulsion system, as Harald Jaekel, Managing Director of Peene-Werft, was very pleased: "We are delighted to have been given responsibility for the construction of these technically demanding ships by the Central Procurement Office of the Federal Finance Administration. With the successful delivery of the first ship...

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Hamburg - New pilot transfer boat arrived

The Port of Hamburg is getting two new boats to take the pilots on board incoming and outgoing ships. The first boat, "Hamburg Pilot 3", has now been transferred by sea. The delivery of the "Hamburg Pilot 1" is also planned for this year; both will replace one of the old pilot boats. The pilot transfer vessels will be built at the Estonian shipyard Baltic Workboats AS within a year following a Europe-wide tender. The shipyard has already delivered dozens of almost identical vessels. The chairman of the Hamburg harbour pilots is enthusiastic about the boats, which cost around 3.2 million euros. The boats are completely well thought out, even...

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