After an evacuation operation in the 1990s, the idea of building multifunctional support ships was raised. An idea that is finding supporters again today. A gloss. And once again a report on a famous Bavarian who wanted to improve the navy. Retired General Dr hc Klaus Dieter Naumann (*25 May 1939) served as...
In warfare, the importance of drones is growing in parallel with their capabilities. The 3rd Minehunter Wing is following the trend by setting up an Unmanned Systems Task Force. In March, the annual "Sperrbörse" event in Kiel welcomed its guests. Ever since its beginnings, this event has stood for discussion, progress and further training in the...
No naval vessel today is likely to be travelling without a gyrocompass. The navigation aid was developed by Herrmann Anschütz-Kaempfe, who gave his name to the Kiel-based company. The red logo of the Anschütz company is familiar to all seafarers and those with professional or private ties to the sea. It immediately brings to mind the gyrocompass, of course. This company invented it, but...
Even 80 years after the end of the war, German waters still harbour masses of old munitions. But there is still no master plan for disposal. Over 1.6 million tonnes of conventional and chemical munitions are rusting at the bottom of the North and Baltic Seas - a legacy of two world wars and a time bomb in terms of both ecology and security policy. While Europe is...
It took almost a year for the Defence Committee in Washington to learn of the results of a series of tests conducted by the Navy in the middle of the year in which four different systems for defence against small UAS drones, known as counter-UAS (C-UAS), were evaluated. Back in August...
The American aircraft carrier "USS Gerald R. Ford" (CVN 78), type ship of its class and currently flagship of Carrier Strike Group 12, was in the Barents Sea between Spitsbergen/Svalbard and Nordkapp together with a SAG (Surface Action Group) of four NATO navies for a fortnight at the beginning of September for joint operations. These exercises in the...
The first frigate newbuilding in the F-110 programme was launched at the state-owned Navantia shipyard in Ferrol on 11 September - one month ahead of schedule and with an equipment level of more than 70 percent! The godmother of the "Ramón Bonifaz" was Queen Sofía of Spain. The Bonifaz class (146 metres, 6,200 tonnes)...
Moscow has switched its economy to war production. If one of the state-owned defence companies such as the United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC), which is considered a "major supplier of military ships for the Russian Navy" under EU sanctions, starts to falter, things are going to get tight! USC, a conglomerate of various shipyards, was forced to go into...
The launch of the "Vitse-Admiral Burilichev" (project 22011, 108 metres, 5,200 tonnes), a research vessel that is, however, subordinate to the Deep Sea Research Department (GUGI) of the Ministry of Defence, took place quietly and just before the Finnish border in Vyborg, far away from any journalistic curiosity. It is from there that the communications infrastructure of Western countries is...
By using innovative technologies, the German Navy was able to digitalise its mine countermeasure chain during the RepMus 2025 manoeuvre. Autonomous systems played a key role in this. In Sesimbra, Portugal, a US team from San Diego deploys an autonomous Remus drone (Remote Environmental Monitoring Unit System) from an inflatable boat into the turquoise waters. The autonomously operating underwater vehicle...
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